Re: 55 Caribbean

Posted by Leeedy On 2024/3/10 3:52:08
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Packard Don wrote:
The wire wheels look quite different than others I’ve seen and even different than the set I have. Did they change the design from 1954 to 1955 or are the ones on this Caribbean aftermarket?



The wire wheels shown on this Caribbean are not factory wheels.... not even close. EEEeeeeek! Awful. Certainly not even close to being decent reproductions. How revolting.

This is what happens when authenticity no longer matters and the history is on a par with fingerpainting. Everybody wins. Everybody gets a trophy or a ribbon. Stuff like this is MADE and sold... and then presented as if– oh yeah– this is legitimate and to be taken seriously. Why? This is what we have come down to.

No...all postwar Packard wire wheels were made by Motor Wheel Corporation and the design did not change. The center cap design would have changed for 1957 and I have the only known example of a 1957 prototype center cap. I showed this center cap prototype several years ago when I gave a talk at a Packard Club National Meet.

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