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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / March 2008Meticulous restoration?
Yeah, right.... SO much wrong, sloppy, and generally crappy... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/64534618_W0QQitemZ140215842153QQihZ004QQcategoryZ 6389QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting Studebaker George > Yeah, right.... > SO much wrong, sloppy, and generally crappy...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/64534618_W0QQitemZ140215842153QQihZ004... > Studebaker George Price out the correct seat covers-seat padding and labor. Then price out the mylar for the fins. If you can't do the work youself - price out all of the labor - if you can find some one to even take it on. Also the headliner is wrong as well- price that out . The mirrors are in the wrong place, to each their own. Price out a front end rebuild, and a blower that works. I don't think the car is that bad at all. My brother is restoring a Packard hawk at this very moment. This car isn't in my taste with the white interior, but I can at least understand why the owner did it the way he did it. Who ever buys it is still getting a supercharged Hawk- one of 588. He probably won't see another one on his drive to where ever he takes it. That's priceless All that is well and good.. BUT...to me a "meticulous restoration" means brought back to show original, not to the owner's idea of what it should be or whatever he can afford. If he thinks that is a "meticulous restoration" then what other corners have been cut along the way. I recon I'm just tired of hearing that applied to a car that doesn't deserve that terminology. Studebaker George > All that is well and good.. > BUT...to me a "meticulous restoration" means brought back to show [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > terminology. > Studebaker George At least it doesn't have an electric fuel pump strapped to the rear axle like the '61 Hawk on E-bay right now. He even had people writing in complimenting the work done on that car. There is so much stupid terminology in the ads for cars anyway- like 80 percent restored or 90 percent- what the hell does that mean ? Ready for restoration- like the previous owner waited until the deterioration of the car was "just right " before he offered it for sale. Hey buy what you like and can afford. I am just amazed how many Packard Hawks keep turning up. I like seeing them. My brother was super lucky with his find of a Packard Hawk. We were bidding on that one last year in January that was in Texas - it was a stick with overdrive. We backed out during the last 2 minutes. It was over $9000 at that time. Instead he found another one here in New Jersey for less money and less miles, from the original owners daughter . The car is on the road and being driven the way it should be. It will be going to the drag strip this year as well. On Mar 24, 10:08 am, jfla...@aol.com wrote: > > All that is well and good.. > > BUT...to me a "meticulous restoration" means brought back to show [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > owners daughter . The car is on the road and being driven the way it > should be. It will be going to the drag strip this year as well. http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg42/joeflan63/?mediafilter=images Here are some Packard Hawk pictures, and some of my Vette Great and funny comment...waiting for the car to get good and gone...LOL! Boy oh boy do I know a bunch of people like that... Years ago while going through the big "D" (and as the song says I don't mean Dallas) I had a 57 Golden Hawk that was a true barn find. I had just gotten it and then lost my storage...and a few other things... Realizing that the car would go down real fast sitting outside, I sold it to a Fighter pilot. He was so happy he had pictures of his new shop to show me. I'm DEAD POSITIVE that car went to a fine home and is most likely still making the rounds all these years later. I lost the guys contact info long ago; wish I could see that car today. It was white with gold, automatic, few options. He lived in Alabama (or maybe Georgia?) and was just retiring from the military..in his early forties IIRC. This was at least twenty five or so years ago. Nice cars, Joe! Maybe I'll get to see you in Lancaster, we will be there the whole week. Studebaker George "Maybe I'll get to see you in Lancaster, we will be there the whole week. Studebaker George " Hmm.... ;-) Matthew My favorite term lately is 'keyboard restoration'.... Jeff <snip> There is so much stupid terminology in the ads for cars anyway- > like 80 percent restored or 90 percent- what the hell does that mean ? > Ready for restoration- like the previous owner waited until the > deterioration of the car was "just right " before he offered it for > sale. <snip> |
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