Re: Barn Find 1954 Caribbean
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Check the motor number stamped on a smoothed pad above the starter motor. The 54 Caribbean would have the one year only 359 engine with the aluminum head which starts with the letter M. The second digit would be a 6 for the 359.. Any other year engine starts with a different letter and while the other engines would bolt in and be perfectly serviceable, in 54 nothing but the 359 would be correct in that car.
![]() On the paint colors, is that U and L an actual code or just stand for upper and lower? As I recall, in 54 models unless it has been damaged or fallen off the paint and trim codes are found written or printed on a paper label on one side of the glove drawer or sometimes in the back. Packard would often do special colors and combos if a customer wanted to pay for it and styling approved but usually there was a special code designation or even nothing written in the paint code location. Any chance the light brown or mocha color is actually a very dirty and possibly oxidized Matador Maroon? Here is a list of the standard 54 colors and codes. A couple of more colors and combinations were added around midway in production. ![]()
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Would ballpark 15-20k value for nice interior, non running but turns over, needs exterior work, negligible rust.
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These Caribbeans were not really fully built by or at Packard. They were done by Mitchell-Bentley Corp. FOR Packard. M-B had certain limitations and practices. So. In order to keep guessing to a minimum, the absolute best thing to do is to take and post photos. The more, the better. Be sure to take pics of the serial plate in the driver's door jamb. Brown is certainly not a color for the original top fabric. Again, let's see photos. And take clear photos of any labels on the right-hand side of the pull-out glove box drawer.
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G'day Atltee,
![]() If you purchase this '54 Caribbean I invite you to include it in PackardInfo's Packard Vehicle Registry.
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I say buy it, spend ridiculous amounts of time, money, and energy on it, and have an amazing car! One day I hope a 53 Caribbean will come my way!
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