1956 Packard Clipper Custom, ship's-wheel grille emblem in close focus

A 1956 Packard Clipper Custom, Still on the Road

Detroit to Italy, over the Alps, and home to Pittsburgh. Restored in Tahitian Jade and Dover White, the brochure colors, documented and driven ever since.

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1956 Packard Clipper Custom, front three-quarter view on a tree-lined road

The Car

Detroit to Genoa. Over the Brenner Pass to Kaiserslautern. Back across the Atlantic. This car’s actual route.

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A vintage transatlantic cargo liner docked at port

The Journey

Every leg of the journey, mapped. Waybills, photos, and documents attached to each stop.

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The 1955-56 Packard service manual against the engine bay

The Restoration

Ongoing work to keep her on the road. Right now: the torsion leveler control.

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