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No, it's not a mistake, and the seller isn't insane.

It's just an underhanded way of getting cheap advertising to part the car out - without having to pay for a listing for each part.

Personally, if I'm gonna buy used parts online, I'd rather look for the specific part, listed individually with good pic(s) and full disclosure.

Caveat emptor!

Quick - Snap it up NOW!

Buy It Now is reduced to only $7,000.00

What a bargain!

I'm waiting for him to drop one more zero from the price!

And, if you can't afford the $7,000.00 how about $1895.00 for this -
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It that model uphostered in dimonds also?!

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Must be Kev.

I sent the guy a question querying the price of - G'day, Is $1,895.00 correct? Or should it be say $18.95? Thanks Mal

And here's his answer - what is the point you are trying to make by sending me this e-mail..?

Obviously diamond encrusted or very, very rare.

It is a Motor City model. They sell for between $350 and $500. I think it is ridiculous, but I watch them on Ebay hoping for a deal, and have never seen one go for less than $350. Which, since they sell for $350 new, I don't get idiots paying $500 for used ones. However $1895 is totally nuts.

As time goes on, I notice that people will say and do anything to get their car sold, check out this "Prototype 1953 Packard" it's enough to make you sick!

That's it, when I get the Speedster done I'm going to advertise it as a "1936 Packard Vincent Prototype Speedster" and have it start out at a $100,000.00 bid and see if it goes up higher. I wouldn't be bitching about it except that I read a thread over at the H.A.M.B. where the guy who actually built the car was commenting on what had been done to it-

"I built a 52 or 53 fordor for a guy out of Philly, who later moved to Florida. Les Miller was his name. I started out doing it as a nice looking mild custom, Burgundy pearl, pinkish color scallops, just lowered, smoothed, and WWW with caddy caps. Nice!
Later, he got bitten by a "bug" and had it subframed, and tubbed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brought it back, to have it converted to a 2 door, though he didnt' want to change the doors. Then decided to chop it, but saw Billy Gibbons Copperhead, and decided to do it as a business coupe style body (shortened roof). Did all that, against my better judgement, did some other crazy stuff to it, put in a Bill Mitchell racing engine, and then he saw Rick Dore's Caddy. So he wanted it painted a sunshine yellow pearl, light on top fading to a deeper yellow/orange on bottom.
Then put Razberry Candy flames on it. Yuck!
Yeah, it looked like a circus car. I can post pics of it later, if you like, I'll have to look for them (I think I hid them away to prevent embarrassment!)
Anyway, it'll show you what NOT to do to a Packard!

Anyone in Fl. know what happened to it? "

The whole thread is Here

That prototype is one ugly car. Put flames on anything and it looks better, right?

And there was this post by "kiwipackard" in the H.A.M.B. thread referenced - "Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: south island, new zealand, and perth, australia. Posts: 484........i gotta agree! that yellow retarded looking thing is hiddeous. im cuttin up a 1929 packard as the restorers didnt want it."