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Thank you for the additional information. Indeed, June 25th, 1956 must have been a sad day at Conner. When parsing the registry here, there is a Patrician with a rather high VIN that was exported to France (now in Belgium). So they were still exporting, even when the end was getting closer. But maybe they still had hopes or didn't realize.
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It is from Florida. Not yet titled here, but I launched the process. For such imports, we need to provide some detailed information, like engine and VIN numbers (with pictures), build date (as accurate as possible), engine specifications (for the taxable horsepower), and few other things.
Posted on: 2017/2/7 11:28
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Oh dear, the vignette on 374 in3 engine.
Posted on: 2017/2/7 15:44
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There is a mistaken notion about what happened to these Packards after they left the assembly line. People assume that wham! the cars went right off of the end of the line direct to the dealers and customers. Not so. Except in certain instances, the finished Packards of this era were rarely taken directly to a dealer from the end of the factory line-especially on Conner Avenue.
Unless they were taken to the assembly re-fit substation (elsewhere on Conner Avenue) these cars were usually shipped over by by truck to a large storage lot at the corner of Mt. Elliott and Grand Boulevard. Here they were processed and prepped for shipping and loaded for final destination. Unless scheduled for factory delivery to the buyer (on-site delivery at Grand Blvd.) they all left via a side street that fed out onto Mt. Elliott. On the corner of that street was the last building erected in conjunction with Packard which had a sign that read something like "Nu-Car Driveway" or some such wording. Cars were given final factory prep and delivery processing here and then sent on their way. Forgot to mention... some cars also were prepped here for train transport. Others that were bound for a distributor (such as Earle C. Anthony) left by train both from Conner and from the lot I describe on Grand Blvd. Across the side street from that corner was "The New Packard Bar" that served great hamburgers. Many of the Packard car prep guys ate lunch there. As for a car that is presently in Europe, this does not necessarily mean it was a factory export car-which was a very different animal. Most of these export cars were sent out in what was known as "K.D. format" (knocked down). Fenders and other items were not installed and boxed instead. Tires were sometimes heavier grade and so was suspension. A car that is in France today could just be an ordinary domestic USA version that got exported later. By the way... the Nu-Car building still stands today (quite modified), though almost everything that used to be around it when it was built is now gone... including the New Packard Bar which is long, long gone.
Posted on: 2017/2/8 1:00
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Fred, good luck with your Patrician....striking color too!!!
Posted on: 2017/2/17 18:47
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