Re: 1956 Caribbean Production

Posted by Leeedy On 2024/4/4 11:43:35
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Kiff Rule wrote:
Morning all. I was pondering the 56 Caribbean production and did some guess-timating. I'd be curious to get any thoughts. Assuming that there are 263 Hard Tops, production began in Nov 1955 and ended June 25 1956 (8 months of production / 263), that would be approximately 33 cars built a month - acknowledging some ramping up the first month or so, looking at the cars produced each month - would it be safe to assume I could determine when my car was approximately made based upon that formula; in my case may/june.

In the absence of a build sheet (I'm told they received the archives with those records missing), I also see the dates stamped on the dashboard gauges with similar dates.

This forum is an invaluable source of facts, information and entertainment - even amidst some occasionally-spirited disagreement - it is always appreciated.


Your Caribbean MES hardtop was sold new out of the Philadelphia region. My buddy, the great Roscoe Stelford and myself have records on these cars. Yes, yours would have been in the last third of Caribbean hardtop production.

You can always look for casting dates on your engine, transmission and other parts. As for dates on the rears of instrument cluster gauges... those were made fairly well in advance so don't depend on dates stamped as a gospel guide there.

Also, remember that all 1956 Caribbeans (hardtops as well as convertibles) required extra steps in the assembly process at Conner Avenue. Therefore, none of these cars were a straight-through assembly like a Patrician or Four Hundred. Each was pulled from the normal line and shunted to a separate area where trim work was done for the tops. This slowed things down a bit more for all Caribbeans. Important thing to remember.

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