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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / September 2005NO SUICIDE DOORS!
It is good that the seller emphasized this car NOT HAVING THE SUICIDE DOORS! They were so common in 1955... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VERY-NICE-1955-Packard-Panama-Clipper_W0QQitemZ45 78141767QQcategoryZ6389QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ...not to mention the rare 230 cubic-inch engine (320 is more like it). > It is good that the seller emphasized this car NOT HAVING THE SUICIDE > DOORS! They were so common in 1955... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VERY-NICE-1955-Packard-Panama-Clipper_W0QQitemZ45 78141767QQcategoryZ6389QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > ...not to mention the rare 230 cubic-inch engine (320 is more like it). I imagine he threw that in there to get more search results. I imagine someone might search eBay for "suicide doors..." nate  Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel > It is good that the seller emphasized this car NOT HAVING THE SUICIDE > DOORS! They were so common in 1955... Too bad it didn't have suicide doors; it would be a one-of-a-kind. I have seen pics of the styling study 4-door hardtop body that had suicide doors on it. One more reason Packard fell behind the times in 1955/6, given the popularity of the Cadillac 4 door hardtop, and Packard had none. By the way, Bob, does you dad remember any of his customers asking when Packard was going to offer one?? Wonder if its still lurking around East Grand somewhere... <g> Craig. Nope, Craig, he's never mentioned it. His beef was how slow the 1955s came dribbling out of the factory, and how poorly made they were once they DID arrive. He was right next to the Chevrolet/Cadillac dealer in Paris [IL](actually, there was a small bar between the two dealerships). Dad didn't get his first 1955 Packard or Clipper of ANY model until the last week of January or the first week of February 1955. Can you imagine how many would-be 1955 Packard sales were lost to Cadillac, Buick, etc, between October 1954 and late January 1955? The "new-body" 1957 Packards, had they been built in Detroit, would have used a modified Lincoln body, so they sure would have had a 4-door hardtop in the lineup. BP |
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