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29/08/2021 4:39 pm
Even as the independent Packard Corporation was dying for lack of customers, Packard styling continued. Here are two examples from the later years of Packard.
That roof is hard to picture; here's another try.
And later, even as the last true Packards took their final form, the 1955-56, came this concept:
That's enough of "what might have been" for this evening. It's time for me to go back to the workshop and my current project.
David H 
29/08/2021 6:42 pm
I have both of these David. Great pictures as the little people add so much to the scenes.
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29/08/2021 9:02 pm
Those are beautiful concept Packards. The Panther Daytona would have been a great prototype upon which to base the ‘57 models. Question: Did the guy standing at the back of the Panther Daytona just have a total knee replacement? The cane is a dead giveaway. I agree. The people and dogs are cool additions to the pictures of the cars.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
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29/08/2021 10:22 pm
Thanks to both of you for your kind words. I confess to liking the little folks and have a couple of small boxes of them. I've been told the old guy looks a little like me, even to the cane.
David H 
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