At the 1:19 mark, there's a 1952 300 on the left - note the PACKARD on the hood, along with the crest.

You'll find that article, by Leon Dixon, in The Packard Cormorant #173, 4th Quarter 2018.

Ken Chapman wrote about these Airport Limousines in “The Packard Cormorant", issue #135, 2nd Quarter 2009, available from The Packard Club.

I can confirm that at least two 1955 Clipper Custom sedans were built without the Torsion-Level suspension. The first is 5562-4145, which has since been scrapped (the owner provided me with the information). The second one is 5562-5692, which was a parts car in California in the 1990s. I obtained the information on this car myself when I inspected it (along with many other cars stored out in the Mojave Desert by DS McKnight).

Your car, #5682-4760 is the 15th-from-the-last Patrician for 1956, but not the 15th-from-the-last Packard for 1956.

As of close-of-business on Thursday, June 21, 1956, there were 162 cars to be built before the Conner Avenue plant shut down, which was on Monday, June 25. These cars were built on Friday, June 22 and on Monday, June 25. Here is the list of cars to be built:

19 - Clipper Deluxe sedan 5622
36 - Clipper Super sedan 5642
29 - Clipper Super hardtop 5647
26 - Executive sedan 5672A
10 - Executive hardtop 5677A
11 - Patrician sedan 5682
27 - Four Hundred hardtop
4 - Caribbean convertible 5699

60 Clippers and 60 Packards were built on Friday, while 24 Clippers and 18 Packards were built on Monday. So, your car was, no doubt, built on Thursday, June 21, 1956.

The headlamps and turn/parking lamps look like they came off a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser.

The lenses for the 1956 Clipper tail lamps and backup lamps have been reproduced by various Packard parts vendors.

Hello - and congratulations on your new Packard! Please feel free to jump in with any questions you might have. And, check out The Packard Club for great publications, projects, regional tours and national conventions.

At the Magnum Opus during the 1999 Packard Centennial in Warren, Ohio.

I believe that the other cars (based on this one) had the spare tires mounted in the front fender wells.

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#5699-1184 has a paint code of "V" with no trim code stamped. It is on the V-8 roster owned by a Mr. Cohn in New York back in 1981 in poor condition. It was delivered to Ostendorf Packards in Buffalo, New York. No other information.

#5699-1274 (the 3rd-to-the-last convertible made) is MES 92. It is on the V-* roster as owned by Neal Porter in Michigan as of 1996. No delivery information.

Hello - Thank you for your posting. What is the serial numbers, and the paint and trim codes for the two 1956 Packard Caribbeans?