Vehicle Description
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at Auctions America’s Auburn Fall event, September 1-4, 2016.
Chassis No.
56873040
Estimate:
$ 48,000 - $ 52,000 US
As with the Patrician, the Packard 400 was a standalone model in one body style. A 1956 Packard brochure, in discussing the 400, stated that “Traditional elegance is spiced with youthful flair in the new Packard Four Hundred. Let your eye capture the quick sweep of line and the forward-motion profile of this great car. Or let your eye linger on the little things – the new hood ornament, the wrap-around parking lights, the shrouded headlights.”
Reported as being “100-percent original;” this is a very rare and stunning example of “one of the best Packards ever produced.” The odometer reads just over 6,000 miles and the owner reports that these miles are actual and documented. He continues that in all likelihood this makes this Four Hundred “the most original low mileage model (1956 Packard 400) to exist.” It is very highly optioned and runs with a V-8 engine with pushbutton automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, power windows, dual power antennas, power seat, factory pushbutton radio, padded dash, wire wheels, whitewall tires, rear fender skirts and full Solex tinted glass. One of only 3,224 built in the 1956 model year, this example even has the original bill of sale dated 1956 and is attached to the right rear quarter window.
