{"id":6750,"date":"2019-09-15T20:56:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T18:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2019-09-15T21:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T19:27:36","slug":"packard-clipper-country-sedan-57l-p8-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/en\/packard-clipper-country-sedan-57l-p8-1957\/","title":{"rendered":"Packard Clipper Country Sedan – 57L-P8 (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Packard Clipper Country Sedan – 57L-P8 (1957) comes with a 275 bhp 4737 cm3 V-8 engine; RWD (rear-wheel drive) 3-speed Flite-O-Matic automatic transmission, equipped with power steering and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.<\/p>\n

Only 869 units of this model were manufactured in 1957. <\/p>\n

Packard production now consolidated with Studebaker in South Bend, and reduced to just two models for 1957 – both Clippers and both based on the Studebaker President. <\/p>\n

Model numbering now follows a Studebaker system. Country Sedan is a new station wagon body style for Packard – first in the line since 1950. <\/p>\n

New headlamp bezels, grille, front bumper, and ribbed side trim styled to resemble previous Packards. <\/p>\n

Hood ornament and PACKARD letters adopted from 1955 “Seniors”, but retooled to fit flatter Studebaker sheet metal. <\/p>\n

Helmswheel motif continues for one more year. With a little sheet metal work, the 1956 Clipper shark-fin taillights are used. <\/p>\n

Other items carried over from the 1956 Clipper include script plates, instrument panel gauges, and full wheel covers; Packard script borrowed from 1956 “Seniors”.<\/p>\n

Studebaker’s largest V8 is McCulloch-supercharged to produce the same HP as the normally-aspirated Packard V8 used in 1956 “Clippers”<\/p>\n

Photo: Greg Gjerdingen<\/a> – Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n