This is the arrangement shown on the Part Plates in the V8 parts book, but it is extremely rare to see as it was used only on V8 cars with TL and without power brakes.
Realistically this would only be 55 Super, and 56 Deluxe and Super, but nearly all of those cars had power brakes, and for the ones without, it's likely that TL would not have been equipped.
The production timelines are also tight, as any such cars would have had to have been made between 6/1/55 (optional on Super) and 5/1/56 (standard on all).
It's also theoretically possible to find this on 55-56 Customs, as it is known that some were built without TL, but it would be extremely remote as there's no chance that a dealership would spec a higher trim level without the cheap and popular power brake option, and likewise it's hard to imagine that anyone would order one custom like that, not to mention that only a couple % were built without TL in the first place.
View of 1905 Cadillac cars on display at trade show. Handwritten on back: "1905 Cadillac. Stand of A. Van T. Ful. [should be Alvan T. Fuller], 243 Columbus Ave. 6 cars exhibited. 1. Packard. 2. [blank]. 3. Northern. 4. Cadillac ~ Model E, 1 cy, 10 hp, 76 whb. 2-p. runabout. 5. Cadillac, Model F, 1 cy., 10 hp, 76 whb. 4-p. side-entrance tonneau touring. 6. Cadillac Model F, 1 cy., 10 hp, 76 whb. 4-p. touring car w/ cape top." Drawing of exhibit floor plan on back.
Item #: na042465
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Alvan Macauley, standing in front of Rollston Cabriolet car at auto show. Stamped on back: "N. Lazarnick, commercial photographers, makers of industrial motion pictures, 1440 B'way (at 40th St.), N.Y., Tel. Chickering 1717. 5005 Euclid Ave., Cleve., Randolph 7852." Handwritten on back: "Biography--Macauley, Alvan. Alvan Macauley, president of Packard Motor Car Company of New York, reading [undecipherable] letter in front of Rollston Cabriolet at auto show."
Item #: na004060
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Alvan Macauley, driving a car. Handwritten on back: "Biography--Macauley, Alvan. Alvin Macauley, gen. mgr. & vice-president of Packard Motor Car Co. Aug/9/1913."
Item #: na004059
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit at the 1954 Detroit Auto Show. Willys display in foreground; Packard exhibit is visible in background. Typed on back: "41st Annual Auto Show, Feb. 20-28, 1954."
Item #: na051402
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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