Re: Any History on the Last '54s?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/1/4 23:18:36

the famous last '56, which was a Caribbean

Though the last batch of 56 Caribbeans were built quite late, all sources I've read (IIRC) which actually speak of the last 56 say it was a Patrician. Right or wrong, it's a well-documented event and perhaps someone has time to dig it out.

I too would like to know the specifics on the last Packard to be built at East Grand - certainly a historic car and hopefully it's still with us. It may well have had a body at least partially built by Packard employees at Conner Ave as there was a training period there for Briggs employees to train Packard employees who built the last batch of 54 bodies. The identity of the last 54 would be a good question for Robert Neal who is now doing research for his new book on the 51-54 Packards as a follow-up to his recent work on the 48-50 cars. If I remember I'll ask Robert next time I talk with him.