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Packard 160 model 1903 (1941)
for sale

Price: US $305.00

Description:

You have the increasingly rare opportunity to purchase an unrestored Prewar Senior Packard. This is a real three owner car, that I purchased last November with the intention of doing a frame off restoration. I picked this car due to its originality and how straight and clean it is. Unfortunately as much as I love this car, my life has changed and I am now forced to sell all of my projects, my loss is your gain.
History
This car was purchased new in 1941, by a candy company owner in Virginia, he drove the car to work everyday until 1967. It then sat in the garage until 1974 when the first owners family sold the car in an estate auction. The second owner bought the car and transported to his home in Indiana and then later to his home in Texas. He played with it a bit , pulling the front end off at one point but putting back together some years ago. He owned the car for 40 years only driving it from the truck to his garage once in 1974. Also an interesting bit of history about this car, it is the first 1941 160 Packard to be in the Classic Car Club of America, I have all of the paper work where the previous owner petitioned and then won acceptance into the club for all Packard 160s.
The Good
A Big C Classic, this car qualifies for the Classic Car Club of America which is an exclusive club of rare classic cars.
Original unrestored prewar Senior Packard
356 straight 8 with overdrive and electro-matic clutch options
58091 original miles
Upgraded factory option bumpers
Minus a windshield wiper, antenna, and one front glass turn signal lens the car is all there. Every bit of the interior is there, it needs restoration but it is all present.
Very little rust and no signs of being wrecked
Clear title
A fair amount of documentation and a couple of service manuals
The Not So Good
The rust that I mentioned in the condition description, while not extensive it is there. After having had a great number of classic cars over the years, it is easily one of the most rust free cars I have ever owned, the fender, under the spare tire, two spots in the floor, and the spot on the inner fender are all that I have found it is very solid.
The paint and chrome, this car requires a full restoration and like any other 74 year old car it needs replating and paint. There are a few dents in the fenders where it is obvious that the first owner had passed his driving prime yet still drove at least for a while, none of the dents will be hard to remove. I started to sand a couple of places to check for bondo and found none, I did however find some original lead bodywork from the factory where the body was welded together. part of the drivers front and rear fender are in gray primer now to cover the sanding.
Glass is decent, but the flat glass could use replacement, the hard to find curved rear window is in great shape though, also one tail light is cracked but glued back together.
The front bumper is split on one side, I spoke both with a Packard restorer and a chrome shop the restorer said finding a replacement bumper was easy and the chrome shop said they could fix it, so either way the next owner is covered, the turn signal is reproduced and the antenna and wiper are not hard to find.
The engine does not turn currently, it has not been started since 1974. I tried to rock the car in gear to get it loose but it didn't move. I have since filled the cylinders with oil a few times to get the engine to loosen up. I haven't had time to do anything further with the engine, but I feel it will probably need a rebuild.
Finally the previous owner had the engine out at one point, and when he put it back in the transmission stuck in gear, due to an odd angle when it was bolted back in the car. Being as the engine needs to be removed for work this is not a problem, but I wanted to make sure and point this out.
Summary
You are bidding on a very solid car, if my life didn't force me to sell it would never leave my collection. Unfortunatly my whole collection is going away, so it must go as well. I hope whoever bids on this is looking for a great car to restore, because it deserves nothing less. I do not plan on making any money off of this car, I have my reserve set at $3000 which at that I am actually losing money on, but I want it to go to a good home and be with someone who has the time to do what I could not. I will have the interior back in the car before it sells, I kept every nut and screw and will fully replace it for the new owner. If you have any questions feel free to message me and ask, Happy bidding.

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