79 Impact of the Monte Carlo Packard Design: The Monte Carlo project set the stage for the successful collaboration of Packard, Henney and Arbib. This collaboration would ultimately result in more design work on professional cars for Arbib at Henney. It also resulted in more work ordered by Packard and produced by Henney which included two Packard show cars designed by Arbib, built by Henney and released by Packard. These were 1952 Pan American Show Cars and the 1953 Monte Carlo Show Cars. There were features on the 1949 Monte Carlos that may have impacted later designs, which included the use of two-tone paint schemes in later postwar production. The horizonal chrome treatment on the Monte Carlo sides may have ultimately impacted the styling of the later Packard Caribbeans too. The 1949 Monte Carlo cars were the start of something special for Arbib, Henney and Packard. These cars ultimately led to a strong and successful collaboration for them in the early 1950s – a time which anything seemed possible for Arbib, Henney and Packard.
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