Re: driveaway
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/12/1 18:24:10
I'd also be fairly sure that the nice people at Packard might have charged absolutely nothing for a factory delivery.
Cars as they arrived at the dealerships required some preparation, front license plate bracket attached where required, wheel hub shells attached, and the usual dealer preparation (see attached document) Factory delivery would have incurred the same work.
Factory delivery was $55 for a senior and $45 for a Clipper in 1954. For the 22nd series it was $20 for an Eight, $30 for a Super Eight, and $40 for a Custom 8. The years in between were probably proportional. This data for order option code "FD" and from the Robert Neal books. Somewhere I have an invoice for a 34 Twelve with factory delivery and there was also a charge so I'd assume charges for factory delivery were pretty standard thru those years and thru the industry. Of course you saved the transportation costs to the dealer.
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Cars as they arrived at the dealerships required some preparation, front license plate bracket attached where required, wheel hub shells attached, and the usual dealer preparation (see attached document) Factory delivery would have incurred the same work.
Factory delivery was $55 for a senior and $45 for a Clipper in 1954. For the 22nd series it was $20 for an Eight, $30 for a Super Eight, and $40 for a Custom 8. The years in between were probably proportional. This data for order option code "FD" and from the Robert Neal books. Somewhere I have an invoice for a 34 Twelve with factory delivery and there was also a charge so I'd assume charges for factory delivery were pretty standard thru those years and thru the industry. Of course you saved the transportation costs to the dealer.
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