Re: The "Packard Premium"
Posted by Leeedy On 2024/5/2 12:29:49
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I worked for Ford Motor Company on the first Mustangs and I have restored a pile of them over the years. One of the cheapest and easiest vintage cars to restore. AND there is re-popped everything available on these cars. As well as endless used parts.
There were a jillion Mustangs made and still in existence. And Mustangs shared parts with other FoMoCo products. So a lot of the parts are not really all that special.
Either way, V-8 Packard parts prices are not all that high for what one gets... and for the relative scarcity and time gone by.
You want premium prices? Try re-doing a transmission for a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL. Or a 280 SL. I owned both and the prices for parts on these cars can be ginormous. Compare this to your Clipper.
I also owned a FIAT Dino Spyder and FIAT Dino Coupe. Parts prices? Hehehehehehehehehe... I won't even talk about it. A tune-up alone at Claudio's in Hollywood back in the 1970s was whatever you had in the bank for that year... and then some. And I was in college then!
Oh... and I just got a quote of $3800 to re-build the transmission on my late-model Lincoln SUV.
So let's not be too concerned about cost of Ultramatic parts or other Packard parts. It is almost a miracle in many cases that these parts are still available at all... even used.
humanpotatohybrid wrote:
Never really noticed before but did anyone else realize just how expensive some stuff is? I know it's expensive for a reason but I was still caught off guard 😂
Obviously these are cherry-picked examples. But true.
P.S. The context is that my uncle has a 67 Mustang and is thinking about reviving it. Would be a very similar project to my Clipper in terms of scope and goal.
I worked for Ford Motor Company on the first Mustangs and I have restored a pile of them over the years. One of the cheapest and easiest vintage cars to restore. AND there is re-popped everything available on these cars. As well as endless used parts.
There were a jillion Mustangs made and still in existence. And Mustangs shared parts with other FoMoCo products. So a lot of the parts are not really all that special.
Either way, V-8 Packard parts prices are not all that high for what one gets... and for the relative scarcity and time gone by.
You want premium prices? Try re-doing a transmission for a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL. Or a 280 SL. I owned both and the prices for parts on these cars can be ginormous. Compare this to your Clipper.
I also owned a FIAT Dino Spyder and FIAT Dino Coupe. Parts prices? Hehehehehehehehehe... I won't even talk about it. A tune-up alone at Claudio's in Hollywood back in the 1970s was whatever you had in the bank for that year... and then some. And I was in college then!
Oh... and I just got a quote of $3800 to re-build the transmission on my late-model Lincoln SUV.
So let's not be too concerned about cost of Ultramatic parts or other Packard parts. It is almost a miracle in many cases that these parts are still available at all... even used.
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