1951 packard 200 deluxe

Posted by A4mech53 On 2012/8/22 16:16:24

Well after reading a few of these blogs i have decided i will share my day to day work on my packard. I had never really heard of packards because you just dont see that many driving around. I had been looking for a project car for a little while when i saw the one i have now on craigslist. It was in the barter section so i decided to offer up my fishing boat for it. So me and the gentleman talked and i made the 45min drive north to caldonia wi to see it. When i saw it i knew i wanted it. It was still sitting on the trailer he picked it up on so i threw him the idea of letting the trailer go with the car. He agreed so i became a packard owner. The car is complete with everything needed for a good restore. Im not doing a frame off restore im cleaning it up and making it a safe reliable driver. Im doing all new interior. Im doing the entire front clip by removing the fenders, already have one removed, so i can clean and repaint everything up there. Im sending all the outer chrome pieces out for recrhome since they show the age. The fuel system needs to be redone and i have alreadt started that. I need to do some rust repair to the driver side floor as in repair i mean replace its gone lol. The rest of the car is really rust free even the frame is in great shape. So i will post pictures as i go along. I also work on another packard engine its in a P51 mustang a packard built rolls royce merlin so ill have to get some pics of that for you packard enthusiest.