# Packard's last hurrah

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402 "2024-07-23T17:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402/1 "2024-07-23T17:11:15Z")

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… was far too late to save the company, unfortunately.

> **[Packard's Last Hurrah: The 1955 V8](https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/packards-last-hurrah-the-1955-v8/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3RmSAWjJ8UDp5iq-NYxX-2KOFpYbO7zeGKn0tF4bbithYWwbSe_kZKCkQ_aem_U5sqcwV4bgiPjrceywXTFw)**
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> By 1955 Packard was nearly out of business, but the grand old Detroit automaker went down swinging with an all-new V8 engine. Here’s a closer look.     Packard’s sterling reputation in the auto industry was in large part built … Continue...

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402/2 "2024-07-23T19:36:20Z")

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My first and third grade teachers were sisters. Their home town was about 100 miles away so they would drive home every weekend. They would drive packards. They traded their 55 for a 56 best I can remember, but then had a bad accident and one was killed. Still when I see or hear about packard I can visualize that car sitting in front of the school. Never heard about them since until a couple years ago when the other one died.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402/3 "2024-07-24T13:58:27Z")

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One item left out of the article, the 352 **was** used in the 56 Golden Hawk.  
Did not know it was used in the 56 Ambassador.