avgwarhawk Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 At the grocery store... 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I like your new car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retirednow Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, NailheadBob said: I like your new car. Got it for a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, retirednow said: The blue Skylark was last on the lot. Looks great in red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daves1940Buick56S Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Whoa...you got me with that one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I let myself be outbid on a 1953 Packard Caribbean yesterday. 1953 was a great year for convertibles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 54 minutes ago, 60FlatTop said: I let myself be outbid on a 1953 Packard Caribbean yesterday. 1953 was a great year for convertibles. I think you might’ve dodged a bullet. The best of the Caribbean’s was that blue 54, that seem to be complete. However they listed the engine has a 327, which maybe means that had the wrong one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I saw the blue one when I was in the building a few years ago. Matter of taste but the small wheel wells of the later one make it more "garden variety" to me. Either way, under $4,000 would have bought your choice. Never noticed any bullets at that level. I probably would have sold it for around $9,000 in two or three years looking way better and enjoyed the ownership mostly cleaning, lubing, and shining. I told my wife I haven't done that in about 4 years and since I am getting old I needed to. As it stands the car lost its last chance. It will be flipped or parted. Most likely will be disassembled for the never to be completed $150,000 restoration job by a serious collector. In about ten years a nearly completed chassis will come up for sale and a paint stripped, partially primered body covered with body shop dust or surface rust from outside exposure. History repeats itself. Louis did a good job in saving those cars in as found condition. There are a lot of happy people out there today due to his efforts and his resistance to start restoring all of them. Me, I really did set aside a few thousand bucks at the close of the auction strictly to upgrade my existing stuff. If nothing else that was a positive outcome of my token bids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkertom Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 11/22/2021 at 9:27 PM, avgwarhawk said: At the grocery store... I received one of these for Christmas! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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