1956 PACKARD EXECUTIVE, THE LAST TRUE PACKARD

FOR THE LAST YEAR OF PACKARD BEFORE THEY WERE STUDEBAKERIZED, HAD 4 MODELS. AT THE BOTTOM WAS THE EXECUTIVE, AS THIS EXAMPLE SHOWN, PATRICIAN, 400 HUNDRED, AND CARIBBEAN. EACH MODEL IS RARE FOR NOT MANY LAST YEAR PACKARDS SOLD. THIS 2-DOOR HARDTOP COUPE IS ONE OF 1,031 MADE. PACKARD HAD 3 ENGINE OFFERINGS. ALL WERE V-8’S, EXECUTIVES HAD THE 352 CID, 275 HP, PATRICIAN AND 400 HUNDREDS HAD THE 374 CID ENGINE, 290 HP, AND THE CARIBBEAN HAD THE 374 CID WITH 310 HORSES. PAINT FINISHES COULD BE ONE SOLID C