Re: Packard Model Info (1946/1947)

Posted by Tim Cole On 2012/8/28 15:09:19

To OD:

Well that pretty much explains why Skop told me he paid too much for it. He must have found out it was a fake, or knew it was when he bought and continued/or concocted the story. I knew quite a few back in those days whose ploy was to tell people they paid an outrageous price and then offered to sell at a loss.

As for Bill Walker I didn't know him personally but knew of him when I was living in Upstate New York. He went way back to the early days and had a near mint 38 Brunn that was at least partially original. People told me I should go see Bill Walker and talk about Packards. That's not my style. In those days there was too much demand for cars and nosing around was not a good idea. I preferred to use he stategy of Nick Caraway because I wasn't in any postion to buy the stuff, so I might as well get to know people for who they were rather what they had.