Re: Survival revisitted
Posted by Leeedy On 2016/3/29 19:34:17
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Mahoning63 wrote:
Very interesting, Leeedy. Do you remember any details such as if they lengthened the 2-door hardtop's roof several inches, moving the backlight rearward on the body? And did they do anything with the rear doors such as moving them forward to eliminate the body insert between front/rear doors? In working up the images I realized how tough it would have been using mostly stock parts. The challenge would have been to get the rear door's glass to roll down.
As for lowering glass in the rear doors, nah. No big challenge. Huge room in there and most of the other manufacturers figured out how to build and produce 4-door hardtops for the 1956 model year. The rear doors and side glass were very different from those on the Patrician. But again, as far as I know it was put together mostly for looks and probably some engineering feas. People outside of the industry did not know it, but Creative was one of the top engineering firms in the world-in addition to all their other activities.
By the way, the Caribbean press photo that you used to Photoshop here was actually a 1955 Four Hundred made to look like a 1956 Caribbean. Creative did that one too-or one just like it. And... if you look very closely at the original press photo you will notice it has a 1955 Caribbean hood and seats! There will be lots more in the upcoming Creative Industries book.This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=174583