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My brother has Parkinsons and can no longer drive. So he has asked me to Sell his 1956 Packard 400. The car works great in my opinion but needs body work & Paint. Also needs Interior work. It has new brakes & tires. Ther engine has the Jack Vines Olds oil pump conversion and works great. I have done some detail work under the hood to make it look more presentable. We are starting off by asking $15000. Push button trans controls work fine and so do does the automatic leveling suspension.

My contact info is Ernie Baily 805-433-5540, ernestbaily@att.net

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Hi Ernie,

Is the car in California? Do you have more pictures of the under-body (like 50+ pictures of different parts, up close ) ? Is all that rust just surface or are there holes everywhere? Also, is the paint original or re-paint?

Thanks.

Hello, It looks like the paint is not original. I have a few pics of the car underside. The exhaust system was redone by a previous owner, I had to fix some of the brackets so it woundn't rattle. I have been working on the gauges to get them working properly, I have the fuel gauge , amp gauge working but the others are giving me problems. All so we put a new gas tank in as well! If you like, give me a call and I can talk to you better than typing. My Cell is 805-433-5540

Many of the photos in the original post are the same one six times so maybe you can post a variety from different angles?

Sorry for the dupe photos. I'm still learning how to put photos in. These are the only other phots I have at this time. I'll go over to my brothers house and take a few more pictures.

15k is a pretty steep ask considering the interior work that needs done. I drove my 55 400 with an intact original interior, and new paint, home for $6k. It has its sore spots but there's very little that NEEDS work. The paint and seats in this are on the borderline of useable. I'm not trying to be insulting (and if you want to feel better, please check my 55 Clipper Deluxe project...) but I think at that price you will be waiting a LONG time.

As a comparison, this one, which I believe to be in about the same condition regarding driveline, body, and paint, but with a complete reproduction interior, was I think $10k.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=27628

Another comparison, this one has an extremely original interior (trunk and carpet appear original as well), 18k:facebook.com/share/1EKgfikFbe/

+1 to the above, unfortunately. Also, it looks like Happy's car was in considerably better condition, body-wise, too. This one has visible rust spots all over the place, and body damage. Now, these can be just surface imperfections, I don't know. But when I see such rust in such places, these are usually suspect for rotten body panels :(

Hello, The two examples you shared happen to be pretty good deals! How ever I have looked around at a lot of car shows and talked with a lot of people in the southern cal area and it dosn't seem to out of line, it may be a little high but its a starting point. We are willing to discuss the price to a interested buyer. My plan is to drive to various car shows in order to get some exposure, and put it on some other web sites to get some more visibility.

Thanks for the info!

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Well yes, they often have to be to sell in a reasonable time.

Here's another that just popped up. Factory seat covers still on it.facebook.com/share/1G3ArNaHRA/

And by reasonable time, the above poster means in less then 10 years with the price not adjusted for inflation
With all due respect, we are not attempting to de-value your vehicle, but are rather aiming to provide an independent assessment from a point of view of a potential buyer. Let's face it, people naturally tend to valuate their own things higher than someone else's of similar value. When I sell something, I usually look at what similar things (in similar condition) are selling for in my locality. Although, you have to differentiate between the things actually selling and those permanently "for sale". In addition, I always try to adjust my valuation: if I was buying this car from someone else, aside from any personal sentimental value, would I actually pay what I am asking for it ? (Hint-hint: in most cases, hell no .)

In this particular case, I am, as a potential buyer (actually looking for a 56 Packard, right now) can say that there appears to be better-condition cars available at this and lower price. That's all

Also, the last car in Anchorage might not be a very representative sample. First of all, it is extremely far away and shipping is likely going to be a problem. Second, it has been restored, and when a nicely-looking restored vehicle is being sold for only 10k, I am always curious about how did they managed to get it done so cheap

I doubt that it will be of any use taking it to shows, mostly because internet is better for advertising world-wide. I doubt local shows generate any payable interest, these days. People will likely just admire your car (because most of the random bystanders do not even know what it is) and that's about it.

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Do you suspect these are factory? I would think an aftermarket imitation on a new upholstery. Pretty sure that you can still make these. Otherwise, how did the 50s plastic survive for so many years without at least a yellow tint? Unless the car was stored in a museum... But what about the 78k miles on the clock?