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The most recent of the Detroit built Packards will soon turn 60 years old with the very last car produced at Conner on June 25, 1956. O-D recently mentioned that his Caribbean convertible was made during those last days of Detroit production. I am curious to find out how many of "the newest Packards" are still showing up on the private and PI registries? My own 1956 400 "Esquire" hardtop has a vehicle number (5687-4121) that would place it, I believe, in the final weeks for the hardtops.

Baring a trip to the Studebaker Museum to look at Packard build manifest records to determine my car's date of completion, is there a way to know how many younger cars are still out there?

Highest VNs known to me for surviving cars:

5622-6399
5642-4455
5647-3678
5662-4625
5667-2490
5677-2026
5672-2428
5687-4224
5682-4747
5697-1038 (*)
5699-1276

(*) I know of a much later one but have misplaced the #.

Thanks for these data. If the stats in the Dawes book are correct,the person with 5687-4224 has the very last one made.

Nat's data point comes from original sources.

And to the owner of the 1276 Caribbean, you also have the final Carib ever made. My very best to the lucky owner. What a distinction!

When I last saw 5699-1276 (in 1999) it was a basket-case. I hope it found a good home and an owner with deep pockets.

OD,
1276 is alive and well.
It has been to a PAC national or 2.
There is a picture of it on the PAC website.
I would post a picture of it, but for some reason I can not post pictures to this site anymore from my IPad.

I'm thrilled to hear that its been resurrected!!

Me too! That is good news!

#5699-1276 was in Warren, Ohio during the 1999 event in #1 condition. It is owned by a fellow in Tennessee and was featured in the Magnum Opus.

#5687-4224 was also in Warren during 1999 at the Magnum Opus. It is owned by a man in Ontario, Canada.

#5682-4775 was the last Packard automobile produced in Detroit. A photo of it at the end of the assembly line was published several times in The Packard Cormorant. It was originally delivered to the S-P dealer in Guntersville, Alabama. No one knows where it is today.