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The highest trim level available was the Packard Patrician 400 [5] which replaced the previous model year's Custom Super 8 model range. It was easily identified from other Packards by its stainless steel trim, including a brightwork extension on the top rear fender referred to as "the fishtail".
The Patrician 400 replaced the previous model year’s Packard Custom Super Eight model range. The 400 model name was dropped from the Patrician model range at the beginning of the 1953 model range, however the Patrician name continued to occupy the premium trim level Packard from 1953 through 1956.
The 1957 and 1958 Packard lineup of automobiles were based on Studebaker models: restyled, rebadged, and given more luxurious interiors. After 1956 production, the Packard engine and transmission factory was leased to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation while the assembly plant on Detroit's East Grand Boulevard was sold, ending the line of Packard-built cars.
The higher-end 300 and Patrician 400 models were built on a 127 in (3,226 mm) wheelbase. The 200-series models were low-end models and now included a business coupe. The new appearance had similarities to Oldsmobiles, which were more moderately priced and sold in greater numbers.
Packard Patrician Packard ... The Packard Caribbean is a full-sized ... which had been introduced in 1924 in the Packard Eight. A total of 400 Caribbeans were ...
Packard offered Twin-Ultramatic in the Packard Clipper, Packard Four Hundred, Packard Patrician, and Packard Caribbean ranges, and sold Twin-Ultramatics to American Motors for use along with their 320ci V8 in top-of-the-line Nash Ambassador and Hudson Hornet models for 1955.
The Packard Patrician 400 became the top level "senior" Packard replacing the Custom Super Eight. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 300 was positioned against the Buick Roadmaster , Cadillac Series 61 , Chrysler Saratoga , Frazier Manhattan and Lincoln Cosmopolitan .
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