Re: 1951 250 in Australia

Posted by Brian Wilson On 2020/6/26 19:37:16

As expected, the price of this car is heading north pre-auction. Now around US$15,500 but will undoubtedly go higher.

Spoke with Barry Smith who restored it. He did a lot of work on it. More rusty than expected. Then sold it to the Gosford Museum.

Now being sold at auction by Lloyds, the same people who ran the "closing down" auction for the Gosford Museum late last year. This one contains more of the cars stored away in sheds in the area, but by no means all. The earlier online auction run by Lloyds looked a bit dodgy - some of the cars which reportedly "sold" for silly prices have subsequently reappeared for sale elsewhere. Looks like the sales of the three Packards were kosher, though.

As usual Lloyds are talking up some of the lots in this one pre-auction, too.

The 1951 Packard 250 Convertible is a lovely example, but non-original in a number of ways. The VPN on the repro plate is apparently correct, but the original dog-eared plate has disappeared. It may have had an engine swap for a later 9-bearing engine. Barry does not recall.

Brian