Vehicle Description
1955 Packard Patrician 374CI V8 6.1L with a Twin-Ultramatic
Transmission. Automatic walk up Light on both Passanger and drivers
side. Power Steering. Power Brakes. Power windows. Power front
seat. The paint is Beautiful Topaz Bronze and Agate Cream. Interior
is luxurious in Bronze and Cream cloth. With power bench front
seat. Easy room for six passengers. Riding on new Radial Wide
Whitewalls tires and original caps. The engine was had an overhaul
less the 900 miles ago. Car comes from a life long classic car
collector. The Bright work and Crome are in like new. Conditions.
The underneath of the car has not been restored but show now issues
in any of the steel. Terry 952-451-2104. Sold For1955, the entire
senior line of Packards received an extensive design update that
freshened the last restyling that was done in 1951. Under designer
Dick Teague, the Senior Packards received a more modern grille
design, "Cathedral"-styled rear tail lights, hooded headlight
housings and a new exterior trim layout that afforded Packard the
ability to offer two- and three-tone paint combinations with the
simplest of masking patterns. While Packard could not afford a
whole new greenhouse for the passenger compartment, new trim at the
base of the rear pillar made it look like it had a redesigned
roofline. The cars were also outfitted with a wrap-around
windshield, thus bringing it in line with American automobiles of
the era. Inside, upholstery and bright work was also freshened and
the cars received a new dashboard layout. 1955 and 1956 instruments
and controls were similar, but the 1955 dash featured a warm,
bronze-like surface, and in 1956 were faced with a machined-look
stainless steel facing.
