Re: 1956 Caribbean hardtop options on a Four Hundred

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2015/2/8 15:04:47
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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
ONE THING THAT MAY TELL THE TAIL: Does it have a hood prop? The Carib hoods needed a prop because of the extra weight of the "scoops."

The 55 Caribs had the hood prop rod, the 56 hood was an entirely new stamping without the lead work used in 55 and did not require the rod.

As far as some factory assembly line folks choosing a Caribbean hood for a non-Caribbean, it seems highly unlikely but I guess anything is possible. The late decision to build the additional 24 Caribbean convertibles and 13 hardtops (do I recall the numbers correctly?) would have cut deeply into the stock of Caribbean hoods and other spares intended for factory stock, as indicated by how hard some of these parts were to obtain from Packard even a few years after the cars were built.



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QMopar wrote:
The collective knowledge on this site is so vast I am reading each post like a kid in a candy store.


Well, QMopar, not all the knowledge is expert (see disclaimer below), as the quote above indicates. Thanks for the clarification Owen. I agree that it seems far-fetched that a Carib hood would be sacrificed at the factory to send to Mexico, but where in Mexico would anyone have found one? .

I wonder if the CKD cars were the last out of there, and got the last leftover body parts. People who can "read" the door plate numbers would know I suppose.

I'd still like to see a good pic of the underside of the hood showing the hinges at the back. You can sometimes tell quite easily if a hood has been horsed around with. That, I do know!

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