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[Closed] PICs: Which Packard? '53 or '56

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Tim Kubiak
(@timkubiak)
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1953! The color and all the chrome are perfect! Big and beautiful!



   
Frank Kocour
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'53. Looks European. Love those radiused wheels.



   
(@steve kiraly)
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'56.



   
(@bob-jackman)
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The 53 for me with it's straight eight engine and four barrel carb.



   
(@1961linc)
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(pic) 56 please...especially this one!

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David K Angeloni


   
(@John Munro)
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You can park either one in my drive way



   
John Kuvakas
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That one's a stunner!


John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA


   
(@Al Dorado)
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The '56. No contest. Ask the man who owns one.



   
(@sizedoesmatter)
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I prefer the '53 for its clean and refined styling. The '56 has too much going on.


John Bono
North Jersey


   
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