Custom Hearse Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-packard-produced?et_cid=76981836&et_rid=1216515398&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.history.com%2fthis-day-in-history%2flast-packard-produced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 The last "true" Packards. Two more years of dressed up, ugly Studebaker Presidents with Packard nameplates. Sad. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Well Scott, they say styling is subjective...........I happen to like this though! 1958 Packard Hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Bill, I Really like the Studebaker Hawks. And Yes Styling is Subjective. But when I look at that front end all I can think of is a Flathead Catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Well Scott, they say styling is subjective...........I happen to like this though! 1958 Packard Hawk Yea, I kind of like the '58 Packard Hawk. I only Studebaker based Packard I do like. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I always thought the Packard Hawk was cool looking, looks great in red. But all the Studebaker based Packards were such obvious badge engineered. Aside from giving US Packard dealers something to sell, they served another purpose. Packard had license to be in a lot of countries, especially in South America, where Studebaker didn't have license. So those badge engineered cars were sent into those markets. There were also Studebaker trucks badged as Packards for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) I always thought the Packard Hawk was cool looking, looks great in red. But all the Studebaker based Packards were such obvious badge engineered. Aside from giving US Packard dealers something to sell, they served another purpose. Packard had license to be in a lot of countries, especially in South America, where Studebaker didn't have license. So those badge engineered cars were sent into those markets. There were also Studebaker trucks badged as Packards for the same reason. Studebaker trucks badged as Packards? Where did you get that information Tom? I know of no Packard trucks built after World War I. In fact your statement sent me searching through several books on the histories of both Packard and Studebaker, for Studebaker trucks badged as Packards. Including the most authoritative book on Packard history. Packard, A History of the Motor Car and the Company, edited by Beverly Rae Kimes and put out by Automobile Quarterly. There are no resources or references I can find of Studebaker trucks badged as Packards for sale overseas or anywhere else for that matter. I wonder if you got this idea mixed up with Chrysler's use of the DeSoto nameplate. For years, past the last DeSoto automobiles, Chrysler built and sold trucks overseas using the DeSoto nameplate. DeSoto trucks were built in Turkey into at least the 1970's, that I know of. I'd have to do more research to find the exact date the last DeSoto trucks were built. Scott Edited June 27, 2015 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?81003-Packard-Truck&highlight=packard+trucks Scott- The above link is to the SDC forums and tells the story of the1958 Packard pickups in Argentina. And yes, I'm familiar with the Desoto trucks. I lived in Turkey between 1966-8 and I remember my father pointing it out. In fact if I got through his whole slide hoard, I remember him taking a photo of one with me in it. Edited June 27, 2015 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Yea, I kind of like the '58 Packard Hawk. I only Studebaker based Packard I do like. Scott I like it too except for the fins, it would have been nicer looking if it looked like a 53-55 Stude in the rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thank you Tom for the above. I'm surprised I've never seen this mentioned any where else before. And you know something? I'm okay with being prove wrong in this way. I love it. Now I want one! Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thank you Tom for the above. I'm surprised I've never seen this mentioned any where else before. And you know something? I'm okay with being prove wrong in this way. I love it. Now I want one! Scott Grab an AMT 53 Stude, and build it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Grab an AMT 53 Stude, and build it How can I build a Packard truck out of AMT's '53 Studebaker? The engine maybe the only thing of use. It would be easier to build the rest of the truck from scratch. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 How can I build a Packard truck out of AMT's '53 Studebaker? The engine maybe the only thing of use. It would be easier to build the rest of the truck from scratch. Scott Scott, my mistake, you can build that beautiful car though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Scott, my mistake, you can build that beautiful car though... That's true. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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