Packard Station Sedan

The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo

The Station Sedan used a combination of steel framing and body parts along with structural wood panels made from northern birch to create a "woody" station wagon-like car due to the growing popularity of them after World War II. 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.^[3] Unlike competitor station wagons from Buick, Chrysler and Mercury, the Packard's length was not long enough to accommodate optional third row seating.^[3]

Neither a sedan, nor true station wagon, the Station Sedan enjoyed limited success, with a listed retail price of US$3,459 ($43,804 in 2023 dollars ^[4]) for its final year of 1950, and was discontinued when the 1951 Packard models were introduced.

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  1949 Packard Station Sedan
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  1949 Packard Station Sedan cargo area
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  1950 Packard Station Sedan interior
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  1950 Packard Station Sedan with tailgate open
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  1950 Packard Station Sedan rear profile

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