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Here is a better set up using what i believe to be a spring from a chevy solenoid.

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Packard most certainly did provide a boot for convertibles in 1955 and 1956. If you look at the open trunk picture of the Jean Peters (Howard Hughes) 55 Caribbean which was published in The Cormorant some years back, you can see the boot bag as well, black with a folding lid and single snap fastener on the short side. This car had been laid up for about 30 years with only a few hundred miles on it, so it's the most authentic view of the trunk you're likely to get.

Mr. Pushbutton, you'd need one of these: Pimp Hat

I have an original conv. top boot for 1956. I have had it for 30 years and it is authentic.

Leopard skin interior/vinyl roof

trunk straps

super fly headlight rings

22's w/spinners

Ohio players on the Alpine stereo



Mr.Pushbutton--rolling Detroit style

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Nahhh man, I'd do leopard skin man, it's much hipper. Then put a big blue diamond on the dash man, with some baby booties on it, man, that'd be cool!

Ihave been under the imptression that Packrd did NOT supply any boot for Convertibles in 55 nor 56.
Either way, i would probably opt for Aligator or snake skin on either the HT or Convert. A siberian tiger print would be excellent with the White upper 3 tone too.

Brian, come to think about it I have a 56 Caribbean hartop that I forgot about. I'll get over to the storage building next week and photograph the roof.

Brian, somewhere I have a small piece of original material that I took off a hardtop 35 years ago. I'll try and locate it in the swill at my place.