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Packard Vehicles: Packard Clipper, Packard One-Twenty, Packard Patrician, Packard 200, Packard Hawk, Packard Light Eight

Packard Vehicles: Packard Clipper, Packard One-Twenty, Packard Patrician, Packard 200, Packard Hawk, Packard Light Eight


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Packard Clipper, Packard One-Twenty, Packard Patrician, Packard 200, Packard Hawk, Packard Light Eight, 1957 and 1958 Packards, Packard Executive, Clipper, Packard Caribbean, Packard Four Hundred, Packard One-Ten, Packard 180, Packard Super Eight, Packard Panther, Packard 300, Packard Cavalier, Packardbaker, Packard Station Sedan, Packard Mayfair. Excerpt: The 1957 and 1958 Packard lineup of automobiles were actually Studebakers: mildly restyled, rebadged and given slightly more luxurious interiors. After 1956 production, the Packard engine and transmission factory was leased to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation while the assembly plant on Detroit 's East Grand Boulevard was sold, ending the line of Packard-built cars. However, some Studebaker executives still saw value in the Packard name. These cars were developed in hopes that enough would be sold to enable the company to design and build a completely new luxury Packard. 1957 Packard Clipper For the 1957 model year, Studebaker-Packard took its top-of-the-line model, the President, and added a revised grille and taillights along with a machine-turned look dashboard and called the car the Packard Clipper . Two models were produced in 1957, a four-door Town Sedan and a station wagon Clipper Country Sedan . Taillights were borrowed from the 1956 Clipper, while the headlight 'eyebrows', hubcaps, dashboard and interior were all Packard styled (In fact, most were merely styled to give the "Packard look" while fitting onto a Studebaker, but a few actually were leftover Packard parts). When Packard dealers saw the resulting car at regional previews, the response was quick, angry and loud. Many dealers felt the Clipper was too similar to the Studebaker on which it was based and dropped Packard completely. Sales were a low 4,809, almost...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155756066
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 86
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 136 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155756061
  • Publisher Date: 06 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Packard Clipper, Packard One-Twenty, Packard Patrician, Packard 200, Packard Hawk, Packard Light Eight
  • Width: 229 mm


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