Re: 1955-57 What-If Line-Up

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2010/11/25 13:46:45

There is a '57 Clipper on e-bay currently - which is a car I've never paid any attention to or looked at. I did flip through the pictures posted on this one and I have to give S-P a few points for trying. The hood ornament looks like the '55 Senior bird, the grill is a reasonable approximation of the '55 & '56. The tail lights are straight off the '56 Clipper and the instrument cluster looks like it's using the '55 & '56 Clipper cluster basics The upholstery gives a nod to the styling of the '56 Patrician seat covers and the trunk lining looks to be left over '56 material or a close approximation.
While I'm not going to call it a true Packard, they did make a stab at it.
Given it's '55 - '56 styling cues, they might as well as used the '55 bodies for another year but I suppose they didn't even have the money to do that.