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FYI, all...caught part of an episode of American Pickers last night.

Mike & Frank stopped at his place and bought a few things, including a Packard hood ornament.

There was also a nice shot of his '55 Caribbean. Is it the first production Caribbean? They kept talking about him owning the first serial number of SOME Packard...

He also has a '37, didn't catch which one.

And his book was mentioned, of course.

Thanks. I've seen Nat Dawes' 55 Caribbean a couple to times, most recently at the PAC National at Gettysburg but in a mental lapse I failed to get the thief-proof and vehicle numbers. The earliest surviving 55 Caribbean listed in Mike Grimes' rather extensive database is #1006. I really should call Nat and get the numbers. His 37? is a curious car, somewhat cobbled together with a bunch of mismatching parts but still interesting. His book is still a great source of info on the Packard company post-war, the data in the appendeces is particularly useful. And if you've not met Nat, you're in for a treat!

Did the Caribbean have the longhorns on it? The car has a Packard dealer tag from El Paso.

The 55 was complete with horns.

Did they get Boo on there too?

the car number was 5588-1001. and my opinion....but the horns gotta go....sorry.

The horns let you know he is there!

history.com/shows/american-pickers/video ... ican-pickers-million-dollar-mistake

here is the link to the episode...history channel online doesn't have the newest ones to watch

http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/American-Pickers/8486892938553336112/15054915845/The-Million-Dollar-Mistake/videos#

skip to the last 1/4 of the show for the packard stuff.

Has anyone read his book it seems interesting to get history on the company. Amazon has it at the lowest $45.00

Interesting - I'm going to go down to my library and reread his book. I didn't remember any longhorns in it....