Chris, to answer your question, Yes! .... We just don't want to see someone get burned, which happens too much in this hobby nowadays.... cloned cars, buckets of bondo, fake data plates, restamped blocks.. It's rampant..but thankfully not so much in Packard-land as other makes.... "may the buyer beware" is indeed true, but when a potential buyer asks questions on this fine website and the answers (some right- some wrong) hack off someone on this site who chastises others who are honestly just trying to help, it just ruffles my feathers..
How to get Burned:
Example: A "made-up" 1940 Packard 180 Convertible Sedan Darrin: yours for $189,000
http://davidsclassiccars.com/packard/39343-1940-packard-darrin.html This,imho,is a $80,000 to $100,000 car max
A real one, worth every penny of it's selling price at $341,000
https://www.rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO12/Monterey/lots/r146-1940-packard-super-eight-one-eighty-darrin-convertible-sedan-by-howard-dutch-darrin/280733This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=201122