RO Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Packard on ebay for you Calif. guys: <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1179722222" TARGET=_blank>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1179722222</A> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 You betcha!!!Cosmetically, in and out, I rate the car around a 7 or 8 out of 10--it's pretty darn good but not really show quality restoration or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 If that car is 7 or 8, mine are all 12s then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCraigH Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Plus the 1955 4dr Clipper is not exactly the most sought after model. However, if one could get it for $2700, it would be OK, but not like AlK's $1800 1955 Pat!!! There's nothing like that deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Yeah AL, that is a slick deal. How'd u pull that one off?????? If i remember right the advertised price for the car was about 2800, which even at that price would have been a good deal. CONGRATULATIONS! I'm just glad that it is 'one of us' that got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 Again, there that Clipper is WAY out west. IF it were closer...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Keith: Your right the original advertised price was $2800. However when you go to the web site of the owner, the banner page jumped right out at you that the price had been reduced to $1,800. He said if he could not get that he would pull it off the market. Heck I did not have the heart to try and dicker further, I just called him and said I would send him a deposit. Good timing as well, because 4 hours later he got a call from a guy 80 miles away who said he would be ther in 2 hours with cash, and traier to get the car. The guy told him he already had a deal he had to honor. Keep in mind at this point he had no cash in hand from me. We are chomping at the bit to get this car. Two weeks and counting. I will make sure that i take plenty of JPEGS to pass around. I guess I can stop asking "why don't i ever get in on the good deals?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 RO: Why let a litte distance get in the way?? After I get the Dayton Patrician, we just head out to Calif. and get the Clipper. Ask him to meet us half way. No guts - no glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 I'll probably catch hell for saying this, but WHY would you want a 55/56 Packard or Clipper without TL? Sounds like an Easter basket with no chocolate or Christmas without trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Randy: thar's no sich thing as a bad Packard it's jiss sum is <BR>better then udders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy Berger Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Al, please don't think I said it was a bad Packard, AND I am all in favor of udders.<BR>It's just that TL is such a great step up in riding comfort and control, why would you buy the sprung version? Sprung here reminds me of the broken watch spring - it's sprung?<BR>Packard made several mistakes and one was not standardizing TL on ALL models. You should not have been able to buy a 55/56 W/O TL. Of course, if you never do anything, you never make mistakes. How many car companies could have changed engines, transmissions and suspension systems in the same year and pulled it off with so few errors and so little production feedback to point out the few flaws that did exist.<BR>As a sidenote, Peter was nice enough to post pix of my 400 taken a few years ago, just before I installed the rear antennae. I really enjoy wheeling that to cruises and just going for a ride.<BR>YFAM, Randy<p>[ 08-18-2001: Message edited by: Randy Berger ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2001 Share Posted August 19, 2001 Randy: Just joshin wit ya!!!!<BR>If you recall the T/L suspension was standard on senior cars but optional on the juniors(clippers) and I think it is just like anything else new, if you give someone a choice of something there will always be someone who will opt for the way it was as opposed to the "new-fangled" way. That is why you don't see any s-8's or sixes on junior cars there was no option, it was v-8 or go buy a (gulp) chevy. T/L on the other hand there was an option and obviously somebody was not convinced to take the leap of faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted August 19, 2001 Author Share Posted August 19, 2001 AL, halfway still too far for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCraigH Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 Has any experienced Packard afficiando familiar with T-L actually ridden in a coil & leaf sprung 55 Clipper? If so, feedback please. BTW, my Dad had a 1955 Clipper Super 4dr when I was in High School, but it was T-L and that WAS COOL. Especially at the Drive-In movies with a date and manual override switch. You imagine the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kevin AZ Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 Craig....while speaking with Mitch tonite, he advised that the Clippers not having the T/L drove much like the 53-54's. That's his recollection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now