Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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My friend Bill was in the process of restoring his 1953 Caribbean when we first became friends in college, so I learned a fair amount about the 1953 Caribbeans through sharing the research that he was doing about his car.
I'll start with the caveat of "In Regular Production" -- because there's always a chance that someone could surface Ed Macauley's personal 1953 Caribbean #1 with custom die cast scripts from Creative Industries, etc. -- but In Regular Production, no 1953 Caribbeans had a nameplate script on it that said "Caribbean." The only advertisement ever issued for that model clearly shows one, but that was purely a glimmer in some Detroit ad guy's brain. What happens often is that people will take the 1954-1956 nameplates (chrome for 1954, gold for 1955 & 56) and retrofit them to their 1953 Caribbeans. I'd be willing to bet that this is what happened to your car before you bought it.
Posted on: 2008/12/13 2:21
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Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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I agree with 55Packardconv. That is almost for sure what happened. Check the parts book and you will see no script in 53.
Posted on: 2008/12/13 13:54
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Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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Thanks Guys: I was having doubts about my memory, and wondered if Alzheimer's had set in. Too bad that I can't find out from the original owner, he was in his sixties when he bought it new,and I bought it when he traded it in ,in January of 1957, So, I agree that what you have explained is the most plausible reason....Thanks, SVENSK
Posted on: 2008/12/13 17:13
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Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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This is Vance George who is the roster keeper on these for the PAC club, the post answers are correct that none of these 1953 cars originally had the Caribbean script, you do see a lot of cars that later have these scripts added in various places and also have the finned 1954 headlight rims added which is also not factory correct, some folks just felt this script was needed but it is indeed not original. I would love to hear about 1953 caribbean #1 more which is 2678-2001! heard many rumors of it over the years, I heard it was found where it was just a remaining firewall in Kentucky and then heard it may have been in Florida as a rough complete car, the earliest confirmed car is #2 which i belive is still in Texas. Thanks
Posted on: 2008/12/15 4:51
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Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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Caribbean wrote: This is Vance George who is the roster keeper on these for the PAC club....... G'day Vance, to Packardinfo. Good to hear from you on this matter and thanks for your informative reply. And, although it's , could you add your Packard/s to the Owner Registry now that you're a Packardinfo member?
Posted on: 2008/12/15 4:59
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Re: 53 Caribbean Script
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sure will!
Posted on: 2008/12/15 5:46
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