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Well, I'm in no position to buy this one now unless I win the lottery soon...

When I first saw the listing, it seemed to me that the BIN price WAS reasonable, given the low production figure for this model.

But that's why I hang around at this forum...to learn things...

Well, for starters, I like the fact that it is a pushbutton car! The correct engine green is more of a medium metallic green than turquoise. I see lots of it on pushbutton actuators as they arrive, about one out of every eight.
Yes, it is rarer than a 400, but it is also a lesser model, and that has to figure in.

I really liked the car also. I have seen several much nicer restored ones that I would buy for more money if this were a perfect world. That said the price at buy it now I believe is 4-5 thousand too high. However if the buyer is nearby and can look at the car in person and determine its condition to their satisfaction and have low nearby shipping expense then maybe the buy it now price is ok. I really like the red ones with the white stripe.

Hard to tell much with certainty from a few pictures and words, but if that's the model and color you want and the paint and bodywork are as good as they appear, and if (a big IF) the mechanicals are well sorted out, I don't think $15K or so is unreasonable.

I just have to laugh at "incorrect" valve cover paint. It was pointed out on a car I was looking at a while back. Well, I sure wouldn't ask to have $1000 knocked off because at some point the valve covers were taken off and touched up before putting them back on, rather than letting them continue to rust and pit.

But, in this case, I'd ask for about $7000 off just on general principles. Although a desirable car, an Executive should not be going for several thousand more than, as mentioned, a very very good 400 would fetch.

Nice one to keep an eye on for when the seller really wants to part with it. Obviously just fishing for now, but possibly worth a shot to hook an over-eager e-bay buyer.

Just my (and now half-off with limited time mail-in rebate).

You did notice that rocker panels appear to be shot? Put me off.......

I didn't notice the rocker panels, no.

So, 54 years later, an Executive is still considered a "mid-level" Packard...above a lowly Clipper ( ) but not at the exalted level of a 400 or Patrician?

I'm thinking back to the comment in this tread that an Executive hardtop shouldn't sell for the same or more than a more-or-less equal condition 400. Of course what one is willing to pay for a car depends very much on the perception of value (model, rarity, condition, etc.), how burning the desire and urgency is to have that car, and of course the depth of pockets. A very nice, essentially unrestored but extremely reliable long distance driving 56 400 recently sold locally for a similar price to the asking price for the Executive. Then there was the extremely nice, restored 56 400 that sold at Hershey two years ago for about $60,000.

A bit off topic, how many noticed that 733 limousine on eBay in Bergenfield New Jersey for $25,000? I sold in a flash, a day or less, and someone got a VERY nice bona fide Classic - I'd seen the car on several occasions and it was very nice, very well preserved original with a rebuilt engine done by one of the better restoration shops in NJ. While it was a limo, it was on the 133 inch wheelbase, not a unwieldy length like some.