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GADM #9 — 1956 Packard Predictor — pearlescent white; GADM #10 — 1951 Chrysler K-310 — turquoise metallic/dark blue roof; GADM #11 — 1956 Chrysler Norseman — green metallic/light green roof; GADM #12 — 1956 Buick Centurion — red/ivory; GADM #13 — unknown; GADM #14 — 1952 Chrysler C-200 — pale green/black
Packard Predictor (1956) Packard Black Bess (1957; not an official name, it was a driveable design proposal) Packard tradenames. Ultramatic, Packard's self ...
The last Teague design for Packard was the Executive, introduced in mid-1956 and derived from the Clipper Custom, launched just as sales of the luxury Packard line collapsed. Teague also designed the last Packard show car, the Predictor, plus a new Packard and Clipper lineup for 1957 that would have followed the general lines of the Predictor.
In 1956, the Packard "Predictor" show car designed by Dick Teague debuted at the Chicago Auto Show featuring innovations such as a power operated trunk lid. [23] In 1958, the remote activated electric trunk release was introduced by U.S. automakers in production vehicles. [24]
1955 Packard Four Hundred (Series 5580) 1956 Packard Four Hundred (Series 5680) For 1955 the Four Hundred name was re-employed by Packard and assigned to the automaker's senior model range two-door hardtop. Visual cues that helped to easily identify the 400 included a full color band along the lower portion of the car topped by a partial color ...
Although Detroit-based Packard production ceased after the 1956 model year, Studebaker-Packard Corporation continued to fulfill service obligations to Packard owners, and servicing the 1955 Twin-Ultramatic and 1956 Touchbutton Ultramatic were a continuing liability for the company after the Packard range was discontinued.
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.
Studebaker-Packard Corporation made numerous attempt at resurrecting the Packard nameplate. The French Facel-Vega four-door sedan, which was powered by a Chrysler V8 engine, would have been supplied the basis of a new Packard. Additional work was done with the Ford Motor Company to use the 1956 Lincoln Bodies that Ford was eliminating.