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Well he sure has a lot of friends there, and what looks like a 22nd series peeking out from under a cover.

This gentleman is looking for a '41 120 parts car, will consider 110:
altoona.craigslist.org/wan/d/central-city-packard-1941/7097775316.html

A '58 hardtop, good start to improve while you drive:
hartford.craigslist.org/ctd/d/deep-river ... -packard-58l-2-door/7101721504.html

Steve

Steve, is it just me, or are those last couple of Packard models just plain boar-ugly?!?!? I see 'Studebaker' in there and an 'attempt' at retaining some Packard pedigree (which rates an epic fail, IMO) with the resulting vehicle looking like a Stud on steroids, or maybe even mushrooms! My Apologies to anyone that owns one of these 'things', my assault is certainly not personal, but every time I see one, I find myself asking 'what were they (Packard) thinking'?!?!? Chris.

The same 1958 was posted here just a few days ago and Chris, even though you didn't ask me, I really like them! The 2-door hardtops such as the one listed are my favorites on the 1957-1958 Packards.

Chris

I don't think there were really any Packard personnel left making decisions when they 1958 models were being developed. It was all in the hands of the Studebaker sales and promotion department with assistance of the styling department and the okay of upper management.

The rational was that 'Packard' couldn't withstand another year of being labelled a fancy Studebaker therefore a car of distinctive and unique design was necessary. Roy Hurley was calling the shots, had his 'Hurley Hawk' Ferrari-inspired one-off custom which he liked really well. Well enough to order it into production as the Packard Hawk, and while they were at it, apply that same styling to the sedans, hardtops and station wagons. It gave us a unforgettable final act.

Steve

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Thanks for the replies, Steve & Don. As always. beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, while some people may like a certain style of vehicle, others may find it hideous. And SOME vehicles may not make good 'first impressions' and then later 'grow' on us after we have looked at them for a while. I DO get that. PERSONALLY, I absolutely love traditional Packard styling, am partial to the pre-war stuff, (obviously, that is what I sought & bought) but as soon as I evaluate the Studebaker-influenced Packards, they just come off as garish and gaudy to me. And yet there are a couple of real Studebakers that I DO like, I think it was the mid-fifties Avanti and the Hawk Presidente, I believe it was called, were nice enough looking cars for the time. I guess what puts me off about those last Packards as they seem like 'fake Packards' and the fins and bulbous headlight stylings look 'inserted'. Maybe if I try and view them more in context with the time-frame they were being marketed, they would seem less ugly to me, but as it is, just looking at them now, they seem a 'genetic' mess. Just my opinion I realize and know others will flatly disagree with me. Just sayin'. Chris.

Chris, I think you've upset the Craig's List poster as the entry has been deleted!

Don, the CL poster needs thicker skin. It's like that magazine that I bought from you that had the article basically blaming the pre-war Sixes for Packard's demise. It's an OPINION and this is a site where opinions are exchanged. There have been drop-dead, gorgeous cars designed and manufactured over the years, that have stood the test of time, and others that STAND OUT as lesser-thans in form and lines. That's a fact. And while the public's reception and perception of those cars is somewhat subjective, history is the final arbiter, and a car that is not of classic lines, etc., will show in how collectible it ends up being. I thought that picture that Steve posted kind of said it all! Chris.

Well, maybe the CT '58 Hardtop sold that quickly was why it disappeared. Some rather thin-skinned folks take any comments not glowingly positive about their cars as if one is denigrating their first born!

The South Bend Packards are an acquired taste, but then again, almost all cars from 1958 are too. Hey, I got scared by a '58 Lincoln as a six year old and my bad taste was formed right then. I like Misunderstood Giants.

At least that '58 Hardtop escaped this fate so far.

Steve

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Ok let's get back on track here folks. '48 Super w/OD and electromatic clutch. $9,750. Looks beautiful, but that's just my opinion ;)

Included some pictures for the non-Facebook folks

facebook.com/marketplace/item/381161299437819/

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