Look for this very Packard (and HRH) to be featured in an upcoming issue of The Packard Cormorant magazine...!

That 1954 Caribbean looks pretty good.

Thanks, Matt. Looking forward to seeing the book. What will the price be?

Hi Will,

The 55th Annual PAC National Meet is set for July 4 to 9, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia. The headquarters hotel is the Westin Alexandria Old Town, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22315-5700. Ask for the Packard Club discounted rate of $129. per night. You can reserve your room now by calling (866) 837-4210, or go to

https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1628012408546&key=GRP

The National Meet registration is on-line at www.packardclub.org

or, go to

https://pacmeet2022.cornerstonereg.com/

The meet schedule can be found at

https://www.packardclub.org/download/2 ... ational_Meet_Schedule.pdf

Underground, secured, parking at the Westin is = FREE = to registered guests of the hotel, as long as they are also registered for the PAC National Meet. (Don't know if you need a car cover or not, but it might be a good idea to keep dust/dirt away.)

Looking forward to seeing you there -- after TWO years of not having ANY national events to go to.

The engine numbers on all 1955 and 1956 Packards and Clippers matched the vehicle number. Thus, both numbers for the 1955 Caribbean would start with "5588-1___".

If by "summer winter seats" you are referring to the reversible cloth-on-one-side, leather-on-the-other seats, they were standard equipment only on the 1956 Caribbeans, both hardtop and convertible.

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If you can post a photo of the radio, that would help as well.

Parking at the Westin is = FREE = to registered guests of the hotel, as long as they are also registered for the PAC National Meet. And, the rate of $129. per night is a Bargain.

Robert Neal's files were left to the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio.

The 55th Annual PAC National Meet is set for July 4 to 9, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia. The headquarters hotel is the Westin Alexandria Old Town, 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22315-5700. Ask for the Packard Club discounted rate of $129. per night. You can reserve your room now by calling (866) 837-4210, or go to

https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1628012408546&key=GRP

The National Meet registration is on-line at www.packardclub.org

or, go to

https://pacmeet2022.cornerstonereg.com/

The meet schedule can be found at

https://www.packardclub.org/download/2022_National_Meet_Schedule.pdf

Mr. Pushbutton's article, "Conner, Briggs, and Chrysler" (by John M. Lauter) was published in The Packard Cormorant magazine, #126 (1st quarter 2007). The issue is available through The Packard Club for $8 postpaid in the USA.