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Re: Are people insane???
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Packard Twelve fan wrote:


If you people KNEW what you were talking about, you'd know that GM and FORD and CHRYSLER were SO taken back and impressed by those sales figures of those high quality post 1950 Packards, that by 1957 they "threw in the towel" and gave up, and started car clubs for their own brands...making "conversion kits" so you could install that brilliant Packard ULTRAMATIC transmission in GM, FORD, and CHRYSLER cars... (to improve reliability and performance...of course....!)




Wait, today is November 1st, not April 1st........

Posted on: 2008/11/1 13:53
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Re: Are people insane???
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55clipperguy wrote: I wrote to the guy asking how he could list it as being in Kingston NH..where I live, and yet the car is in Milo Maine which is a stretch..........


When you click on "About me" in the listing in eBay this is what it says:
.......I AM LOCATED IN KINGSTON NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I HAVE A FACILITY IN MILO MAINE, BOTH EASY TO GET TO, THANKS, BARRY 603-382-3212 MAKE SURE YOU GO TO MY WEB SITE AT WWW.OLDNEATSTUFF.COM

Posted on: 2008/11/1 14:16
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"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

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Re: Are people insane???
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Or his wife told him to sell it and get it out of her yard and sight but he doesn't really want to part with it because he's going to restore it in 10-15 years.


I like the above answer the best. Dialogue goes: "Honey, I tried to sell it but, ya know, the market is down and no one would buy it. Sorry..."

Craig

Posted on: 2008/11/1 19:22
Nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure! Ellen Ripley "Aliens"
Time flies like an arrow. Frui
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Re: Are people insane???
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I appraise cars for a living and thanks to this find, i am going to insure my 55 packard for 175,000.. cause it was restored of course. The sad thing is some dumb car appraiser might actually try to use this one day now that it is archived on the web..

ROTFL..Great Find!

Posted on: 2008/11/2 22:39
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Re: Are people insane???
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Turbopackman wrote:
I too sent him a message, but in my smart-a$$ed nature, I decided to have a little fun. This is what I sent: "I really enjoyed your listing, a $500 car that's only worth about $20,000 restored for $79,000, you made my night!"

And this is his reply: "IM GLAD I COULD HELP, "

I'm still rolling over this this morning!


These are the questions to the seller and his responses on eBay.

Questions from other members
Q: I really enjoyed your listing, a $500 car that's only worth about $20,000 restored for $79,000, you made my night!

Answered on Nov-01-08
A: IM GLAD I COULD HELP,

Q: Mighty proud of this one, huh??

Answered on Nov-01-08
A: VERY , GO TO WWW.OLDNEATSTUFF.COM FOR MORE PROUDNESS

Q: What a deal.

Answered on Nov-01-08
A: THANKS, GO TO WWW.OLDNEATSTUFF.COM FOR MORE DEALS

Posted on: 2008/11/3 3:16
Mal
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

What's this?
Put your Packard in the Packard Vehicle Registry!
Here's how!
Any questions - PM or email me at ozstatman@gmail.com
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Re: Are people insane???
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Another possible reason for the high price may be that he has made a lot of bad investments in his retirement plan or other investments and hopes some one is willing to bail him out with a outlandish price. If he can sell his cars at the prices he is asking I would like to have him sell some items for me. Also agree with Craig in that cars with overpriced asking prices are what I call for sale by order of wife sales. Wife says "put that thing up for sale" husband does knowing that only a fool would pay his asking price if it sells they are both happy if not she is happy as that Thing is up for sale. When you go to car shows a cruises you see many cars with these kind of prices on them. The best bargains to be had are when a divorce or death of owner are involved sort of fire sales.

Posted on: 2008/11/3 10:23
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Re: Are people insane???
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If this is not a tongue in cheek ad, then is he out of his
%#$#$*&)(&^*(%$$^#^$# mind???????

Posted on: 2008/11/3 10:47
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Re: Are people insane???
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It's obvious that he is not looking for $79,000. Give it a rest. He's trying to part out the car.

Posted on: 2008/11/3 10:58
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Re: Are people insane???
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West: I thought that BIGKEV was the moderator here. If there
is mistake in the posted selling price the person should be smart enough to change it.

John F. Shireman

Posted on: 2008/11/3 13:02
REMEMBERING BRAD BERRY MY PACKARD TEACHER
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Re: Are people insane???
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The poster already said it wasn't a mistake.

Posted on: 2008/11/3 15:31
West Peterson
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