PTV's 1951 Packard 200

Posted by John On 2016/1/13 17:57:02

I figured I would start a blog on this project. About the project, it is a 1951 Packard 200 4 door sedan. Kind of the bottom of the line for Packard's that year.
This is my first Packard. It has a 288 straight 8 with Ultramatic drive. Has a radio, heater/defroster, backup lights, fender skirts and turn signals. Not much else.
For now I'm just trying to get it somewhat protected for winter. I took some boxes down and sorted out the pieces and swept out the trunk area with a shop vac. I still want to remove the seats and take up the old mat and jute under it. The mat is weather cracked and some of the jute feels damp.
The car has been rear ended sometime back in the mid 50's. I come to find after cleaning up the trunk floor that it is actually a section along with the rear panel taken from another Packard. And the trunk lid also appears to have came from the same car, they are all a pale green color. So there is some work there for me to finish up. The rest of the body seems to be just surface rust so far, no rust outs. I hope the floor is good to.
We received 4.5" of snow yesterday (12th of January), so haven't been able to do much more at this time.
Not sure when the next entry will come, serious work probably will not begin till spring.