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Looks like an early 1955 not far separated from the Howard Hughes/Jean Peters Caribbean. But the big "AC" decal on the front carburetor collar on the air cleaner is dead wrong anyway.

And the factory never installed VIN plates in the door jamb with modern pop rivets. In fact, the holes on the VIN plate should have nothing in them. At least one of the antenna masts appears to be a front-mount unit.

Red wire on the choke appears to be because someone has pulled the bi-metal covers on the chokes for some odd reason.

At least as far as V8 Caribbean restos go, this is one of the better ones. I get physically ill when I see what happened to the beautiful Dover White/Scottish Heather/Maltese Gray 1956 I used to drive around SoCal... that is now painted awful black (and that interior...UGH!) and selling back & forth in auctions for megabux!