Trunk Interior Finish for 1940

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/6/3 9:44:14

Help! What's in your trunk? If you have a 1940, what, if any, covering is on the metal? If you have a convertible, what's on the wood top box? Painted only?

What's on the floor? Rubber? Carpet?

I've seen some pictures in magazines but all seem different. Looking for what might be original.

Thanks much.

I have a vague recollection of scraping something off the interior of the trunk that was flaky. Was it fabric or paper? Some kind of flocking?

Because it was a convertible, the wood box had something like that on it and I think it was painted that taupe color used on steering column etc in 1940, (but we're talking about a 50-year memory).

I subsequently sprayed some undercoating-like stuff on it.

Finally, this year, after all the rusted metal was removed and replaced, and new supports welded in, I painted it with high solids inhibitive metal primer, the thick black stuff.

Now I need to know what goes on the metal, the floor (rubber or carpet...I would guess rubber), and the wood box. It seems like every car I look at has its own subjective answer.

Is there a Packard reference I could check for this for 1940? A judging manual?

Reposting a couple of photos from The Duchess Project and one courtesy of hymanltd.com at the luxury end of the better than original spectrum.

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