Re: 1955 Carribean hardtop

Posted by Mike Grimes On 2011/10/18 13:46:36

I have seen one documented dealer/factory conversion of a 5587 to a "Caribbean" that was sold new in Grosse Point. The production number was slight over 7000 and the documentation the owner held suggested that there were 15 similarly converted 400's in the June/July time frame of 1955. This car had the 400 hood, the 400 interior, the single 4 barrel Rochester, but the side trim and emblems of the Caribbean. If this information is correct, the car on eBay is production number 2903 making it perhaps a post 1955 modification?
To Owen's point, without documentation we need some of our more informed friends from MI, IL, or NJ to chime in.