1956 Packard Caribbean convertible Jay Leno's Garage

[Milaca]

[acolds]

looks like the one I have except for interior mine is cloth and leather

[PackardV8]

looks like the one I have except for interior mine is cloth and leather.

The '56 Caribbeans I've seen all had reversible cushions, fabric on one side and leather on the other.

jack vines

[Milaca]

looks like the one I have except for interior mine is cloth and leather

Very nice. Do your back-seat cushions move about while driving with the top down like Jay's car?

[Hawklover]

Jay makes one statement I caught, he quipped that you can not get any Chrome work done in the state of California. Not true, one place right off my head is "Verns" plating outside of Los Angeles, I am sure there are others. LOL, Leno has never been a lover of the Studebaker Marquis, maybe a 1930 4 seasons President roadster would change his mind!

[Buzzard]

Thanks for posting Brent. It is very interesting that this was Packard's last hurrah(I have a '57 Clipper Wagon not nearly of this caliber).
Bill

[Milaca]

I left a comment on YouTube about Jay's video, and I received this message in return:



I don't do 'Telegram' so I guess I will never find out what type of winnings I am passing up.

[Bordeaux Daytona]

Probably a scam, seen this mentioned before

[acolds]

The cushions fit into a relief in the seat frame and also have snaps with straps to retain them . Also Jay states that the hood has lead that was not the case on 1956. Not meant to correct Jay as he is a true car nut respect him greatly .

[rockne10]

Leno has never been a lover of the Studebaker Marquis, ...

Marquis? Or Marque?
At any rate, he WAS a member of SDC for a while; don't know if he still is or not.

[Milaca]

The cushions fit into a relief in the seat frame and also have snaps with straps to retain them . Also Jay states that the hood has lead that was not the case on 1956. Not meant to correct Jay as he is a true car nut respect him greatly .

Perhaps Jay's cushion straps are missing and he doesn't know any better? Maybe his seats were reupholstered and the upholsterer failed to add them?

[sgriggs]

I watched this video on YouTube yesterday. His Caribbean is a beautiful car, with the very interesting torsion bar/leveling suspension. I would love to go for a ride in one some day.

[Buzzard]

Scott,
Many moons ago I had the pleasure to drive a '56 Caribbean with the dual quads and reversible seat cushions. I was in awe at actually how brisk the acceleration was for such a big car. And at the time I was comparing to my '63 GT Hawk R4 clone.
Bill

[Dwight FitzSimons]

In this video (or his video on his '55 Caribbean) Jay states that Packard didn't make any Caribbean hardtops in '55, but did in '56. Actually, Packard did make a handful (8 or 10, or something like that) '55 Caribbean hardtops. There was one of them in the Studebaker National Museum many years ago.
--Dwight