Re: Advice wanted on 1941 Packard 160
Posted by Joe Santana On 2012/9/23 23:43:07
Ken,
I'm in your boat. Limited funds, where a gradual restoration is the only alternative, or selling for someone else to complete.
I think Tim's advice is a good way to think about it. $1500 in 1973, how much would you have today earning interest? Use that as your price. At least you could content about selling it.
Also I think you could research '41 160 parts on eBay. Make a list of values. Do you have an adult kid or a friend out of work? Have them part it out , take the pix, and put it on eBay, do the shipping labor, and then split the net proceeds. Lots of people are out of work right now.
But a little work on your part to free the engine would be worth the effort, too.
160 parts are valuable. The engine and tranny parts are valuable. etc
My youngest son is away at school for 2 years and he is storing this 1961 3.8 Jaguar with me. I've started working on it. I haven't started the engine yet. I'm going through the steps now. Not many guys, except real collectors, have 1 each of these.
Good luck on whatever you decide to do. You'll get lots of great, knowledgeable help here.
Joe
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I'm in your boat. Limited funds, where a gradual restoration is the only alternative, or selling for someone else to complete.
I think Tim's advice is a good way to think about it. $1500 in 1973, how much would you have today earning interest? Use that as your price. At least you could content about selling it.
Also I think you could research '41 160 parts on eBay. Make a list of values. Do you have an adult kid or a friend out of work? Have them part it out , take the pix, and put it on eBay, do the shipping labor, and then split the net proceeds. Lots of people are out of work right now.
But a little work on your part to free the engine would be worth the effort, too.
160 parts are valuable. The engine and tranny parts are valuable. etc
My youngest son is away at school for 2 years and he is storing this 1961 3.8 Jaguar with me. I've started working on it. I haven't started the engine yet. I'm going through the steps now. Not many guys, except real collectors, have 1 each of these.
Good luck on whatever you decide to do. You'll get lots of great, knowledgeable help here.
Joe
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