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1951
24th Series

1951 Packard would introduce a completely fresh new body style to its automobile line. Introduction of the 1951 Packards in the 200, 200 Deluxe, 300 and the Patrician 400 series began in August 1950. The Packard 250 Line with the convertible and hardtop was added in March 1951. On Oct.12,1950 the Society of Motion Picure Art Directors proclaimed the 24th Series Packard as " The most beautiful car of the year." The midyear two-door hardtop acquired the name Mayfair after it's release. An experimental Phantom II sports car was constructed for Packard design chief Ed Macauley, based on a highly-modified Club Sedan. It featured a long, wide hood scoop, ebbed bright metal underscores, similarly ribbed fender skirts, Constoom concentric circle wheel discs, hardtop coupe styling and a two person seating. A Packard 200 touring sedan exhibited average fuel consumption of 22.023 mpg while participating in the Mobilgas Economy Run. This was better than 12 other entries in the same class. A total of 100,132 Packards were supplied to buyers during the 1951 model run. Calender year totals were counted at 76,075 cars, good for 16th position on industry sales charts.

1951 Packard Ad.

1951 Packards on the track at the Packard Proving Grounds
400 Patrician, 300, 200 series

1951 Packards at Packard Proving Ground Lodge
200, 300, 400 Patrician series

1951 Packard 200 business coupe 2-door

1951 Packard 200 club sedan 2-door

1951 Packard 200 Sedan

1951 Packard 200 Deluxe sedan 4-door

1951 Packard Mayfair
1951 Packard 250 Mayfair Hardtop

1951 Packard convertible
1951 Packard 250 Convertible

1951 Packard 300 Sedan

1951 Packard 300, entering test track at Packard Proving Grounds
1951 Packard 300 Sedan, entering test track at Packard Proving Grounds

1951 Packard 400 Patrician Sedan

1951 Packard Factory Numbers

Note 1: 24,310 Packard 200's were built with no body style breakout available.

Note 2: 47,052 Packard 200 Deluxes were built with no body style breakout available.

Note 3: 4,640 Packard 250's were built with no body style breakouts available.

Packard 200 Series
Standard Line
Series	Body/Style	Body Type	Factory	Shipping	Production
Number	Number	& Seating	Price	Weight	Total
2401	2492	4-dr Sed-6P	$2469.00	3665	Note 1
2401	2495	2-dr Clb Sed-6P	$2416.00	3600	Note 1
2401	2498	2-dr Bus Cpe-3P	$2302	3550	Note 1

Deluxe Line
2401	2462	4-dr Sed-6P	$2616.00	3660	Note 2
2401	2465	2-dr Clb Sed-6P	$2563.00	3605	Note 2

Packard 250 Series
2401	2467	2-dr HT Cpe-6P	$3234.00	3820	Note 3
2401	2469	2-dr Conv-6P	$3391.00	4040	Note 3

Packard 300 Series
2402	2452	4-dr Sed -6P	$3034.00	3875	15,309

Patrician 400 Series
2406	2452	4-dr Sed-6P	$3662.00	4115	9,001

Note 4: Custom Formal Sedans on the Patrician 400 platform were available no production numbers are avavilable.

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