Re: Packard Mortality Statistic

Posted by ewrecks On 2021/12/21 1:43:09
Don’t get me wrong , I am grateful that are people like you, Max Merritt , Kanter, Mike .Dulinski and others still doing their best to provide the parts to restore the Packards . I thank this Forum for advise no longer readily available. I even thank the internet for easy access.
All that being said, the cost for chrome work, upholstery , machine work and paint and body work continues to escalate.
I am not sure how many people are able to do all of the work required to restore a car. I am certainly not one of them but I am fortunate to have friends who can do a lot of the things I cannot do to try to keep the cost down.
A friend restored a 56 Lincoln Premier in California nearly 20 years ago. It might be better to say he paid others to do the work..and spent nearly $250,000.
It was his money and he knew going in that he would never recoup his investment,…and he ended up with something too perfect to drive.
Some people want a trailer Queen and others just want to enjoy the cars.
We have selected a marque that unlike the .Ferraris or a few other makes are no longer climbing in value.
Common sense and budget constraints sometimes do not coincide and too many cars end up as unfinished projects.
As someone said those under 50 seldom know that Packard was not some .GM nameplate.

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