Re: 1955-57 What-If Line-Up

Posted by R Anderson On 2010/12/7 11:24:14

I always wished Packard had done quad headlights... so maybe
it would look less heavy if you enclosed them the way Exner did: see the headlights of the 57/8 NYer, 300, etc., and had body colored panel between them and the grill. The 57 NYer grill was particularly powerful and elegant looking, imo. Exner's Forward Look was the one that set the pace in 57.

The 56 Lincoln Premiere took the Sr. Packard tailight design theme to new heights with a slimmer and more sleek variation. Someone even once commented that the 56 Premiere was a more modern Packard without all the bugs. It was even considered briefly for body sharing with Packard for 57 but Ford shot it down.