I've brought back to life a few clocks 39-40, one from a very rough car, following the simple tips a friend who is an expert clock repair/maintenance guy. In the majority of cases all that is needed is a little cleaning (simple dusting at best since the covers keep it mostly sealed), oiling (clock oil is cheap on Amazon) and patience. I bought a small 6 volt battery, wire/banana clips, did some oiling and let it run. My friend said it may take a week or so to work itself more free to run consistently, resetting, etc. When it seems to not reset, a little more oil at the points and setting it off again until it runs for a couple of weeks straight you should be good to put back in the car.

Main point being that the reason it isn't running is likely a simple fix. The only drawback I found to having it run again is that I tend to leave it unhooked to not run my batter down since technically it will draw power roughly every 3-5 minutes when it "rewinds/resets".

One more thing: have you seen this Canadian Clipper?packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=29209 This ain't a 56, nor a Packard, but it looks interesting, assuming that this was a quality repair

G'day NCPackard,
Although a long time member(2017), first posts, so to PackardInfo.

Don't forget, when you get that Patrician or Executive to include in PackardInfo's Packard Vehicle Registry.

Your assessment of the situation appears to be quite reasonable. There are people asking crazy prices for exclusive rust buckets or bondo queens and, at the same time, people unable to sell good cars for very reasonable money. It seems like nobody is checking the prices, etc., nor making the necessary adjustments for the vehicle's condition, these days. I am seeing cars for sale that I saw ~2 years ago. I've seen $20k cars that were in considerably worse condition in comparison to the same $10k cars

These cars are not very numerous, though, so you should check what's for sale, once in a while. It might take some time before you find your car. Making offers would not hurt either. I, once, saw a car that was x2.5 times over my budget (and it might've been actually worth that much, because it was rare and in great condition). I kept watching it for a couple of years, as the price was gradually coming down because, for whatever reason, it was still for sale. Once it was at the point where I thought that someone else might actually buy it, I went ahead and bought it I remember, after the sale, the PO asked me whether or not he's got good money for it... To which I replied that it was at the medium-high level, according to my estimate, but I really liked it.

Ronald, I've done it!

While you can make changes to a Registry entry, you are unable to delete it.

Sounds, like that would have been exactly what I needed! But I agree, at that price it should sell.

You just missed a beautiful Persian Aqua/Dover White '56 Patrician here in the PNW. Nice paint, chrome, redone interior. The guy had it priced to sell at $10K. Doesn't appear to have lasted on the market long. It was up a couple months ago and sold within a month or so.

On the hunt for a nice driver quality or better 56 4 door. Interested in either a Patrician or Executive Sedan. There is a nice executive in Louisiana for $16k, but I believe that to be a little high although it is a nice-looking car. There have been two executives on Bring a Trailer that were bid to $8,600 and $10,000 respectively and did not sell. The $8,600 car is still for sale for well over $20k which seems crazy to me. That car out of Colorado is exactly what I want but the price IMO is way off. There is a decent Patrician for sale in PA for $14k, I've seen the car up close and believe that price to be high given condition, although the seller is very reasonable and understanding of what he has. In my head (and using Hagerty valuation tool) a nice, but not perfect executive should be in the 10-12 range, and a Patrician a little higher in the 15-18 range. Am I way off base? I'm ok with being wrong on this but it just seems sellers are asking prices purely based on what they have invested in the car, which is fine, but doesn't mean they are in line with market value. I know, a car is worth what someone is willing to pay, and a seller can ask whatever they want...just looking to get a gut check on what these cars really should be worth.

If anyone has leads on a good 56 4dr at a realistic price let me know, the wife loves Persian aqua, Eire green, anything in the blue/green family.

I need to delete second entry of the same car that I updated and can’t find how to do it any suggestions?