949 Packard Sedan - $20,500 NOW $18,950

[Leif in Calif]

It seems like these turn up with surprising regularity...I wonder why that is.   (more pics in ad) 

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ctd/d/sun-valley-1949-packard-sedan/7735484477.html

Beautiful green body with a white roof has whitewall tires and the car is believed to be mostly original. It is a California vehicle, Straight 8-cylinder engine, 2-barrel carburetor, 3-speed manual transmission, Odometer reads 37,547 miles, One Repaint, Original interior with plastic clear seat covers covering the cloth seats, Simulated wood dash, Original Mohair headliner, Factory Stock AM radio, In-dash clock, Historic California plates. Drive this Time Capsule with a Smile! For more info call or txt Scott.  (818) 621-3848

Edited June 6 by Leif in Calif
price change (see edit history)

[DLynskey]

 

Leif in Calif said "It seems like these turn up with surprising regularity...I wonder why that is. "

 

A Packard was more than a car. It was a trophy, a testament to your success in the world. Packard owners tended to take good care of their cars and kept them longer than most other makes. 

 

If you bought a new "Big Three" product after the war, you would have been ready to trade it on a new one when the dramatically updated models came out in 1949. The Packard owner might have waited for the new Packard style which didn't come out until two years later, and then many people preferred the old style over the new. The class of people that were accustomed to driving Packards often had room in the garage to keep the old one that they had become attached to. Like my brother-in-law who drives only BMW's and has his '76 model, the first BMW he bought new, sitting under a cloth cover in the corner of his garage where it has been for years.

 

It's my observation that Franklins also survived in numbers not reflected in their original production. It's the same reasoning. Franklins, with their air-cooling, were unique when they were new. Franklin owners saw themselves as discriminating individuals and drove their cars long past the normal lifetime of their contemporary vehicles.

  

Don

 

Edited April 9 by DLynskey (see edit history)

[bryankazmer]

Outstanding interior.  This is an Eight, base model. The incorrect white top should be painted to match the bottom

 

While the « Big three » didn’t get out new models until 49, the independents had new styling, generally in the « fuselage” type , earlier. 1949 was the last year Packard outsold Cadillac, with over 100,000 sales

[Leif in Calif]

Hardly a reduction.....but maybe a shift in attitude....

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ctd/d/sun-valley-1949-packard-sedan/7754251540.html

(818) 621-3848

[alsancle]

That looks like a nice car.   Don't love the fuel filter dangling off the carb but otherwise...