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OOOOooooooo! Let's not say that "no one has even seen a car with them"... If this is a reference to the vertical joiner trim piece behind the license plate mount, of course someone has seen this trim piece. By the way... the radio and knobs in this very customized 1956 Patrician appear to be from a 1956 Chevrolet. Not Packard items.
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As I said... delivered new in Boston. My last notes on this Caribbean were made in 1989. While it would be ideal to place these papers with the actual car, it would still be almost as nice to see these papers preserved in an archive of Caribbean literature and items. Thanks for sharing...
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Ahhhhh.... in other words, available to the present owner of this Caribbean... for an unspecified amount... but available. Got it.
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Yes, I have info on this Caribbean. Had it on my list for many years. It was originally delivered in Boston, MA. I believe I know where it is today and many more details, but have to get into my other laptop– which at the moment is having problems. I don't have FB and never will. Is this fellow selling these items? Thanks. By the way... I drove 5699-1162 several years ago. And Caribbeans DO indeed "disappear"... my 5699 with factory air and wire wheels has been missing for 22 years!
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A new 1953 Caribbean at the Desert Inn would have been lovely (the D.I. had one for a courtesy car). Meanwhile... over at the Flamingo, down the strip from the Desert Inn... there was this beautiful ancestor to the Caribbean. I'll take the Pan American, thank you. And... meanwhile again, relatives and family friend, boxer Joe Louis, were across town opening the brand new Moulin Rouge.... which made the cover of LIFE magazine that year. There were more than a few Packards parked in the lot there too! Notice the suits and ties on the men? And dresses and heels on the ladies? Las Vegas was a very, very different town back then. Attach file:  PanAmericanInLasVegasWM.jpg (645.13 KB)
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And here's how it looks through a window from outside. The 1953 Caribbean behind the Packard bicycle was rumored to have been ordered by singer, Perry Como...
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Ohhh... and next to the Packard bicycle in the museum, here is what you also get to see...
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No need for any confusion regarding 1955-1956 Packard or Clipper.
Let's try thinking of Packard and Clipper as cars of today. Only in reverse. The Japanese car makers, for instance, over the past two decades introduced high-line, up-scale brands. These upscale brands had many of the same underpinnings but as I used to say, a Buick was a Chevy with lockwashers. Here are some examples: Honda - Acura Nissan - Infiniti Toyota - Lexus So just reverse the equation and don't attribute any of this to "confusion" at Packard: Ferrari - Dino (in this case American customers yelled and screamed for the "Ferrari" name to be on the DINO line and Ferrari caved. Initially DINOs were simply DINOs– as lesser-priced line with a V-6 instead of a V-12 or V-8. Look at engine blocks of the early Ferrari DINOs and you will see "FIAT" since there was also a FIAT DINO line a well.) Packard - Clipper (in this case Clipper dealers and customers yelled for the "Packard" name to be on 1955-56 Clippers and Packard caved) Pretty much the same thing. Yes, James Nance (and rightly so) wanted to divorce the Packard and Clipper lines. This was neither confusion nor mistake. You can see the wisdom of such a decision by merely looking at the Asian lines of cars today. But Packard never got the chance to live long enough to prove the marketing.
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There may be others, but the only Packards I know of assembled in India were export vehicles that arrived Knocked Down (KD) .... meaning partially assembled. These were sent in crates out from Detroit with the necessary components still boxed. Many were equipped with special features and heavy duty components. Here is a 1934 Packard configured in right-hand drive (RHD) that was exhibited this year at Amelia Island. If I recall, it came from India. The entire hood was done in chrome plating and there were other custom features...  
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I'll be posting more Packard Bicycles items to come, but this week coming up I will be busy with the Packard Club National Meet for 2024....
Thanks for visiting! In the meantime, here is a lady's prewar Packard bicycle (manufactured by Cleveland Welding Company)... as found at America's Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. This Packard bicycle is missing its original headlight and there is a partial amateur re-furbish on the paint (the factory never painted over bearing cups or on headbadge screws). But otherwise this Packard bicycle is pretty much intact....   And... you may find it worth knowing that at one point CWC supplied wheels and technology to Packard Motor Car Company....
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