"I'll send it to the junkyard before I'll sell it for less than $xxx."
How many times have we all heard that? Yesterday, three of us traveled to Botetourt County (N of Roanoke, Virginia) to see two cars, a '56 Power Hawk and '57 Packard. My theory is that this threat is either/or: (1) A bargaining ploy, and/or (2) The seller would rather lose money than feel he'd been "taken advantage of." What say y'all?
Anyway, the Power Hawk has a lot more rust than the seller stated (when has that ever happened?), so it is really a parts car. The seller said he would send it to the junk yard before he would take less than $600. We offered $400, then $500. It has no engine or trans, and no title. The back corners of the '56 hood are damaged and every body panel, except the roof, have rust-thru. Some panels, like the doors, could be saved. The good: (1) tinted w/s, rear window, and quarter windows; (2) grille, bumpers (cores), taillamps & lenses, some trim. The interior was all there. CraigsList: https://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/6182655119.html
The '57 Packard 4-dr was also deteriorated from long-time outdoor storage, but, upon raising the hood, there it was in all its glory, a complete, unmolested '57 Packard engine! The car has power steering, but few other options. It even had a radio block-off plate. This car was not on Craig's List.
I have names and phone numbers (and pix) for both cars if anyone is interested. These parts should be saved. But there are too many owners of these cars who do not understand that their customers are few, diminishing in number, and ageing beyond the point of taking on another project. Perhaps they also think that Studebaker parts should have the same value as Chevy, Ford, or Pontiac, for whom there are great hordes of devotees with deeper pockets.
-Dwight FitzSimons
How many times have we all heard that? Yesterday, three of us traveled to Botetourt County (N of Roanoke, Virginia) to see two cars, a '56 Power Hawk and '57 Packard. My theory is that this threat is either/or: (1) A bargaining ploy, and/or (2) The seller would rather lose money than feel he'd been "taken advantage of." What say y'all?
Anyway, the Power Hawk has a lot more rust than the seller stated (when has that ever happened?), so it is really a parts car. The seller said he would send it to the junk yard before he would take less than $600. We offered $400, then $500. It has no engine or trans, and no title. The back corners of the '56 hood are damaged and every body panel, except the roof, have rust-thru. Some panels, like the doors, could be saved. The good: (1) tinted w/s, rear window, and quarter windows; (2) grille, bumpers (cores), taillamps & lenses, some trim. The interior was all there. CraigsList: https://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/6182655119.html
The '57 Packard 4-dr was also deteriorated from long-time outdoor storage, but, upon raising the hood, there it was in all its glory, a complete, unmolested '57 Packard engine! The car has power steering, but few other options. It even had a radio block-off plate. This car was not on Craig's List.
I have names and phone numbers (and pix) for both cars if anyone is interested. These parts should be saved. But there are too many owners of these cars who do not understand that their customers are few, diminishing in number, and ageing beyond the point of taking on another project. Perhaps they also think that Studebaker parts should have the same value as Chevy, Ford, or Pontiac, for whom there are great hordes of devotees with deeper pockets.
-Dwight FitzSimons
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