aa Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan badge
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan. Badge on boot. The name 'Clipper' was brought back in 1953 as the 2401 Packard 200 and 250 cars were relaunched as the 2601 series.
aa Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop badge
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop - badge on bootlid. The 'Custom' badge indicated a Clipper above the Deluxe and Super.
ac Packard Clipper 1953 2601 2-door Sedan head
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan. The new 2401 body for the 1951 Packard 200 and 250 included a modern interpretation of the traditional Packard 'ox yoke' radiator first designed by Charles Schmidt in 1904.
ac Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop head
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop. Dick Teague restyled the 1955 models, but retained the 'ox yoke' grille in a new form. The Clipper Custom was given the big 5,768cc 250 bhp ohv V8 engine.
Packard Clipper 1953 2601 2-door Sedan front
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan, powered by 5,361 cc inline eight. 1955 Clippers got a new V8 engine, but this was too late to save Packard
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan rear
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan, The Clipper models inherited their 122-inch bodies from the 200 and 250 Packards, but there was also a 127-inch Patrician which was based on the 300 and 400 models.
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan side
Packard Clipper 1954 2601 2-door Sedan. Built on a 122-inch chassis, the Clipper body first appeared in 1951 on the new Packard 200 and 250 models. For 1953 the 'Clipper' name was brought back, but the cars didn't change very much.
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5560 Hardtop front
Packard Clipper Custom Constellation 5560 Hardtop 1955. The new 1955 Clipper was something of a Hot Rod for Packard because they gave this small car their new ohv 5,238cc V8 engine from the top range
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop rear
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop. The Clipper Custom was the top level trim for 1955 above Deluxe and Super. New styling by Dick Teague gave revised windows, grilles and lights.
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop side
Packard Clipper 1955 Custom Constellation 5567 Hardtop 1955. Dick Teague restyled the 1955 Packards and at last introduced a pillarless coupe body for the Clipper Custom model. It was built on the 122-inch wheelbase, but was full equipped.
Buick Special 1955 Sedan front
Buick Special 1955 Sedan. In 1954 a new Fisher body was developed for GM's B-body cars, and shared between the Buick Special and Oldsmobile 88. In 1955 both cars were given their annual update. It is possible that 'spies' from the British Rootes Group saw this design and plagiarised it for what they regarded as the 'British Buick', the Humber Hawk/Humber Super Snipe.
Chevrolet Bel Air 1954 4-door sedan front
Click here to go to an album on: Chevrolet BelAir. Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door sedan 1954. Carl Renner, under the direction of Harley Earl had given the Chevy cars a reskin in 1953, and the 1954 cars were given new toothed grilles between edge-mounted turn lamps.