Re: 50 Packard
Posted by Robin Adair On 2014/3/30 7:01:42
48 Touring
Hi Ritchie, here's another nice one.
One good thing for you is that there are a lot of cars not selling, so you can afford to be a little picky and wait for the right car you want.
At one point in my life I would have only looked at Custom Eights, being the top of the line car in those years. As I started reading Neal's book I began to appreciate the Super Eights AND the standard line. Reading through the different models Packard offered in these years is a real mind bender.
Years ago there was a museum near here that had a couple cars for sale, one was a 41 Super Clipper I could have purchased for around $10k.
41 Super Clipper
I thought this was one of the prettiest cars i had ever seen. Green with a light tan interior. Instead, I bought a 55 400 that I began restoration on and ended up unloading it after my divorce. Doh!!
The other was a 49 Golden Anniversary Standard or Deluxe Eight Club sedan he had that I could have purchased for $500. It was pretty rough with a bunch of surface rust on the body and a bunch of dust in the interior. You could, however, see the gold paint and the original interior which was was really pretty when the car was built. That color combination plus the car just looked squat and kind of broad, really appealed to me. Years later I went back to find that car and it was gone so I ended up with the Deluxe Eight Club Sedan I have now.
It's a great time to be buying a car, you'll know the right car when you see it.
Hi Ritchie, here's another nice one.
One good thing for you is that there are a lot of cars not selling, so you can afford to be a little picky and wait for the right car you want.
At one point in my life I would have only looked at Custom Eights, being the top of the line car in those years. As I started reading Neal's book I began to appreciate the Super Eights AND the standard line. Reading through the different models Packard offered in these years is a real mind bender.
Years ago there was a museum near here that had a couple cars for sale, one was a 41 Super Clipper I could have purchased for around $10k.
41 Super Clipper
I thought this was one of the prettiest cars i had ever seen. Green with a light tan interior. Instead, I bought a 55 400 that I began restoration on and ended up unloading it after my divorce. Doh!!
The other was a 49 Golden Anniversary Standard or Deluxe Eight Club sedan he had that I could have purchased for $500. It was pretty rough with a bunch of surface rust on the body and a bunch of dust in the interior. You could, however, see the gold paint and the original interior which was was really pretty when the car was built. That color combination plus the car just looked squat and kind of broad, really appealed to me. Years later I went back to find that car and it was gone so I ended up with the Deluxe Eight Club Sedan I have now.
It's a great time to be buying a car, you'll know the right car when you see it.
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