Edsel had nothing on this car.....

[cultural infidel]

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1955_packard_request/

[FlatheadGeo]

All I can say is: WOW!!!

[8E45E]

I love the story of how it was found languishing in a Portland, Oregon backyard, and its restoration in the mid-seventies.

Craig

[COMMANDERPINK1]

Another reason why pre-war and post-war designs dont blend together
Tom

[Dougie]

Ignore the front of the car and it's gorgeous.

[FlatheadGeo]

Ignore the front of the car and it's gorgeous. It is almost impossible to ignore that front. It just shouts:"Hey, look at me!"

[alanahasan]

Edsel had to bear the obscene jokes about the grille; the packard grille didn't.

alan hagan

[Tahiti Coral]

The most beautiful car I have ever owned was a '56 Packard Executive. It is amazing how hideous the Request looks when it is a very similar car.

[jclary]

I think it looks pretty good myself. Even the front grille. Looks as good if not better than those huge lumbering four eyed locomotive looking Lincoln town cars of the late '70's and '80's!

[TX Rebel]

The most beautiful car I have ever owned was a '56 Packard Executive. It is amazing how hideous the Request looks when it is a very similar car.

There was a sharp 56 exec HT for sale at the International Meet last month..

[raprice]

Actually I like the grille on the Request. Packard had a strong sense of history and that grille harks back to Packard's earlier days in the late '30s. It's not hideous to me.
Rog

[Tahiti Coral]

There was a sharp 56 exec HT for sale at the International Meet last month..

Mine was black and yellow like a bee.

[hi-peral]

WOW,,,,That puts the You in Ugly!

[avantilover]

This was, if I recall correctly, an attempt to do a car with the original style Packard Radiator/Grille, not a bad attempt but not quite. At least both it and the Predictor are safe.