Richter's '53 Caribbean
Posted by Richter12x2 On 2014/4/15 16:42:01
Just this past Saturday, I picked up a 1953 Packard Caribbean in pretty rough shape in Flower Mound, TX for restoration.
I wasn't really looking for a project, just playing around on Craigslist, but when I found this, I couldn't pass it up.
When we pushed it into the driveway in my heavily HOA patrolled area, three neighbors promptly dropped dead of strokes. :D
I've already found a lot of great information on this site, and I'm sure I'll need a lot of help as I try to restore the car as correctly as possible.
For example, the title lists the car as Red, and some of the pieces I've found seem to be a bright red, but according to documentation I've found, the only red Caribbeans were available in from the factory is a Maroon metallic. Is that the case?
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I wasn't really looking for a project, just playing around on Craigslist, but when I found this, I couldn't pass it up.
When we pushed it into the driveway in my heavily HOA patrolled area, three neighbors promptly dropped dead of strokes. :D
I've already found a lot of great information on this site, and I'm sure I'll need a lot of help as I try to restore the car as correctly as possible.
For example, the title lists the car as Red, and some of the pieces I've found seem to be a bright red, but according to documentation I've found, the only red Caribbeans were available in from the factory is a Maroon metallic. Is that the case?
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