I got a little more info
hope this helps
The price is $6,500.00 OBO
Just trying to help the owner out, don't shoot the messenger.
Thank you, it is a big help and I don't think anyone here will negatively comment about your help. Price is what the seller wants. In the grand scheme of things, it's not too far off. It just depends on what the seller and buyer want to do with the car. As I mentioned earlier, we are talking about 1 of 226 4 door Manhattans made in 1955. These rarely come up for sale in any condition. If you add to that, the provenance of the car, then it has value to the KFOCI crowd.
This is a dwindling community and I know of no one restoring a car. I am sure a few of us are, but very few. Most of us are content to maintain and drive what we have. The KF community is not unique in this regard. I am active on a couple of other forums - we all like to see these cars located and presented - but few of them change hands.
Years ago I was a Packard Club member in addition to many other clubs. I desperately wanted a 1956 Packard 400 or similar. As most of you know, 1956 was the last true year for Packard. I read a critical book - "The Rise and Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company." It was a great book and I regret sending it to Half Price.
In it, the author painted a picture of the last days of Packard with life long assembly workers despondent over the demise of the company, wandering aimlessly. The critical papers being dumped in dumpsters. Executives caring less, not knowing what to do. I wanted one of those cars, the last - and to be fair I think 1956 Packards were still produced in the thousands, just not 5 digits thousands. The 56's were the last and always will be so owning one would give a person a sense of owning history, and preserving it.
I know I am hijacking the thread a bit but this is the impression I get of the few assembled 55 Kaisers. Wow, 226 plus a few 2 door models. I believe they were assembled in Indiana on memory. But I imagine some manager making sure enough workers were around to make them from leftover parts. The workers say "sure". Then - a line supervisor gets the S.O. for the 2 HJK cars. The workers note the tags and Indian Ceramic colors and the fact they are together - and are making them. They get completed, test driven and shipped off.
YOU could own one of these. To me, this is just as impressive as that "last one off the assembly line" 55 that has been advertised for years in the $10,000 to $15,000 range. Seems like a bargain to me at $6500.
I just love halo cars - the special ones that pop up from time to time. Thanks again for posting.
