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Hi all,

New to the forum and to the Packard world, I recently purchased a 1956 Patrician that I saw for sale thanks to a great topic here that tries to collect the ads of Packards for sale on Craigslist. Kind of Xmas gift for a car I think I always wanted after reading a book 20 years ago (well, 23 to be accurate, that was back in 1994!). The car is Mojave Tan (one repaint in a bit too light tone) with a matching mint interior (the car has 15,300 miles). That dash is just a piece of jewelry.

I'm currently doing to paperwork to have it registered/titled, and just discovered that this Patrician is number 3765 out of 3775 produced. Could it be that this car was produced during the last day(s) of Packard operations in Detroit?

Apologies for my newbie questions.

Fred from France

Ten from the end, most likely it was produced on one of the last days.

Bon chance


Fred from USA

is it a true export from date of manufacture also? or was it just shipped there later in life? that would be interesting to see that they were exporting even 10 from the end of the line.

"was it just shipped there later in life?"

Suspect that would be the answer, Fred's original post says "a 1956 Patrician that I saw for sale thanks to a great topic here that tries to collect the ads of Packards for sale on Craigslist". Don't believe Craigslist operates in France. It's heartening to see that the effort put in, especially by 58L8134, BDC and others, to link listings to that thread pays off!

This post provides a link to Fred's Patrician in the Registry.

The build slip from the Studebaker National Museum would answer some of the questions.
https://studebakermuseum.org/archives-and-education/about-the-archives/

Indeed, this is a very late import (end of 2016). I know of one 1956 Caribbean export (which belonged to Edith Piaf, at display in a museum here) and one 1956 Patrician (with a kph speedometer) that was once for sale here in a rather rough condition, many many years ago. And there is/was another 1956 Patrician that appeared in a magazine 21 years ago. Not idea how many Packard were exported here, but a few were.

I will contact the Studebaker National Museum. Thanks for the link!

Fred

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Fred (PP56FR), welcome to PackardInfo.com!

This way to the -> Packard Club de France.

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Mal (Ozstatman), my fellow believer, Craigslist operates in France. Attached a list of French regions, listed at CL. Would you like to buy -> a very French car in Lyon?

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Hi PP56FR

Welcome to the Forum, so glad you found your '56 Patrician, gorgeous in solid copper, through our Various CL Pickings efforts. There are hundreds of Packards here in the U.S. that go wanting for an appreciative owner-conservator, some of which are reasonably priced for the model and condition. If you can introduce your fellow countrymen to the benefits of Packard ownership, they too should be able to follow your example, avail themselves of these fine cars. Please keep us apprised of your experiences with your Patrician.

Steve

Thank you for the welcoming.

Craigslist operates indeed in France, but is not well-known. Our nationwide equivalent is "leboncoin" (which translates to "the good place") with millions of ads.