Re: 1956 Carribbean Convertible 5699-1001

Posted by John McCall and Mitch Parker On 2016/6/30 6:41:52

Please excuse. Just trying to help. The Cormorant article again shows that 1049 is trim code MTV. (1050 on the next line is MES). Must be a mis-print since you owned this car.
Did not realize your code was MKN on the stolen car. It is hard to tell in a faded picture. You did not say anything about the paint code in the first post I don't believe.
According to the Cormorant Roster (compiled by Stuart Blond who I would trust fully)from which I gathered this information, the only Caribbeans to have been equipped with factory air on the line were these serial numbers:

1021,1049,1094,1095,1105,1119,1129,1186,1193,1231,1237,1248,1267,1272 and 1276.

For those numbers having air conditioning and the trim code MKN, that renders only this number:

1105

But, as you have pointed out (and I am aware of same) a few cars did get the factory dash plenum style a/c systems after assembly, and many owners--I am sure--added real wire wheels to their cars. As you have pointed out, that will complicate the search.

By the way, with all this personal record-keeping you have compiled through the years on Caribbeans, do you have any information about my car 5699-1179?