For all Packard Friends of my 1924 Sport Phaeton who ask for pictures … here the current situation of restauration.
After round about 300 hours ... the bodywork is done. All gaps between doors and body … specially the factory made terrible curves between rear doors and fenders lined up now. The running boards are original rebuild. The wrong hood sides … (somebody cut off the lower parts from a Touring hood which are 4 inch higher so he also cut off all bracings which hold the hood sides straight) … are now original rebuild. Engine and gearbox are temporary installed because it is important to have enough weight on the frame. The frame looks very heavy and stabile …. but if you lift the car on a 4-arm car hoist … the door gaps open on top up to 5mm. The frame is really weak. So better there is the whole weight on the car like the car is finished and in drivable condition. Of course, you can adjust the body if you put shims between body and frame … but this can end in a "never ending story".
Now I have to start the work I hate more than anything else. Putty and sanding …. putty and sanding … putty and sanding … I´ll start this work in spring. In the meantime, I´ll finish the restauration of fuel tank an carburetor and build stainlessteel muffler in original style/construction ( min. 2mm thick) to start the Engine before the final installation.
Karl

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1929PG,thanks again for answer.
I´ve a LOT of pictures from Packards Engineroom early 20th and 30. I´ll paint the side of the hood in dark/dark red. underneath the top of the hood black.The top of the hood black like the whole area
above the side molding include the sidemolding self. So ... the car will be Black/Dark Red/Black. My preferred color
for the firewall is dark red but I´m not 100% sure till now.
Karl

.. thanks for answer 1929 PG.
I specialy mean the hood underside and the hoodside inside.
Karl

...are this rules also valid for cars from 1924 ... ?

... by the way ... does sombody know if the Battery-Box on the 1924 Phaeton was aluminum polished or painted gloss black?
The lid should be aluminum ... not painted ?

Karl

David … Erni Venturi, thank you for your advice and informations. I,m an old man and a friend of old school metalwork on old cars. Specially on this “Old Lady” (1924 Sport Phaeton)! And I´ll cover her not in any Plastic to her 100th Birthday. So I´ll fix this problems by the old way on sheet metal work. All dents and waves I´ll smooth out by lead solder how I did it always on this kind of special classic cars. I know that this cost time I don’t have. But I bought 4 weeks a go a new welding machine and this tool make perfect results on thin Sheetmetal. Very less heat and also very little mechanical distortion. This will help to save a lot of time on this work.
In the meantime I spend more than 2000 hr´s on this car to remake a lot of missing parts and restore all from the Frame component .. to build new the complete missing seat cushions to the new build Soft Top Frame. And not to forget all this little parts for the door locks, aluminum moldings for the Floor Wood plates, let cast new Door handles, mirror coating the reflectors of Head - and Fog light lamps, dashboard parts and countless more.
And I´m still have fun on this car. Also because … this will be my last full frame off Car Restauration.
Karl

Mal, .. of course … the Internet and PI is for us Packard car freaks the most helpful way ever. Without this .. I never could finish my 1924 Sport restauration to a nearly 100% original condition. And without friends like DavidMc and Pat from “Bills Speedometershop” helpful Informations and parts search and parts shipping organization it would be impossible to restore a Packard over here in Germany into this condition I work on. I hoped the Car is painted till July this year because I believed that the Fenders and the Running boards are in paintable condition after I removed them 3 years ago. But …. now after a closer inspection …. all Fenders has nearly a ¼ inch thick plastic putty on it. And after I removed this there was a lot of holes every where closed with fiberglass. On the rear Fender the whole surface was … patchwork .. but overall .. inside and outside they was great sanded and painted. The Runnigboards was made on the same way and after stripping .. they was just scrap. So … there is no paint the car this year because I have to fix the fender problems. After this .. West Peterson .. I `ll post some pics from the car. I hope to finish the restauration in the middle of next year.

Ozstatman,
Thank you for your Information and the adress from Don Axelrod. Unbelievable ... he found a set of 2 Headlight lenses for my 1924 Sport Phaeton in his Basement and they was realy NOS and in perfect condition. After a shipping time of 4 month they arrived me last week over here in Germany.
And after a guy over here in Germany remade the Badgeds for my Westinghouse Airsprings (dont ask for the price)... all oft the missing Parts for my 1924 Sport are now complete.
Karl

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Mal, this was a real good tip. Don had actually a set of the headlight lenses in stock. Now ..Im complet original in the look of my car. Thaks a lot !!!!!!

Im still looking for this Original Headlight Lenses from BAUSCH & LOMB for my 1924 Phaeton. It is the last important part which is not original on my car. I dont know the correct messurement what B&L printed on the lenses but ... the outside diameter has to be a little bit smaler than 10" .. maybe 9 7/16 (?). The inner Ring diameter has to be a litte bit smaler than 9" .. maybe 8 7/16 (?). I try to find this lenses sins 2 years on ebay and on a couple other places into the Internet. All I found was to small ... some to large. Maybe someone has any Information where I can find a set.
Karl

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