Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/packard-vehicles

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Packard Panther

Packard Panther
Packard Panther

The Packard Panther is a concept car built in 1954 by Packard and was displayed at auto shows to showcase some of the ideas the automaker was considering for its production models. This show car was first named the "Grey Wolf" and also called the "Packard Daytona". A total of four Panthers were built.

Design

The Panther is a two-seat "personal luxury" sporting convertible (in the same vein as the Pan-American), with Packard styling cues, but lower stance. Originally, the cars had 1955 Clipper taillights, but these were subsequently removed and replaced with the Senior Series' "cathedral" style units. The design for the Panther's one-piece fiberglass body is credited to Dick Teague. He designed several Packard cars and worked at Mitchell-Bentley Corporation at the time. Teague later joined American Motors Corporation (AMC).

Although it was shown in late 1954 and 1955 (when Packard was already advertising its new, modern overhead valve V8), the Panther featured the company's previous 327 cid L-head (flathead) straight-eight, supercharged to produce 275 hp, along with Ultramatic automatic transmission.

Of the four Panthers built, one was owned by Mitchell-Bentley exec William Mitchell, Sr. The Mitchell car is the only Panther that had a removable hardtop (which resembled that of the 1955 Thunderbird).

Footnotes

References

  1. (10 April 2016). "1954 Packard Panther-Daytona Roadster".
  2. "1954 Packard Panther". Hyman.
  3. (2013). "1954 Packard Panther convertible". Barrett-Jackson.
  4. (28 March 2021). "10 Legendary Car Designers From America to the World (And Their Best Designs)". HotCars.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

packard-vehicles concept-cars
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Packard Panther — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report