Re: 1956 Carribbean Convertible 5699-1001

Posted by Leeedy On 2016/6/30 13:12:22
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Esquireman wrote:
Since you appear to be a real expert on factory installed air vs. dealer installed air with the same set-up, and being able to tell the differences, couldn't you narrow the field in search of your VIN based on that? If indeed your inspection of your car showed that it was installed at the factory...then it would only be the VIN (1105)I narrowed it down to, right (deleting any clues from wire wheels)? If you detected that the air system was installed by a dealer, then that opens up many other possible cars...but it still narrows the field somewhat to those not accounted for.

Thanks for the information you gave on my car. It is the same information I have had for many years, Mr. Bowen moving to Florida and selling the car to someone in the Mid West who I could never track down. For those interested, my car was purchased from new from the New York Zone t


No. Gotta let go of clinging to the paper records. They won't prove anything...even IF they are accurate to a point. May seem like a good idea... but just seems like a good idea.

Again, this takes us back to what got done on line at the factory... what got done OFF-line at the factory... what got done at the zones... and what got done at the dealers. My aunt worked back then for a fellow responsible for overseeing many activities at Conner Avenue. I still have my notes made in the 1970s where he told me they had a separate building on Conner where they were doing factory air, and off-line repairs (cars that would not start, body damage, cars with wrong parts installed, etc.).

Then or today... without visually inspecting each and every 1956 Caribbean up close and personal, there just is no way for anyone to know. And there were no records kept on all these various activities. They just had too many bigger pressing issues and nobody kept these kinds of records.

Good luck on finding your Caribbean. It may still turn up if it hasn't been shipped out of the country. As for my Caribbean... I would recognize it anywhere, anytime. There ARE things about that particular car that only I would know. All for a reason...

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