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I've seen a 70's era Olds station wagon body affixed to 4-wheel drive pickup chassis-- for more cushy surroundings while plowing snow.
Yeah, I've seen more than a few tired old RWD car bodies dropped onto a 4WD truck chassis - essentially, a brief reprieve from the junk yard. What they did was bolt the old car body and frame - minus running gear and suspension - right on top of the old truck frame, often with some sort of ladder bolted on for ingress/egress. I don't believe that's what the prospective Packard buyer would be looking for.
I've crawled over, under, and through enough vehicles - mostly GM and Packard - to know that manufacturers have often pushed the envelope, but also with mixed results.
However, I can't begin to tell you how many kustom car projects I've seen that started out with the best of intentions, but wound up being sold for scrap. The T-L chassis didn't even lend itself to Henney's work of the time.
Yet, even with a body-on-frame car of the 1960s or later that's reasonably close to the 55-56 Packard wheelbase, I stand by my statement that what you've initially proposed "can't be done" and, furthermore, never would have been considered for production on the real world.
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