Re: Is this a steal?!?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2011/10/18 18:12:52

Dear MIDan:

I would only rely on odometer readings in the presence of service documents. When those cars were new they could rack up impressive mileages. For example rural AgVets typically would drive up 100,000 miles in a single year on their cars.

Additionally the car is too ratty, and even if it was a true low mileage car, it has not been stored properly, and thus, has a lot of hidden problems.

If you bought the car and started driving it a lot it would probably blow up. I dealt with an original V-12 that was low mileage because the block was cracked in a zillion places and it couldn't go around the block without boiling.
So figure at least ten grand to make it safe to drive more than ten miles a trip. In the old days wiser men would use a car like that to go to a local meet once or twice a year. Today's crowd wants to drive something like that 65mph on the interstate and so they blow up.

The Packard twelve cost roughly twice the price of the typical American home when new and so they are expensive to maintain.

Good luck with whatever direction you choose to pursue.

Oh and yes, a banjo steering wheel was an option.