Re: 1953/4 Caribbean 4-door hardtop sedan exploration

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2020/4/23 7:34:30

"My engineering side keeps saying that overhang is functionally bad in every way..."

Let's work with the standard rear overhang and see what was possible by focusing on greenhouse. A 2-door hardtop coupe and convertible would have been easy while a 127 pillared hardtop-style sedan would have needed a new roof or lengthening of 2-door's roof. The cars could have stayed high pockets and still looked good. Am including a 4-door on 122 wb but it would have required tooling changes to rear door, now a few inches narrower than Clipper, and door jams. Overall I think its a strong line-up even without the long deck or 127 wb version of Four Hundred hardtop, the series needing only a Request grill to stay relevant in 1956. One could argue that the convertible go on 127 chassis if it would have enabled use of standard deck.

Appreciation to owner of the beautiful Four Hundred hardtop that these are based on, is a great color and the wire wheels work perfectly. Pure luxury.

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