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In the last months Packard was in production, how many days per week was there assembly & did they have more than 1st shift?

The information may be in James Ward's "The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company." Issue #125 of "The Packard Cormorant" also has an article on the events of 1956. As I recall (Ward's book is packed away at the moment) Conner Avenue was only running a single eight-hour shift Monday through Thursday, with production divided between half seniors and half juniors. At the close of business on Thursday, June 21th, the total of cars to be assembled stood at 162 units, 84 Clippers and 78 Packards. On Friday, 60 Clippers and 60 Packards were produced. On Monday, June 25th, the last 42 automobiles were assembled, with the last car off the line being a Patrician four-door sedan, #5682-4775.