99 The Packard Cormorant: 2018, Number 172 “The World and Packards of Richard Arbib” By George L. Hamlin Updated Article Originally Published in Spring 1975 in same publication Background George Hamlin offered his Monte Carlo article he had published in the Packard Cormorant in 1975 – again – to the same publication in 2018. In this update, the only change was his correction from the donor cars being 22nd Series and not 23rd Series Packards. The updated text is shown below. Excerpt From Article “With an eye toward such custom-car business, Arbib tried his hand at a custom Packard. Called the Monte Carlo, it was done on a 22nd Series Custom two-door convertible and featured Arbib’s answer to the fishtail, a semi-fin which lessened the extreme roundness of the 22nd Series body. There was a badly needed wraparound backlight, reminiscent of both the Hudson Step-Down and the Studebaker Starlight Coupe, and in one design there was a coupe de Ville roof treatment, open above the driver. Henney did build one of the cars as an experiment, and it was given to the local Packard dealer for publicity purposes. The dealer had the side trim altered slightly and began using it as his personal car; Arbib has no idea what happened to it. The Monte Carlo never had a serious impact on Packard styling; for one thing, the bathtub body type was already on the way out in the auto industry and Packard itself had finally decided to do a completely new car for 1951. But the product did interest Arbib and Packard in each other.”
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