{"id":197254,"date":"2016-04-10T22:18:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T22:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=197254"},"modified":"2024-12-27T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:27:16","slug":"1955-packard-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-packard-request\/","title":{"rendered":"1955 Packard Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1955 Packard Request<\/h1>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">The Packard Request was one of the very last Packard show cars built in 1955 before the factory permanently shut down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was built for the increasing request by customers to re-establish the long, vertical grill from Packard&#8217;s prewar era.<\/p>\n<p>The car took a quick tour through the dealership channels and returned to Detroit when Packard dissolved.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Packard collector Ralph Marano found the car derelict in a field with accident damage and subsequently restored it for the 1983 Packard club annual convention in Oakland, CA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-packard-request-gallery\/\">1955 Packard Request Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>See full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-packard-request-gallery\/\">1955 Packard Request Gallery<\/a> here<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-packard-request\/1955_packard_request-0-400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-197256\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-197256 size-full\" title=\"1955 Packard Request\" src=\"http:\/\/supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1955_Packard_Request-0-400.jpg\" alt=\"1955 Packard Request\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>In Detail<\/h3>\n<table class=\"cardetails\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">submitted by<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/garage\/119513\/index.html\">Official Galleries<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">type<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Concept \/ Prototype Car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1955 Packard Request The Packard Request was one of the very last Packard show cars built in 1955 before the factory permanently shut down. 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