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I finally got my Mayfair back together today after a fresh respray, and thought I'd share some photos.......

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Very nice and I like your choices of all the more desirable different year features--although I only see 2 that really stand out. Will be interesting to hear the reactions from the "keep it original" guys but I pity the future restorer who sees a picture and trys to duplicate so his car is "correct".

Looking really good. I like it with the '54 Senior Hood Ornament and Headlight rings!

WOW!! She's a Duesy!!...well you know what I mean.

I love the color,you really did a great job. Congratulations!

I just love controversy
You're right, I used the styling features I like from '53 (cormorant and trunk handle) and '54 (headlight benzels) for my '52. As far as correctness, I'm all for keeping things original too (drivetrain, etc) but I like to keep people guessing. Hey, you diehard Packard guys are probably the only ones who will even notice!
The colors are Turquoise Blue Light and Packard Ivory; the car was born Twilight Taupe (L) and Matator Maroon (U) but later the lower was sprayed an incorrect ivory. She begged to become a turquoise gem! Besides Turquoise Blue Light, the only other color correct with the red interior is Sunset Red, but what do I care about correctness! (ha)
By the way, there is plenty of documentation for future restorations to get it right if that's what they want.

The changes migt not please the "Pebble Beach crowd",but the 250 looks good.Nice car.

How about some pics of the interior? Our 52 Mayfair had that beautiful burgundy dash. It was sunset red and twilight taupe. The interior was dark red leather and grey nylon. Although I like originality, your upgrades are still 51-54 Packard. I also like the four "vents" on the rear quarter. We only had three and I always thought the Patrician looked longer with the four.

WOW! Beautiful.

My congratulations! Very, very attractive. The Mayfair/Pacific, Caribbean aside, is my favorite body style of the 51-54 era. Like Randy said, I'd like to see a few interior photos.

I'll try to get some interior photos for y'all. I haven't done anything to the interior...its the original red leather and cream nylon. I have one small moth hole in the headliner, but its not bad enough (yet) to bother me.
On the side vents (bottle openers), it had four per side when I bought it in 2000. Some say it was a dealer "upgrade" or option. Who knows??