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    yellerspirit Well-Known Member

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    Bad Taten Well-Known Member

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    I am selling a 1953 Packard Hears. It is a little rough but very unique. They only made 500 of these. This one was in storage till 1982. The body was built for Packard by Henney. It is a flat head six with a standard tranny! Yes, a standard in a hears! Restore it and go into business or hot rod/ rat rod it and be guaranteed to be the only one there with a Packard hears.

    Yes, these "hears" are the rarest of the rare.
    Questioning the decision to take it out of storage and put it in a field to rot.
     
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  3. jim535

    jim535 born in a Ford

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    File this one under the "extremely optimistic" category.
     
  4. 101Volts

    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    So if it were priced under $2k might someone start to see a tire kicker in 6 months' time?
     
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    ChiefDanGeorge Well-Known Member

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    I think finding the glass for that one would be impossible.
     
  6. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    That would be among my least worries. Still as a custom or hotrod the shell is not bad. Getting it cheap enough and home in the garage could be a problem.
    It's different and looks rust free and straight. All plus' plus eventually we'll all need one.
     
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    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    Considering computer scan technology, new glass might not be a huge problem. The only difficulty might be having something to copy from.

    Hey, is the windshield cracked? It looks almost as if a driver hit his head on it but I'm not seeing damage elsewhere that correlates.
     
  8. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    My guess is something contacted the driver side of the windshield a bit harder than a June Bug leaving a nasty defect. Hitting an Army Tank with that massive bumper may not have done much even though an object inside could hit the windshield. Seat belts were not popular back at that time.

    You're not gonna find many good '53 Packard windshields laying around so most potential buyers will be scared off.
     
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    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    That's what I was thinking, the car probably never had seat belts. I suppose it wasn't a fast enough collision to make the steering wheel go farther into the cabin though.

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    Looks like the windshield's cracked, alright. It's a little hard to tell between the two photos but I can see lines from here. As for glass replacement maybe there's a new option I haven't heard of but I don't expect a restoration (or partial restoration) to come cheaply. The car may be good for a Mad Max movie (no need for glass) but other than that I'm not sure what practical use it may have. Maybe some glass could swap from a Packard Sedan? Then again it won't be safety glass.

    I do think the car could work as an ICON Derelict (or a similar take on it) though. While I can understand "Keep it original" and I appreciate that I'm not entirely opposed to some modifications to certain cars used as drivers; three point seat belts and fuel pumps which shut off in collisions are a couple useful modifications if I'm going to drive it frequently.* Jonathan Ward has this company and they modify vehicles, the Derelict line is about making cars look unrestored but powerful and keeping the interior looking very close to stock.



    * I've seen too many people tailgating me, passing me on double lines up hills and veering into my lane to ignore it. I've never been in a collision but I've come close enough.
     
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  10. Fat Tedy

    Fat Tedy Island Red Neck

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    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    That does look a lot cheaper. By the time the glass is replaced in the aforementioned surface rust king let alone every other issue it might possibly have where's the money going to be? I still think it (price aside) could make an interesting vehicle were someone to make some modifications though.

    I don't have my hopes up but I did submit this car over to ICON under their "Contact Us" section. Maybe if all the planets line up (joking) we'll see this car on the road. Not as if I know a lot about how they conduct business, I'm only a fan of their Derelict line and nobody here seems to want it for that price.
     
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  12. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    Just realized I'm using my old computer tower and can't view these videos. I'm not into rat rod or ratty looking cars so wouldn't be interested. A cheap custom or resto rod would be fine.
     
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    101Volts Well-Known Member

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    Alrighty. How did they do on the interior?

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Man, that Packard looks a little crusty, but it sure is cool!
    I bet you could sink a fortune into getting this one ship shape.
     

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