1958 Packard Starlight 2 Door Hardtop, 1950s, rare, fiberglass, low production

History:

Known history of this car comes from the previous female owner who lived with her husband in the San Fernando Valley of California. They purchased the car in the early sixties. According to the owner, the car was parked near a school sometime during the late 60s when a softball hit and broke the rear window. A replacement window was not found and the car was stored in a garage until sometime around the late 80s. Upon retirement, her husband attempted to get the car running. Apparently, it had a radiator leak, but the husband removed the driver side engine head. According to the wife, the husband was suffering from a cancer which affected his ability to think clearly and work on the car. He passed away shortly after removing the engine head. Once again, the car was placed into storage until approx. 2000 when grandchildren pushed it out of the garage so that they could use the space for band practice. By then, garage items had fallen on the car breaking both driver side windows and putting some dents on the roof. According to the wife, the sight of the car brought back memories of her husband. She then placed the car for sale. With a broken window and heads sitting the in trunk, I acquired the car and started the process of collecting the parts needed to assemble the engine head and radiator. The search for a rear window took over 2 years but I was successful in finding a NOS rear window from a vintage automobile glass company. The rear glass was still in its original shipping box, complete with paperwork showing that it was ordered in 1959 for a shop in New York. Thankfully, the shop never used the window! The window was installed with a NOS seal. However, the stainless window trim was left off in anticipation of future restoration work.

During the previous owners storage, the intake manifold, carburetor, and exhaust manifold were lost before I acquired the car. Over the last 15 or so years, I have replaced those missing parts with NOS. With most everything now on-hand, I am making this Starlight coupe available for someone who can really enjoy ownership knowing that they have a great low mileage car that has a nice body.

I have a very busy schedule with limited time for my old car hobby. However, I will make time for serious bidders to inspect the vehicle during the auction period. The car is located in the Thousand Oaks area of Southern California.

Parts:

When this car hits its reserve, I will include extra parts for this vehicle including:

- NORS intake and head gaskets

- NOS driver side rear window

- NOS/NORS Tune-up kit

- NOS/NORS Front & rear lenses

- Original horn button (the one currently in place is a NOS button from ‘57

- NOS Packard trunk script

- NOS horn ring

- NOS fender ornament

- Misc. box of NOS & used parts

- NOS owner’s manual

- Misc. literature

Many parts for this car can still be found for sale in NOS/NORS condition. Vendors from around the country have stocks are parts that are applicable to this car such as electrical, suspension, fuel, cooling components and engine parts. Body parts can still be found too.

This is a great car with the potential to be absolutely astonishing! There are not many of these cars on the road. Most have a lot of rust-out and few of these hardtops come-up for sale.

The successful bidder (purchaser) agrees to deposit $500 into my PayPal within 3 days of the close of his auction. Balance of the paymentmust be paid in cash or cleared electronic transfer by the time of pick-up. Once payment is cleared, the title will be released. No personal or cashier’s checks. The purchaser agrees to pick-up the car within 30 days of purchase at a mutually agreed date & time.

Please contact me if you have questions.

Thank you.