Loved this one. Old cars like this always make me wonder what their life has been like. Who was the first owner, the first child to set in the back and dream of driving it one day? I think old cars have all kinds of character. Hate to see them setting and rotting away.
Can you imagine this car in pristine condition...it must’ve been something awesome to see. I love older cars, especially ones from bygone eras like the 50s and earlier. Excellent narration and presentation by the way! Hope this car somebody will save.
I love walking through old bone yards, even if I don't need anything for my cars, thinking of the family's reaction (and the neighbors' reaction too) when dad pulled up in the driveway in a new car.
At 6:49, I can see the pod with the automatic transmission push buttons, and also a lever rising up from the trans tunnel. Maybe at some time in its life, someone stuck a floor -mounted gear selector in there, maybe as a cheaper fix to repairing the push button pod.
Wonderful video. I got to go to Havana Cuba in July and saw hundreds of these old cars still on the road. Many of them were heavily modified with Modern Motors, but it was still a inspiring sight to see how the people they're holding together for so long
Very beautiful and unique car! I loved your last video on French Lake, glad you made another one, really well made and I love the nestalgic feels! I've gotta make another trip over there before the snow hits!!
Nice video!! Get your butt back to Detroit & you can walk the abandoned Packard plant downtown. Urban decay. Right here in Shelby Township they saved the Packard proving grounds & research development buildings. Set the land speed record @ the track back in 1929? Or something. Lindbergh use to fly & test airplane engines there too. Saved a hanger from that era too. Neat stuff. Make for some good videos. I can give you another tour if you make it back sometime. 😉👍
Saw a 1956 or 7 Packard Patrician, 4 dr, dark blue, on a used car lot in Maine back in the 1980's. We stopped and looked. Engine pumped out a lot of blue smoke but ran smooth, had power windows and a fancy radio with seek and scan. Estate sale. Hope it is still running around.
Great Video, Thank You, So Sad these lovely old cars left unloved and to rot to the fate of the teeth of the crusher, I have a 1956 Packard Clipper Custom 2 Door hardtop here in England UK, red with white side flash, shes a beaut, believed the only 2 door in England
I traded a old beater bike for a 1956 Clipper Super Sedan. It was originally yellow and black, but someone had it painted to Scottish Heather (pink) and Black, similar to this one. Blew me away when I saw this thumbnail. This paint code on the door badge has this as the Tangier Red originally. The one you found was 3,829th out of however many where made that year.
@@MattsRadShow Crazy though, I found your vid while I was looking for a replacement transmission for mine (mine's unable to be rebuilt), and just found the one from your video on ebay being parted out. Crazy.
@@MattsRadShow And I just bought the transmission from this car and have it on it's way to get mine back on the road. This one will live on, a piece of it anyway.
Nice video and nice coupé. Its very sad the fact that these classic cars produced from a car company which doesn't exist anymore sitting in a field and rusting.
One of my favorite postwar years of just about any make but the Packard and Clipper were the best, especially when equipped with the all-wheel torsion bar suspension. Not sure if it was covered in the narration but for 1956 Clipper was a separate make so the car being featured was a 1956 Clipper rather than a 1956 PACKARD Clipper as there was no such thing. Also, Packard purchased Studebaker so it wasn’t actually a merger as stated and the plan was for them to be joined by Nash but unfortunately Nash’s new management cancelled the deal going with Hudson instead to become American Motors leaving Packard stuck with the in-the-red Studebaker. Who knows, but if the partnership of the three companies had gone through, Packard may have still been around today!
The music matches the sadness of seeing the end of a great American car company. The ‘57 and ‘58 Packardbakers were supposed to be temporary offerings until new bodies could be built. But alas, Studebaker was running on empty and could only afford to make the Lark as a last ditch effort to stay in the car biz. Packard was sacrificed for the future of Studebaker.
Awesome video. Thanks. Very atmospheric. I would love to know the history of this car and when it was scrapped. How long did people keep their cars back then? I have heard that you would be doing well to get 100K out of them and I imagine they rusted like hell although I guess the steel used was pretty heavy duty. When I was driving around Oregon years ago I found a Dodge Challenger from the 70s and a 50s Ford wagon dumped behind a barn and one of the things that struck me about those old cars was how thick the steel panels were. You couldn't flex them at all like you can with modern cars.
In the 1950s, 50-55K miles was a common point where cars began to nickel-and-dime the owner, and people seriously considered a trade-in. This was at least better than longevity in the 1920s and '30s had been, when that decision point was reached around 40K miles. At 75K in the '50s you were definitely considered to be living on borrowed time, and you had already probably experienced a major breakdown of some sort -- a transmission, an axle, had a bearing knock, needed a ring job done, etc. At 100K a car was considered little more than scrap unless it had been meticulously maintained and/or was a mighty Buick or Cadillac -- or a Packard. My '53 Buick Roadmaster came to me with 146K (having been operated continuously around NYC from its purchase new until 1973, then junked), and the list of repair bills and new-tire charges I found in the glove box was long. That said, not much work was required to make it roadworthy again (even after sitting outside on Staten Island for 32 years!).
@@roberthaworth8991 Thanks for the reply. Very interesting. I guess it was a bit of a trade off. Less durable than modern cars but simple so easier to fix.
i have a 56 Packard Clipper here in UK, its the only 2 door Coupe in UK. Its beautiful in Tangier Red with White side stripe and top, all its missing is a cigar lighter. If anyone has one?
If that frame isn't rotted out this looks like a decent candidate as a resto-mod. Interior appears intact and still lots of trim parts. Get a barn, tools and get going.
In 1956 Studebaker-Packard lost a whopping 43.8 million dollars. What part, if any, did the Packard and Clipper have in these losses is difficult to say. But with the Curtiss-Wright takeover of the Packard plants, other than South Bend "Packard-Bakers" Packard was dead.
This car is in French Lake Autoparts, in French Lake Minnesota.
Thank you for not playing loud music, yelling, waving your arms and making dumb jokes like so many other channels.
Sad to see cars sitting like this and think of all the memories and good times they once had. Great job!
Loved this one. Old cars like this always make me wonder what their life has been like. Who was the first owner, the first child to set in the back and dream of driving it one day? I think old cars have all kinds of character. Hate to see them setting and rotting away.
Me too!
Are you at a yard in Minnesota
I’m a car guy & can appreciate this. Thank you. Great video.
Welcome man. Thanks.
Hauntingly beautiful background music! Thanks for your appreciation for these classics.
I love these episodes!
Thanks. I love doing these type of episodes.
A must watch video
Can you imagine this car in pristine condition...it must’ve been something awesome to see. I love older cars, especially ones from bygone eras like the 50s and earlier. Excellent narration and presentation by the way! Hope this car somebody will save.
Thanks! Yeah they're pretty awesome.
Envision the day they left the dealership !!!
Love the great cars here
Beautiful car. Hope it gets saved.
Me too.
Amazing! I have a 56 clipper super with an extra v8 that I’m working on now. They’re majestic cars.
I would so SAVE that Beautiful car!
So beautiful
I love to see how you pay your respects. Me too.
I love walking through old bone yards, even if I don't need anything for my cars, thinking of the family's reaction (and the neighbors' reaction too) when dad pulled up in the driveway in a new car.
Seeing my all time dream car sit and decompose makes my heart plummet, i want to buy it but I'm all the way in Florida
MAX AND I FOUND MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS THX....
At 6:49, I can see the pod with the automatic transmission push buttons, and also a lever rising up from the trans tunnel. Maybe at some time in its life, someone stuck a floor -mounted gear selector in there, maybe as a cheaper fix to repairing the push button pod.
Wonderful video. I got to go to Havana Cuba in July and saw hundreds of these old cars still on the road. Many of them were heavily modified with Modern Motors, but it was still a inspiring sight to see how the people they're holding together for so long
Thats awesome! The car culture down there looks amazing. No place else on the planet. So cool.
Very beautiful and unique car! I loved your last video on French Lake, glad you made another one, really well made and I love the nestalgic feels! I've gotta make another trip over there before the snow hits!!
Thanks. Yeah, i love it out there. Peaceful place to think.
Nice video!! Get your butt back to Detroit & you can walk the abandoned Packard plant downtown. Urban decay. Right here in Shelby Township they saved the Packard proving grounds & research development buildings. Set the land speed record @ the track back in 1929? Or something. Lindbergh use to fly & test airplane engines there too. Saved a hanger from that era too. Neat stuff. Make for some good videos. I can give you another tour if you make it back sometime. 😉👍
Saw a 1956 or 7 Packard Patrician, 4 dr, dark blue, on a used car lot in Maine back in the 1980's. We stopped and looked. Engine pumped out a lot of blue smoke but ran smooth, had power windows and a fancy radio with seek and scan. Estate sale. Hope it is still running around.
It's such a shame, these beautiful old cars just rusting away.
Until somebody......
Great Video, Thank You, So Sad these lovely old cars left unloved and to rot to the fate of the teeth of the crusher, I have a 1956 Packard Clipper Custom 2 Door hardtop here in England UK, red with white side flash, shes a beaut, believed the only 2 door in England
I traded a old beater bike for a 1956 Clipper Super Sedan. It was originally yellow and black, but someone had it painted to Scottish Heather (pink) and Black, similar to this one. Blew me away when I saw this thumbnail. This paint code on the door badge has this as the Tangier Red originally. The one you found was 3,829th out of however many where made that year.
Awesome man. Thanks for the info!
@@MattsRadShow Crazy though, I found your vid while I was looking for a replacement transmission for mine (mine's unable to be rebuilt), and just found the one from your video on ebay being parted out. Crazy.
@@busboy207 That is wierd. Lol.
@@MattsRadShow And I just bought the transmission from this car and have it on it's way to get mine back on the road. This one will live on, a piece of it anyway.
@@busboy207 Thats amazing. Love it. Glad to hear it man! Good luck with it.
Nice video and nice coupé. Its very sad the fact that these classic cars produced from a car company which doesn't exist anymore sitting in a field and rusting.
One of my favorite postwar years of just about any make but the Packard and Clipper were the best, especially when equipped with the all-wheel torsion bar suspension. Not sure if it was covered in the narration but for 1956 Clipper was a separate make so the car being featured was a 1956 Clipper rather than a 1956 PACKARD Clipper as there was no such thing. Also, Packard purchased Studebaker so it wasn’t actually a merger as stated and the plan was for them to be joined by Nash but unfortunately Nash’s new management cancelled the deal going with Hudson instead to become American Motors leaving Packard stuck with the in-the-red Studebaker. Who knows, but if the partnership of the three companies had gone through, Packard may have still been around today!
The perfect daily driver
Sad to see this old beauty rotted out
Great Video!
I own a 55 clipper! Where is you are you based out of?
This is sad that we lost a great auto company
There's a bunch of them right here in Commerce City, CO.
4:23 1964 Lincoln Continental, three spaces over, looks like a retractable hardtop.
The music matches the sadness of seeing the end of a great American car company. The ‘57 and ‘58 Packardbakers were supposed to be temporary offerings until new bodies could be built. But alas, Studebaker was running on empty and could only afford to make the Lark as a last ditch effort to stay in the car biz. Packard was sacrificed for the future of Studebaker.
It's beautiful. But i prefer 70s and 80s cars more. Thanks for video
Awesome video. Thanks. Very atmospheric. I would love to know the history of this car and when it was scrapped. How long did people keep their cars back then? I have heard that you would be doing well to get 100K out of them and I imagine they rusted like hell although I guess the steel used was pretty heavy duty. When I was driving around Oregon years ago I found a Dodge Challenger from the 70s and a 50s Ford wagon dumped behind a barn and one of the things that struck me about those old cars was how thick the steel panels were. You couldn't flex them at all like you can with modern cars.
In the 1950s, 50-55K miles was a common point where cars began to nickel-and-dime the owner, and people seriously considered a trade-in. This was at least better than longevity in the 1920s and '30s had been, when that decision point was reached around 40K miles. At 75K in the '50s you were definitely considered to be living on borrowed time, and you had already probably experienced a major breakdown of some sort -- a transmission, an axle, had a bearing knock, needed a ring job done, etc. At 100K a car was considered little more than scrap unless it had been meticulously maintained and/or was a mighty Buick or Cadillac -- or a Packard. My '53 Buick Roadmaster came to me with 146K (having been operated continuously around NYC from its purchase new until 1973, then junked), and the list of repair bills and new-tire charges I found in the glove box was long. That said, not much work was required to make it roadworthy again (even after sitting outside on Staten Island for 32 years!).
@@roberthaworth8991 Thanks for the reply. Very interesting. I guess it was a bit of a trade off. Less durable than modern cars but simple so easier to fix.
I would love to build one
I need the antenna and the entire boot assemble off that car. Can you swing that?
Una pena ver una joya en esas condiciones
She is very beautiful
i have a 56 Packard Clipper here in UK, its the only 2 door Coupe in UK. Its beautiful in Tangier Red with White side stripe and top, all its missing is a cigar lighter. If anyone has one?
If that frame isn't rotted out this looks like a decent candidate as a resto-mod. Interior appears intact and still lots of trim parts. Get a barn, tools and get going.
The top of the line Packard for 1956 was almost $5000 brand new.
Dang someone already got the taillights
In 1956 Studebaker-Packard lost a whopping 43.8 million dollars. What part, if any, did the Packard and Clipper have in these losses is difficult to say. But with the Curtiss-Wright takeover of the Packard plants, other than South Bend "Packard-Bakers" Packard was dead.
Suggestion,: Hemmings Packard Special Issue
I bought a ton of part's over the years from French lake..any VW buses in there?
Just one. Been pretty much gutted. Some old ford buses in there.
Did you see a 1958 Plymouth Fury? 1983 movie Christine.
I didnt, but I wasnt looking. So maybe. Ill look next time.
Nope, Its just a Clipper not a Packard. The Packard nameplate on the rear bumper is a Dealer add on. In 1956 Clipper outsold Pachard.
Some bigshot ordered it new.
where is this Car Lot?
French lake autoparts. Minnesota
I have 1953 Packard clipper My car is any one in my country
I am selling in 1956 packard if you're intrested let me know
What's the yards' phone #r? I'd be interested in buying it if I can get my money saved up for shipping and a storage lot space for it.
This car would be too difficult and expensive to restore but it can live on in as parts in the rrstoration of other Packards.