Packard - 132

Here's a companion to 131, the Cadillac Eldorado and this 1953 Packard Caribbean model is similarly stylised - it shares some features with the real car but nothing like it's proportions - here's a quote I pinched from the internet (link):

"Packard's 1951/52 Pan American Show Car was so well received, that Packard produced its counterpart, the Caribbean. Total production was 750. This was Packard's answer to the Cadillac Eldorado, both in concept and marketing strategy. Its unique standard features list included a full-leather interior, chrome plated wire wheels, enlarged wheel openings with flared lips, full length, full width front hood scoop, "decromed" body look, horizontal tail lights, integrated "fishtail" rear fender treatment, chrome wheel well moldings, front and rear, continental tire kit, and custom finish in one of just four shades of paint: Polaris Blue, Gulf Green Metallic, Matador Maroon, or Sahara Sand. "

It's intriguing that Dinky in 1955 picked on a model of which only 750 were produced, two years before and 3000 miles away and then they made it (to quote Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy) 'almost but not quite entirely unlike' the car they based the model upon.

Given all that - it is still very swanky and grand and I love it.