Re: I'm new, and looking for advice on a purchase

Posted by Dave Brownell On 2014/9/29 16:50:13

You sound like a level-headed young man with some phenomenal resources in your father and other capable advice-givers. My only reservation came with your statement about having a Packard to turn heads. But all dreams have to start somewhere, so find the best car you can afford, and if all the other feelings are right, go for it.

There's an Autoweek associate editor, Graham Kozak, who had a similar dream of restoring his own Packard 200 sedan when he was a young man, not very long ago. Some of his travails were written about, including a fateful attempt to have the Packard ready for a Woodward Dream Cruise event, only to have something stand in his way at the last minute. Seeing or reading about his experiences might shed some realistic perspectives to your quest. Mr. Kozak is a very talented writer who may have blazed the very trail you've set for yourself.