1956 Packard Caribbean Interior
The last big packard.
1956 packard caribbean interior. For 1957 production was consolidated with studebaker in south bend and the 58 year old marque would begin to fade away. Designed by dick teague this 1956 packard caribbean convertible is one of only 276 produced in packards final year before its takeover by studebaker. It is finished in dover white with packards tri tone paint scheme of scottish heather and maltese gray in the body side accent strip and lower border respectively. Roman bronze blue sellers description.
The name soldiered on for two more years as an alter ego studebaker with different trimthey saved the c. Automaker to introduce a high compression v 8 engine and retired the reliable and venerable inline eight. Till the 1990s when it entered the robert pond collection in palm springs. The 1957 58 packards were simply redressed stubebakers.
This 1956 packard caribbean is one of those few hardtops a reminder of how great packard had been and still was in 1956 even if mortally wounded. Project but in good condition. For 1956 the caribbean was the top of the line packard. The packard overhead valve v8 engine was modern conventional and physically large.
350 v8 tri color exterior red and white interior. 1956 packard caribbean one of 276 and the rarest of all. The car spent its life in scottsdale az. One of the most lavish packards ever this caribbean convertible is powered by packards 374310 hp dual quad v 8 and twin ultramatic transmission.
Just perfect in every detail. Supplied to an arizona cattle rancher ken kaecker bu packard phoenix in february of 1956. 1956 packard caribbean u ntil the mid 1950s packard used an inline eight cylinder engine that was based on a 1929 design. And the last built in detroit.