Motor Car Company

1955
55th series

Factory introduction of the 1955 models took place Jan.17,1955. Model year output was 55,247 cars. Calender years sales were 69,667 units. Packard was America's 14th ranked automaker. A Patrician ran 25,00 miles at an average speed of 104.737 mph in the AAA-supervised test at the companies Utica Proving Ground. The Packard Request show car with a "Classic" grille was built this year. Packard supplied V-8 engines and Ultramatic transmissions to the American Motors Corp. for use in Nash and Hudson Eights. Richard Teague was now cheif stylist at Studebaker-Packard Corp.
    

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1955 Packard 400 hardtop

 

       
 1955 Packard 400 Hardtop                                    1955 Packard 400 Hardtop

 

 1955 Packard Carribean Convertible

 

1955 Packard Carribean Convertible

 

1955 Packard Clipper 4 Door

 

         
1955 Packard Clipper 4 Door                                  1955 Packard Clipper 2-door

 

1955 Packard Clipper 2-door

 

1955 Packard Patrician 4dr.

 

 1955 Packard 400

 

1955 Packard 400 interior

 

1955 Packard Request show car
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Factory Number's

55th Series
Clipper Deluxe /	Super Series
Series	Body/Style	Body Type	Factory	Shipping	Production
Number	Number	& Seating	Price	Weight	Total
Deluxe Series
5540	5522	4-dr Sed-6P	$2586	3680	8,309
Super Series
5540	5542	4-dr Sed-6P	$2686	3670	7,979
Panama Super
5540	5547	4-dr Sed-6P	$2776	3700	7,016
Clipper Custom
5560	5562	4-dr Sed-6P	$2926	3885	8,708
Clipper Constellation
5560	5567	2-dr HT Spt Cpe-6P	$3076	3865	6,672
Packard Line
Four-Hundred
5580	5587	2-dr HT Cpe-6P	$4080	4250	7,206
Caribbean
5580	5588	2-dr Cus Conv-6P	$5932	4755	500
Patrician
5580	5582	4-dr Sed-6P	$4040	4275	9,127

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