Re: New member, setting off on a crazy adventure... PICS!!!
Posted by Leeedy On 2017/12/25 21:09:56
Back in the early 1970s, I had my own crazy adventure moving a Packard from one state to another. Only I didn't even consider driving the car (which had been sitting un-used since about 1963). I was a Viet Nam veteran and I had no need whatsoever for thrill-seeking. I'd already had plenty of that. No. I decided to tow-bar the car. And I think I can safely say that I probably hold the world record for tow-barring a Packard.
I bought my 1956 Caribbean 5699-111X in Florida in the early 1970s and tow-barred this Caribbean convertible all the way from Florida to California... coast to coast. I was in college and on a budget. But it worked out perfectly... and no fears of failed brakes, electricals or other mechanical issues. I got it home... then got it running.
Of course this Caribbean was stolen from my barn years later along with a lot of parts. Last seen being described as "always having been in sunny California"... and missing the factory Lehigh A/C compressor and blower and with the engine compartment oddly painted all black. Alllllways in "sunny California"... ? A Caribbean that was delivered new in New England.?.. lived most of its life in Florida?... but in the world of old car skullduggery, reality is created by a guy with a microphone and a color catalogue... backed up by more guys in tuxedos. Put it in a nice glossy catalogue, make up a "history" and "provenance" ... and you can say anything in an auction... can't ya?
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I bought my 1956 Caribbean 5699-111X in Florida in the early 1970s and tow-barred this Caribbean convertible all the way from Florida to California... coast to coast. I was in college and on a budget. But it worked out perfectly... and no fears of failed brakes, electricals or other mechanical issues. I got it home... then got it running.
Of course this Caribbean was stolen from my barn years later along with a lot of parts. Last seen being described as "always having been in sunny California"... and missing the factory Lehigh A/C compressor and blower and with the engine compartment oddly painted all black. Alllllways in "sunny California"... ? A Caribbean that was delivered new in New England.?.. lived most of its life in Florida?... but in the world of old car skullduggery, reality is created by a guy with a microphone and a color catalogue... backed up by more guys in tuxedos. Put it in a nice glossy catalogue, make up a "history" and "provenance" ... and you can say anything in an auction... can't ya?
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