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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / November 20041956 Parkark rag top
Wonder what this Packard will go for? http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6389&i tem=4506093579&rd=1 I would love to say that the car will bring $45 to $60K but, look at the top. It has more wrinkles than my grandmothers face. It could be the installer did not know how to do a top, or, the car is not even all the way around. I am sure that Packard afficenados will bid, but not as high as it should be, and there will be a few who will bid beyond their expertise. Bill http://bondobilly.com/#stuff TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT >and there will be a few who will bid beyond their expertise. hmmmm, sounds like me. I've always called a good car day one in which I lost less than $1000 on the deal, lol. Thanks God I don't do it for a living, lol. Lee Skelly '57 Broadmoor http://www.georgiastudebaker.com Speaking of doing it for a living, that thought crossed my mind today as I was wire brushing and painting all the suspension parts on the Challenger. No one in their right mind would bid high enough to pay me for detailing invisible stuff, but it's a "Just have to do it thing" Damn N8 <g> >>and there will be a few who will bid beyond their expertise. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > '57 Broadmoor > http://www.georgiastudebaker.com  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 Challenger (Green Wrapper) 64 GT Hawk (Ca. Div) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (keeper) 56 E12 Pickup (sold) hey, you gotta admit that nice detailed suspension components are very very sexy. Look on the bright side, I've gotten less anal as I've aged. When I was in college, I rebuilt the suspension on my then-GF's $1100 beater '69 Valiant so it would pass inspection - I took the control arms into the school's engine shop, ran them through the parts washer, bead blasted them, and then painted them before I put the new bushings and ball joints in... If you saw the underside of that car it would drive you nuts and then you'd be compelled to do the same on all your cars :) nate It is a beautiful car, & looks like a complete restoration, but is that orange engine correct? I do not rememeber 56 sr. Packards being that engine color. Caribbeans were always on the top of my dream car list, but I sold my 55 in '89 after divorcing wife #1, and unloaded my '53 in '01 because it needed too much work. Someone in OH had 2 very nice '56 Caribbeans for sale recently on ebay. One was a nice converted "400". Both disappeared before ending. The reserve will probably be so high on this one it will be a no-sale. BARRY >I would love to say that the car will bring $45 to $60K but, look at the >top. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT The Caribbeans sure are cool.There is one in Nova Scotia here that you see at car shows in summer. I wonder if you could get a manual shift car,Id be afeard of that Ultra-Matic taking a dump,but I love the car. > It is a beautiful car, & looks like a complete restoration, but is that > orange engine correct? I do not rememeber 56 sr. Packards being that engine [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT >I wonder if you could get a manual shift car,Id be afeard of that >Ultra-Matic taking a dump,but I love the car. There was a manual shift with O/D at the last Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale in January. 55 Caribbean. There also was a drop dead and absolutely quiet running 1932 902 Packard sedan there also. Bob Miles Tucson AZ >I wonder if you could get a manual shift car,Id be afeard of that >Ultra-Matic taking a dump,but I love the car. Ultramatics in that car did not and do not suffer from the same problems that the 56J did/do with that engine and tranny.. A lot of trouble associated with the Ultramatics and the Hawks have be associated with the flexing of the frame that was under the Hawks. The Studebaker frames could not take the torque of that engine and the prolonged twisting of the drive train. The Packard was built like a brick sh.t house, that was the same car my mom had before my dad died and she drove that car everyday from White Plains to the Bronx and back and in the worst weather and traffic and the one thing that never failed on the car was the tranny. The ultramatics did not have a lot of bearings, but had bushings, and the way that the tranny was flexed the bushings wore unevenly. 5 years ago there was the Hard top version of that car at a car show, and it was parked next to me. I got talking with the owner, his biggest gripe was the gear selector and the way it worked or didn't work. BG http://bondobilly.com/#stuff TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT I have a 56 400 w/the same problem... > >I wonder if you could get a manual shift car,Id be afeard of that >>Ultra-Matic taking a dump,but I love the car. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT > I do not rememeber 56 sr. Packards being that engine >color. That is the correct color. its a red/red-orange. Infact for that model year Studebaker used that same engine color on its 352's in the GH's. BG http://bondobilly.com/#stuff TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT '56 Carribean should have a 374 Cubic inch V8 painted Bronze with chrome valve covers.. '56 Golden Hawk had a 352 painted red with silver gray valve covers. Hal Hermann >> I do not rememeber 56 sr. Packards being that engine >>color. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT That sounds more like it to me, Bill! > '56 Carribean should have a 374 Cubic inch V8 painted Bronze with chrome > valve covers.. '56 Golden Hawk had a 352 painted red with silver gray [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> http://bondobilly.com/#stuff >> TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT Interesting. I was always under the imprssion that ALL 352's were red across the two lines. I wonder then if the engine in that car is original, since the color is red, could it have been a replacement. Wait,,,,,,,,,,,,I have an engine at a friend house its from a Packard it was the source of my new converter, the engine in red. Something is fishy. athe enine is at my friends place cause I don't have room right now, and I have a Packard engine in the back of my garage that is red also, and that I know came out of a Packard, got it from the A& M garage. Bill http://bondobilly.com/#stuff TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT > Interesting. I was always under the imprssion that ALL 352's were red across > the two lines. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT I believe the 352s installed in Packards were green in color. I don't know about any of the other engines. nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel The top does look like hell,but nice car. > I would love to say that the car will bring $45 to $60K but, look at the top. > It has more wrinkles than my grandmothers face. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > http://bondobilly.com/#stuff > TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW SHIRTS.....THEY ARE NEAT > Wonder what this Packard will go for? > http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6389&i > tem=4506093579&rd=1 That serial number is only five cars from the last Packard convertible produced (which was serial no. 5699-1276). BTW, does anybody know the wherabouts of '56 Caribbean convertible serial 5699-1258? It was supposedly sold on ebay in 2001 and was previously owned by Henry Brandolf of Kernersville, NC. It was sold new by my friend Carl E. Filer Jr. in Greenville, PA (see one photo of the car on delivery day in the Oct '03 TW), and I have five spare, crisp, bright color photos of the car on delivery day (different photos) I had made from original slides, with the dealership building behind it, and they are free to the current owner. They belong with the car! Bill Pressler Kent, OH Henry still owns the car- and I often work on it. I have done some work to the tortion level suspension, brakes, and power steering. The car just doesn't get driven enough... Ray >>Wonder what this Packard will go for? >>http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6389&i [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Bill Pressler > Kent, OH Thanks Ray, I do remember you telling me that previously. For some reason, someone at the Packard Club believed that car was sold in 2001 and I know I saw it at Mr. Brandolf's in 1998 and he was trying to sell it then. I'll find his address and send him the photos. If he's not too interested in them by chance, perhaps a subsequent buyer would be. Bill Ray Fichthorn <studeman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message news:<HEAqd.4431 $8S5.585350@twister.southeast.rr.com>... > Henry still owns the car- and I often work on it. I have done some work to the tortion level > suspension, brakes, and power steering. The car just doesn't get driven enough... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Bill Pressler > > Kent, OH |
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