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Anyone have a picture of a bare 56 Caribbean floor?
This 56 400 floor looks just like a 55 floor. Is the removal of the "heater tunnel" the difference? https://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-PACKARD-400-rolling-chassis-and-body-shell-rust-free-California-car/352742043824?hash=item52211070b0:g:aYgAAOSwLmhdRIfE Attach file: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Posted on: 2019/8/3 7:01
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Goodness, Howard, give yourself a break. Body shells are just sheet metal stampings welded together by line workers. They carried a part number like every other assembly and are thus replaceable. If anyone wants to give you grief about replacing a nasty body please give me their address and I will happily stop by and give them five across the lip.
Posted on: 2019/8/3 15:57
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It's either. A 400 carribean. Or a Caribbean 400.
Either one sounds ok..to me.
Posted on: 2019/8/4 1:48
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HH,
Thanks for the reply. I was under the impression that the 56 Caribbean seats changed the floor pan. I have never studied an original one. The 56 Caribbean does not have an under seat heater either, is that correct?
Posted on: 2019/8/5 18:11
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I suggest you consult the 1956 Caribbean roster and build slip analysis published by Stu Blond in The Packard Cormorant some years back. As I recall 1 or perhaps 2 of the early convertibles had the underseat heater, Packard then deciding it was too much of a "force fit" due to the lesser space available from the new seat configuration.
Posted on: 2019/8/5 18:43
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OD,
Did your 56 Convertible have the heater tunnel?
Posted on: 2019/8/5 18:51
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Don't know, never took note.
Posted on: 2019/8/5 19:29
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I just remembered another difference when I thought of this underseat heater photo Randy posted a long time ago. The long angled sheetmetal that kind of forms a rear seat footrest under the regular front seats is gone for the 56 Caribbean seat. I remember now having to cut those out as well as drill the new holes. Still don't remember any differences in the heater and honestly don't remember if the knockout patterns were in the floor on the Caribbean.
I did think about adding an underseat heater when I did my car but as O_D said, space is tight and I think something in the seat interfered and I would have needed to move the heater slightly. No idea whether that was the reason Packard decided not to offer it but maybe. Another reason, as you can see from the photo, the stock under seat heater is just plain ugly. I don't think it would visibly be at Packard quality exposed like it is even if they gave it a different cover. If they shipped it as shown I doubt the exposed core would have escaped damage particularly if there were small children riding in back. I know those little holes sure would have been an area of interest if I were riding back there.
Posted on: 2019/8/5 20:33
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