Re: Two door vs. Four door

Posted by HH56 On 2022/6/12 18:29:28

In a lot of circles then and maybe still, the two door HTs were considered more "sporty" while four doors were more considered a boring family car. On the HT, as long as the windows were down leaving the wide open sides, in the "sporty" aspect they were almost as desirable as a convertible which was considered the ultimate sport model in most mfgs lines but also more expensive and out of reach for many. Packard did make a two door B pillared model in the early 50s but I think that model was mostly for economy minded people.

Packard even went to some effort to perpetuate the sporty aspect in 55-6. In 55 only the Caribbean had a different and slightly modified transmission which had a bit better performance but in 56 all the hardtops got a different torque converter which had a higher stall speed so those models would feel a bit peppier than the sedans.