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15/02/2026 2:00 pm
John Bono
North Jersey
15/02/2026 2:06 pm
I always enjoy these old ads; especially the prices of the used cars!
15/02/2026 2:12 pm
Man I wish this ad were current! 
15/02/2026 2:51 pm
We can dream. Almost spare change today.
15/02/2026 4:24 pm
What beautiful cars and trucks in this print ad from back then ! If only it were possible to go back in time and obtain these brand-new vehicles at those prices to magically store until now.
15/02/2026 5:55 pm
...that's a late '56 ad because the word "Packard" has been added to "Clipper."
Clippers started 1956 as a sperate make. Nowhere on early production cars did a Packard script appear; one was added later to the trunk after customers complained. They wanted others to know they were driving a Packard.
Also, there's a Packard Executive in this ad. Trying all they could to garner sales, SP-MNGMNT grafted Packard front clips to Clipper Customs as a mid-year offering. Of course, all this proved too little too late, and well, you know.... 😞 😞
- For over 20 years, I owned a '56 Clipper Custom Sedan; it was built like a tank - the doors shut like bank vaults.
15/02/2026 5:57 pm
I'll take the '49 Buick convertible for $350, please!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
15/02/2026 9:37 pm
Ooo, I'll take that Hawk for $1980.😎💯
16/02/2026 9:51 am
As a kid, I used to cut these ads out of the evening paper daily. I kept them in a notebook and played car dealer in my room. I had several years of them, but they were lost in our house fire on February 17, 1971. Odd that it's 55 years tomorrow of that fire. I also lost my sixty-one 1:25 scale plastic models that all melted. As a 20 year old, this was devastating.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota