56 Packard in Motion !

[wholeNwon]

Brings back memories.

[MrCommanderData]

Yeah, I think both Lincoln and Packard had the better models in 1956

[drebben]

A gorgeous car. The engine sounds beautiful as well. Sorry Cadillac, but the 1956 Coupe de Ville could only dream of looking as pretty as the 1956 Packard 400.

[cumminsfan]

I love my 56 Patrician! Thanks for a nice video of a nice car. Mine is in the early stages of restoration, but is registered and road worthy. It is a huge hit at local cruise nights and car shows!

[artistmac]

Great looking car. I wonder if Packard wouldn't have been better off if they had stayed independent and hadn't been merging with Studebaker just as they were getting the 55's ready to introduce.

[GenericGene]

Ask The Man Who Owns One -

[packard400]

......gorgeous....simply gorgeous. They (55/56's) are rounded, but straight. Not a dowdy early 50's look, but not a rocketship on wheels like most cars looked by 58. The 56 is also a better car mechanically.I have a 55, same color as this one, but I like the full length stainless strip on yours (I considered locating the 56 trim and applying it to mine at one point, but did not.)

[robinswett]

The 1956 Packard was one of the best looking cars of the Fifties. It has the best blend of flashiness and reserve. Outstanding innovations, too.

[Fordfuentes]

Wow, there will never be a brand Like Packard again! Great car you got there ....

[bozonono]

Still and elegant car. Delorean was at packard and moved to pontiac after 56 look at the early grand prix.

55-56 packard suspension was the best still is. motor trend did a retrospective on linc, cad pack and imperial.packard got handling cudos over all of them.

[56Packman]

Ralphg63--congrats on a beautiful Carribbean HT. I have a '56 400 HT. See my videos here on youtube--I service the electronic pushbuttons

[avanti63]

ralph took the video of me driving the caribbean.I'm the owner

[Taranau]

Oh baby...

[ralphg63]

so you liked the car huh ?

she's a beauty

[Taranau]

Yes,she is...I was noticing at other Packard videos(this one too)that 56 Packards look a lot like the "redesigned" 57 Mercurys(being Fords with style and class was Mercurys original mission)And that other Packards looked a lot like 57/58 Buicks.

[ralphg63]

Well... I think they stand alone, and 56 was the last true Packard, the 57 Packard was a merge with Studebaker, and was disasterous in design. This is a Caribbean hardtop, rare, most were convertibles.

[Taranau]

Yes,they do stand alone.Didn't know 56/57 were their last years.Did they become the Packard in PackardBell?

[56Packman]

Taranau-look at a 1955 Lincoln vs. a '55 Packard, then look at a '56 Lincoln vs. '56 Packard and see who looks like who. It's easy to say a Packard "looks like X", but in the case of your example here the Packard is compared to a car that came out a full calender year later, in which case that car looks like a Packard. But, it's a GM-Ford-Chrysler world out there and no one can fathom an independant actually doing something well, or being unique

[Taranau]

Have long been cognizant of car companies and their tendencies to feed off each other.And the activity of similar situations/similar results.How about that Packard Predictor?It took Pontiacs a while to get that look.Having never owned one,and not knowing how well or not they were made,Sudebaker Avantis possess a uniqueness.