Packard 300
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The Packard 300 was an automobile built and sold by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan for model years 1951 and 1952. The 300 represented the upper mid-range Packard model, providing better appointments than the Packard 200 or the Packard 250 series. The premiere Packard offered during these years was the Packard Patrician 400.
The 300 model was built as a four-door sedan only for both model years, and rode upon Packard's 127" wheelbase. The car included the basic trim appointments found in the 200 and 250 models lines plus tinted windows, robe rail for backseat passengers and stripped interior fabrics. Exterior trim included full wheel covers and Packard's graceful long-neck swan hood ornament. The 300 also received a wrap around rear window which it shared with the Patrician models.
Power for the car in both years came from Packard's venerable inline 8 cylinder engine, and a three-speed manual was standard with Packard's Ultramatic automatic transmission as optional.
In 1954 the 300 was renamed the Packard Cavalier as Packard moved away from its strict numeric model naming structure. At total of 22,309 Packard 300’s were built in their two years on the market, with 1951’s 15,309 representing the high sales mark for the 300 model.
[edit] Sources
- Gunnell, John, Editor (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-096-3.
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| People: | Howard Darrin | James J. Nance | James Ward Packard | William Dowd Packard. |
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