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BDC

Re: A piece of history?

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Fred, congratulations on your Packard. I'm pleasantly surprised with your excellent knowledge of the English language! I visited and worked in France several times and outside of Paris English is non existing. (The good thing about that was that I was forced to learn French). Today I speak enough French to get me in trouble but not enough to get out of trouble

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I'm glad my CL roaming is of some service to other PI-members.

Posted on: 2017/1/12 10:16

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Leeedy

Re: A piece of history?

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PP56FR wrote:
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

Ohhhhhhhh! THAT is one very beautiful 1956 Patrician. I once had one identical with factory air. It was solid Roman Copper with brown interior. Beautiful car... and the color would have pleased Ed Macauley very, very much!

Posted on: 2017/1/12 15:18

Ozstatman

Re: A piece of history?

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Guscha wrote:
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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?

Gerd,
Once again I stand corrected!

My apologies to all the French Craigslistophiles.

Posted on: 2017/1/12 15:30

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PP56FR

Re: A piece of history?

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BDC wrote:
Fred, congratulations on your Packard. I'm pleasantly surprised with your excellent knowledge of the English language! I visited and worked in France several times and outside of Paris English is non existing. (The good thing about that was that I was forced to learn French). Today I speak enough French to get me in trouble but not enough to get out of trouble .
I'm glad my CL roaming is of some service to other PI-members.

Working for an US company for the last 18 years helps a bit to speak English, as this is my daily work language in fact. But I agree, the French are not known for their mastering of Shakespeare's mother tongue.

I will let the members here know when I get eventually more information about the Patrician from the Studebaker museum. For sure, I wasn't expecting to own one of the last ones.

Posted on: 2017/1/12 16:56

Fred
1956 Patrician Touring Sedan

PP56FR

Re: A piece of history?

#15

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I received my Car Production Order copy, and a "In transit Receipt in lieu of bill of lading" document.

The production order shows "hold at factory for storage" with a date stamped next to it: JUN 26 1956. How should I understand that date?

The other document, also dated Jun 26 (hand written), shows shipment to a retail store in Pittsburgh, PA.

Posted on: 2017/2/6 12:46

Fred
1956 Patrician Touring Sedan

bkazmer

Re: A piece of history?

#16

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Let us know how many times your Packard is referred to as a "Panhard."

Posted on: 2017/2/6 17:22

Dave Brownell

Re: A piece of history?

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My 1956 400/Esquire hardtop Production Order shows a date of the week before yours and a similar "hold" for presumably short term storage at a nearby lot. A day or so later, there is a shipping slip showing DuBois Motors in Arlington, VA as its destination. Similarly, my documents for the Executive hardtop, built in March 1956, shows a similar factory storage notation. I assumed this was the usual and customary way of saying that the cars would be parked until the appropriate shipping conveyance (truck or train) was ready to take them away. The Executive was shipped to Earl C. Anthony, Los Angeles, CA.

Both documents for both cars have handwritten notations on them (in a very nice cursive script, perhaps a woman's?) of the car's lock and trunk key codes. I suppose that this was noted somewhat late in the production process with matching keys and tumblers of whatever was next to be grabbed from the key/tumbler bins. The notes were there to inform the shipper, dealer, parts department of what locks were on the car as it left Detroit in case the keys got lost along the way.

Posted on: 2017/2/6 19:49

PP56FR

Re: A piece of history?

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Yes, my documents show elegant cursive hand notes as well, with the keys references. I just wonder why the production order is stamped June 26 when production ceased on June 25. I can understand a shipment the day after, but I'm a bit puzzled with the date on the production order and its meaning.

Posted on: 2017/2/7 5:09

Fred
1956 Patrician Touring Sedan