Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

Posted by John On 2015/8/21 14:08:22

Appreciate the comment!

From what I've found, C2C is pretty much the only company offering any panels for early Packards. The owner of the '40 had purchased a full set of Classic 2 Current floors before he delivered the car to us. The only way they would be workable is if you had small holes to patch, and even then they would only be adequate to cover the hole. They are by no means an accurate reproduction of the original floors. They also were too small to completely replace certain sections of the front floor (nothing forward of the toe board). The body mount areas were flat, no recessed stampings to align and fit into the floor braces. The bead rolled patterns were similar but the wrong sizes, depths, and placement of the bead were off. The opening and stamping shape for the transmission cover were so far off that there was no way to fit the cover.

There are pictures of the C2C floors compared to the more-correct floors I fabricated earlier in the topic. Anyone attempting a correct restoration should look for another option.