Re: Peterson's 1940 Packard

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/26 9:56:08

West,
Packard Motors has them for $400. Fluted.http://www.packardmotorcar.com/index.php/trim-strip/

My replacements (one original fell off and the restorer replaced both of them to match) are solid aluminum. I thought I'd check with a shop about putting the groove in them. Otherwise I would get the ones from Packard Motor Car. They are better than original.

I am taking one running board to American Metal Cleaning. They cook off the rubber and then run it through a de-ruster tank. Then resurfacing at the paint shop. Then adding the new rubber ones from Steele Rubber. We (Bryan Parker, who has done this before) are going to do one at a time so we have one to look at while the other is being put down with Formica contact cement.

Joe