A DRUG TRIP GONE BAD

George Schire · 2025-12-14T00:59:50Z

1957 PACKARD CLIPPER I ask you, could American car styling have gone more wrong than this? It looks like a Plymouth undergoing a seizure with no hope of recovering. I'm thinking all the alleged design geniuses were in to some really powerful mind-altering chemicals, because this Packard is just too way out there for any other explanation to be feasible. Take note that they must have forgot the fins were on in it, and they put another fin on top of them. The roof appears to be mimicking that Plymouth again, but its warped. And OMG, those bug-eye headlights and fish looking grill, could it get any goofier? No wonder this was Packard's last hurrah!

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14/12/2025 1:18 pm

Posted by: @jack-dodds

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"...the Esval '58 Packard 58L HT looks nice in 1/43..."

Agreed! They're VERY nice models! 😎 😎 IMO, though, the (pure ) Studebaker version looked even better, as it did NOT suffer from any "disguised design" treatment.

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