You hit the nail on the head. I recall seeing a '57 Plymouth in the Chrysler Museum here in Detroit, seemed to have a high rear footwell despite low vehicle height, making for jack knife seating. Better situation once they went to unibody in '60 as this video demonstrates. Note the cut-away drawing at 1:38 minutes... son of a gun if it ain't the Hudson design!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylAeACkNb4U Also note the knee-knocker situation called out at 5:00 minutes into the video. This is where Packard-Hudson would have needed to be careful with that wrapped windshield. I always liked the windshield Chrysler and Studebaker came up with in '55 and absolutely love Chrysler's '57 windshield.
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