Re: ‘39 Coupe realistic restoration

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2021/2/5 1:56:36

Hi Newton25,

If you're still on the fence after the above advice, just price out a body & paint, a full-on interior refurb, and a mechanical redo of the drive train; then hit the Hemmings 'Packards for sale' listings and you will see that you can probably pick one of these up, pretty much done (with some minor tweaking yet to go) for probably around the cost of just the paint job. I saw some pretty nice Packards go across the block at the last Barrett Jackson auction for anywhere between $10 and $20K. Some of them didn't look like the sell price would cover the chrome!! DEFINITELY not something that can be done as any kind of investment, that's for sure! Having said that, I sure get that you are taken by the mystique of the car, it's lines and the Packard pedigree; just gotta go in 'eyes wide open'. Chris.