Packard Station Sedan

1949 Packard Station Sedan

The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo station wagon model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950, using the Packard Super Eight platform. By offering the Station Sedan, Packard could market a vehicle with station wagon attributes, but without the full investment costs associated with a full-blown station wagon program development.

History

The Station Sedan used a combination of steel framing and body parts along with structural wood panels to create a "woody" station wagon-like car. Unlike other woody wagons of the day, which used wooden passenger compartments mounted to chassis of a particular car, the Station Sedan used a steel subframe and steel passenger doors onto which hard wood panels were mounted. The only wooden door on the vehicle was the rear gate assembly.

1949 Packard Station Sedan cargo area

Neither a sedan, nor true station wagon, the Station Sedan enjoyed limited success and was discontinued when the 1951 Packard models were introduced.

Further reading

  • Gunnell, John, Editor (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-096-3.
Packard passenger vehicle timeline, 1899–1958
Number of Cylinders 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
Single and Twin Model A-F Model G/Model M WWII
Four Model K,L,N,S,18(NA,NB,NC,NE) Model 30(Model U,UA,UB,UBS,UC,UCS,UE)
Six Six (Dominant Six & Single Six) 110 & 115 Clipper Clipper
Eight Light Eight 120 120 200 Clipper/Mayfair/Pacific
300 Cavalier/Executive
Eight/Super Eight Custom Super Eight 180/Super Eight Super Eight/Station Sedan Patrician/400/Caribbean
Twelve Twin Six Twelve


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