Re: How bad WERE the '55 Packards?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/12/23 13:45:21

For the 500 convertibles that Packard built in '55 and the 276 built in '56, I'll bet that they added those reinforcing plates to the frames in-house. Otherwise, could you imagine the fun of trying to find the needle(s) in the haystack among all those frames stored outside?

Good point and seems a logical conclusion. In addition to the trunk lid frame another place I've seen evidence of handwork on the Caribbeans is where the bronze trim casting attaches that goes from the horizontal rear fender trim up to the rear antennas (e.g. p/n 6478581); one of the punched holes in the fender has been elongated, probably with a rat tail file, to get the proper alignment. Any other V8 Caribbean owners notice this?