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Packardsix1939, thank you for sharing this Facebook post. If anyone is able to visit this hoard/collection it would be very interesting to get the VIN numbers from the the three Caribbeans and Caribbean parts cars.


According to the 1987 Cormorant article by Stuart Blond, "All the Caribbeans," it does not appear that Dover White, Holland Blue, Dover White (MFM) was a factory two color combination.


Best regards

That Four Hundred started out life as a Pushbutton car.

Few more today for your consideration:

1954 Caribbean. Very original barn find condition. It's all there but has been sitting for years in a garage, is covered with dust and dirt and has deteriorated. Chrome all badly oxidized, paint is shot and interior, while intact, looks rough with stuffing coming out of the seats. Probably has rodent infestation. Top intact but very dirty. Am not seeing any rust and body looks really straight, so this would be a good one to restore. Odo shows 49K and this might be original. Nice colors; appears to be Scheme HT (Bikini Blue over Packard Ivory). Car being sold at auction by an estate and you must submit a sealed bid after viewing the car. See ad for contact info. Car is in Ford City, PA:

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1955 Caribbean. Caribbean #1382. Older restoration. Looks and runs well. Ad states 64K original miles. Paint Scheme MJV (White Jade over Fire Opal over Onyx). Looks really sharp in these colors. Has black convertible top which appears somewhat ill fitting and rear window is torn, so that should probably be replaced. Ad states car was formerly owned by Dan Kanter and that the trans has recently been rebuilt by Aldrich Restoration Specialists. Asking $40K. Royal Oak, MI:

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1947 Super Clipper Sedan. Very rusty parts car. Missing engine. Looks really bad, not sure what you would be able to use off of this one, but seller is only asking for $500. Johnstown, PA. Scene of the infamous flood in 1889 and this car looks like it went through it:

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1955 Patrician. Good, solid original which needs cosmetics. Paint is bad but most chrome looks decent and what I can see of the interior appears useable. Definitely doable. Paint Scheme V (Onyx). Asking $4K. Virginia:

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1951 Convertible. Corona Cream. Nice restoration, but solid black interior does not look correct. Runs and drives well. Asking $24K. North Carolina:

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1941 110 Touring Sedans. Two cars. Unrestored and in long term indoor storage. Will need everything but bodies look decent. Have seen much worse. Includes 1 extra engine. Asking $5K. Greenville, SC:

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1948 Custom Eight Seven Passenger Sedan. 20-year-old restoration still looks really good. Nice paint, chrome and interior. Beautiful dark blue color. Someone spent a lot of money on this car. Asking $32K. Georgia:

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1948/29 22nd Series Sedan parts car. One of them appears to be a Deluxe Eight, the other one is either another Deluxe or a Standard Eight. Sheet metal on both looks pretty decent and cars look like they might have been recently dragged out of a barn. Head is off of one of the engines and am seeing evidence in the photos of a major rodent infestation.
That is quite a nest on top of the engine block. What you see is what you get. Seller asking $1,500 for both cars. North Carolina:

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What's everyone's thoughts on that 55 Caribbean? 🤔

Looks pretty tidy. Only thing I see is the inner fenders should be body color (M) not black. Mechanically described very sound.

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Front bumper ain't sitting right on the first photo. Also, this does not generally look like a 40k car to me. But neither do any of the other popular expensive collectable cars
This one is outside of my budget, so I am generally not paying close attention to something like that. If you have enough money to get one, go check it out

Edit: The dusty 1954 looks interesting, though. Assuming that it is truly in good original condition, it might just clean-up very well. The purchasing arrangements are really inconvenient, in my opinion. They should've just posted it for a set price, as usual. I always frown at the ads where sellers are incapable of doing the very basic advertisement such as taking good pictures or removing the junk from the car. Is this some kind of a game? Here is the mystery box, what could be inside this car, it is either treasure or trash, take a chance... Except that they themselves probably already checked it out and determined the later