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Did 1956 Packard Executives come with 352 engines?

Yes. If you want the other major specs go to the Dec, 1955 service counselor Vol 29 #13 and check out the specs for the 5660 Clipper Custom.

The 5670 Executive is a Clipper Custom with a Packard front end and some minor mechanical changes along with other Packard themed trim and styling. Packard needed a model to fill an entry level introduction to the senior line and name. A car built "For the Junior Executive on his way Up" was one of the marketing catch phrases.

Rather than keep both cars in production with overlapping features, for all practical purposes the Clipper Custom was discontinued at the end of one shift and at the start of the next shift the Packard upgraded items were bolted on and it became the Executive.