Re: Carribean on eBay
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/2/25 9:03:37
The shots,of the trunk show one feature that I have not seen before- a metal support behind the spare tire connected to the floor and lip of the deck lid opening. I am guessing that this was a dealer or owner addition to stabilize the spare but I may be wrong.
That support was a standard part of the convertible body structure, not a later addition; for 1956 the support was moved a couple of inches forward. It's also always interesting on the 55/56 convertibles to look at the hand-forming and welding on the trunk structure where they cut and shortened the 400 trunk structure - one sees considerable variation in the quality of that work. I have a couple of other photos of that which I'll attach if I can find them quickly.
The fender-mounted rear view mirrors are not Packard accessory mirrors.
A pretty well-preserved survivor car! It will be interesting to see what it finally changes hands for.
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That support was a standard part of the convertible body structure, not a later addition; for 1956 the support was moved a couple of inches forward. It's also always interesting on the 55/56 convertibles to look at the hand-forming and welding on the trunk structure where they cut and shortened the 400 trunk structure - one sees considerable variation in the quality of that work. I have a couple of other photos of that which I'll attach if I can find them quickly.
The fender-mounted rear view mirrors are not Packard accessory mirrors.
A pretty well-preserved survivor car! It will be interesting to see what it finally changes hands for.
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