All Packard models now featured an innovative front and rear torsion bar suspension system with automatic leveling, making the 1955 Packards some of the smoothest riding and best handling full-size cars of the era, reportedly even forcing Chrysler back to the drawing board to rethink its own “Torsion-Aire” design. It is a truly bitter irony that by 1955, Packard was slipping into oblivion following its merger with Studebaker, just as its best-ever postwar models debuted. A pair of modern and powerful OHV V-8 engines also debuted, displacing 320 and 352 cubic inches with 225 and 275 hp on tap respectively Power Windows✔ Power Seats
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale January 19th - 22nd, 2017 at Russo and Steele's 17th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. About 1950, a Packard dealer named Art Schuberg heard of a 1936 Packard stored in a barn on a farm east of town. The owner, Ole Anderson, wanted a more modern automobile, so the Packard became a trade-in for a new vehicle
The Light Eight of 1930-1932 was Packard's first response, but it was soon clear that an even less-costly, higher-volume model line was necessary to compete with such mid-market players as Buick and Oldsmobile. Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale WITHOUT RESERVE and SOLD to the highest bidder January 19th - 22nd, 2017 at Russo and Steele's 17th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. While Packard entered the 1930s in fine form with a solid balance sheet, the deepening Great Depression and weakening demand for large luxury automobiles necessitated a broadening of its model lineup
All Packard models now featured an innovative front and rear torsion bar suspension system with automatic leveling, making the 1955 Packards some of the smoothest riding and best handling full-size cars of the era, reportedly even forcing Chrysler back to the drawing board to rethink its own Torsion-Aire design. Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale January 19th - 22nd 2017 at Russo and Steeles 17th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. It is a truly bitter irony that by 1955, Packard was slipping into oblivion following its merger with Studebaker, just as its best-ever postwar models debuted Power Windows
FROM THE MISSOULA AUTO MUSEUM COLLECTION - Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale WITHOUT RESERVE and SOLD to the highest bidder January 19th - 22nd, 2017 at Russo and Steele's 17th Annual Scottsdale Arizona Auction at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Throughout production, Packard's various Eight model lines were a company mainstay that helped keep Packard at the pinnacle of the American luxury-car market prior to America's full-scale involvement in World War II. While the multi-cylinder race was in full effect by 1930, Packard's Eight, Standard Eight, and Custom and Deluxe Eights were company mainstays throughout the difficult 1930s
All the mechanics are rebuilt or new, including motor, transmission, starter, generator and all hydraulics. It has had a total suspension rebuild with new brakes and tires. Powered by an 8-cylinder engine with 3-speed automatic transmission.