Re: 1941 Packard One-Twenty

Posted by BigKev On 2011/10/7 15:01:27

The pans from the Classic to Current guys are ok. They are not 100% match the original floors, but same "general" shape. The original floors where a stamping where all the beads and bends were pressed into shape on tooling. The C2C pans are made by hand with a bead roller and a metal brake. So the transitions and curves are not right, and the floor beads do not match the shape of the original beads.

Not that being said, they will get you %80 of the way there, and is basically what someone making a pan from scratch would have to do. Just be aware that they are not "drop-in" replacement pans. They are going to take metal shaping, trimming, and body hammering to get to fit. If you expecting a replacement pan, like you would if you ordered a replacement pan for a Tri-Five Chevy or an early Mustang, then you be disappointed. Most of those are stampings based on original tooling and as such are virtually identical to the factory pans.