Packard Hawk "rebirth"
Posted by J. D. Engler On 2013/2/17 22:26:52
I'm new to this site, however I've wanted a Packard since 1975 (I was 15). My wife spotted me looking at a Hawk 5 years ago and wanted to know "What the heck kinda car is that?" I had told her it was my dream car, to which she replied "your almost 50- if thats your dream car go buy it"
I about fell over and no she didn't tell me twice. This is a Northern California car and it only had light surface rust in the trunk.
The fella I bought it from got it from original owner and never transfered it out of his name. He owned it for 20 years and was going to restore it "someday" Sadly he got a divorce and it ended up on EBAY. I was bidding with 1 other guy who drove the price up on me, however, living in the rust belt it was worth paying a bit more rather than a body shop lots more.
I wanted one of these since I was a kid, but not a Beige one. I have owned it nearly 5 years and have completly rebuilt it, Only thing left to do is install the interior and headliner which will happen as soon as it warms up.
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I about fell over and no she didn't tell me twice. This is a Northern California car and it only had light surface rust in the trunk.
The fella I bought it from got it from original owner and never transfered it out of his name. He owned it for 20 years and was going to restore it "someday" Sadly he got a divorce and it ended up on EBAY. I was bidding with 1 other guy who drove the price up on me, however, living in the rust belt it was worth paying a bit more rather than a body shop lots more.
I wanted one of these since I was a kid, but not a Beige one. I have owned it nearly 5 years and have completly rebuilt it, Only thing left to do is install the interior and headliner which will happen as soon as it warms up.
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