Re: Gosford Motor Museum Closure - Packards for Auction

Posted by Brian Wilson On 2019/4/6 1:11:00

Quick update on the Packards for auction at the Gosford Museum:

The auctioneers claim that the 1930 740 roadster was originally this body style. Nor true says the guy who built the current roadster body, it was originally a sedan and he informed them accordingly. I indicated they had a price of A$300K on it recently, but apparently they were looking for A$450K a while back.

The 1939 1708 V12 limousine was originally imported to Australia more than 30 years ago, in need of quite a bit of work cosmetically and mechanically. Max Hood was the second owner of the car, and did some work on it before selling it on to Andrew Lidden (via auction). There is a picture of it in Andrew's shed, taken in 2005. It appears to have sat for around 20 years, before being purchased by the Gosford Museum a few years ago from Andrew's estate. It now shows evidence of an overheating problem with the engine. At one time, they were asking A$150K for it, but $125K more recently.

All three of these cars (including the nicely restored 1955 400 have already reached what might be considered fair prices in pre-auction bidding. It will be interesting to see what happens at the auction tomorrow.

This information provided in the hope that it might be of use to others considering bidding for them.

Cheers

Brian