Re: Model Info Pages

Posted by Stephen Houseknecht On 2010/2/24 14:00:03

Dear Joe,

I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your Formal. A friend of mine just finished restoring his late father's 1953 Austin Healy 100 series for the same reason (he was lucky the car wasn't crushed).Is your Formal by any chance the Formal that Owen_Dyneto mentioned earlier at Nyack NY?

I will pass your request and interest on to the owner of the Formal and see what she says. The plan at this point is for me to check the mechanicals and hopefully start the car. I also plan to clean up the car before doing the portraits of the car for eBay. And believe me, I have had the Packard bug for years so I want to start it and hear it run. Maybe even drive it around the block and over to the Ostendorf Packard Agency on Main St where it was purchased new.

The history of the car is in the thread. Two owners and both in Buffalo where the car was originally purchased and the car has been garaged since 1982 when it was last registered.

I will let you know what she decides. Thank you for your interest.