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For Sale: 1953 Packard 250 Mayfair in Cadillac, Michigan
1953 Packard Mayfair Hardtop Coupe - 327ci Flat 8 (180hp), Auto,
Signal Seeking AM Radio, Power Antenna, Recent Tune Up, Orchard
Green, 15? Wire Wheel Covers, Coker White Walls, 1 of only 5,150
Produced! 1953 Packard Mayfair Hardtop Coupe - The 1951-1953
Packard Mayfair was the Packard auto company's offering in the
quickly growing hardtop market of the immediate postwar era. Along
with the all-steel station wagon, hardtop designs grabbed upwards
of a third of domestic output by mid-decade. The hardtop stole the
show with its pizzazz, however, causing automakers to jump on the
bandwagon. Some hardtops looked like deft, ground-up designs;
others looked like what they were: two-door sedans with hastily
contrived pillarless side windows. The 1951-1953 Packard Mayfair
was among the later arrivals, and product-wise wasn't truly
satisfactory because of compromises. Packard built it on the junior
short-wheelbase chassis, and attempted to sell it (and the
concurrent convertible) as a prestige line. Thus it came with a
"250" designation, senior-style grille teeth, 327-cid engine, full
wheel covers, and pelican hood ornament. None of this disguised the
fact that at $3,200 to $3,400, the Packard Mayfair competed more
with Buick, Chrysler, and Mercury than with Cadillac, Imperial, and
Lincoln. It thus failed to buck up Packard's sagging luxury image,
and added little to sales of middle-priced Packards. None of which
meant the 1951-1953 Packard Mayfair wasn't a very nice car in its
own right. All of the above deluxe components combined with the
pillarless windowline did make for a sporty, upmarket Packard.
"Mayfair" seemed an appropriate name, too, conjuring up images of a
fashionable district in London, or a famous London coachbuilder.
And the smoothly integrated styling avoided the "cobbled" look of
such hastily contrived rivals as the Hudson Hollywood and DeSoto
Sportsman. Please Note The Following **Vehicle Location is at our
clients home and Not In Cadillac, Michigan.
Vehicle Details
1953 Packard 250 Mayfair
Listing ID:CC-1648779
Price:$35,895
Location:Cadillac, Michigan
Year:1953
Make:Packard
Model:250 Mayfair
Exterior Color:Orchard Green
Transmission:Automatic
Odometer:87044
Stock Number:329778
VIN:AAH32849
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