Re: Results of Benoy Auction?

Posted by LINC400 On 2009/8/26 16:48:12

Tried the link, but it doesn't work. The 1955 with velour that sat there for years at $18,500 was a Patrician, not a 400. So as a Patrician, I thought it was even more overpriced. If you remember that car, it was in much better shape than the Benoy Packards. Some of them supposedly had 40,000 miles or so on them, but I would not have guessed that. Looked more like 140,000. We were told that the Benoy Packards were basket cases by other Packard members that had seen them before. I would not say that they were basket cases, but all of them definitely needed work. I do not know where or how they were stored, but they definitely needed a lot more than just freshening up. All had varying degrees of rust, needed some if not lots of interior work, and of course who knows how and if any of them ran. Bidder #2000 is the guy that bought most of them I believe including the 1946 limo. I was quite surprised at the price some of the cars sold for, including the 1951, and some of the non-Packards. If you wanted a long term project, one of the 4 door Clippers might not have been a bad deal. But I was not interested in a long term project or 4 door, so I didn't check those out as much as the 2 doors.