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I have a question regarding the Model Name column in the Packard Model Info section of the website.

1951 body 2467 is shown as "250 Mayfair Sports Coupe"
1952 body 2577 is also shown as "250 Mayfair Sports Coupe"

I didn't think Packard used the Mayfair moniker until 1953. There was a question being asked over on a Facebook thread and I came here for resolution but I'm not sure the answer shown here is correct. The Parts manual shows "250 - Sports Coupe" for both.

Mayfair name apparently started with the first hardtop models. Packard did seem to be somewhat inconsistent with names in the literature though. Here is a 51 advertising piece that someone posted where Packard called it a Mayfair in the caption under the photo but in another ad for the same model I didn't see the name mentioned at all.

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Thanks. I looked through the advertising literature but missed that one. That one ad at least shows that the 'Mayfair' label was in use in 1951. Probably just another indicator of management in transition.

It's also prominently named in one of the 1951 sales brochures.

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Packard should have placed greater emphasis on the Mayfair name with chrome scripts for the rear quarters or C-pillar as did Cadillac for the Coupe de Ville. Chrysler had Newport, Buick its Riviera, Olds the Holiday, even Ford its Victoria. Hardtops were the glamorous, latest thing, driven by the smartest people...

Steve