Re: What's your opinion?
Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2017/2/5 13:07:00
I'm favoring it's the factory fit. Both vehicles are 23 series '49 clubs and have panel overlap. I don't see any interior seams to suggest a repair or patch panel on mine. The whole quarter would have had to be changed, if not original, and unlikely on both sides.
The one side fits about where you'd expect with an overlap fit, about a sheet metal thickness out, but the other side is in the 1/4" range sticking out. Could be the one side stamping or jig was off more. I guess they never heard of trimming or a step die. Packard also used a large number of small spot welds instead of the larger ones I'm used to. Makes panel separation more difficult. Spot weld cutters are useless.
You can see the overlap joint line on both sides. You have to zoom in on the other car picture to see it.
The 4 drs don't seem to be so afflicted, but not sure. There's a 7K orig 4dr for sale but I can't get a good view from it's pictures.
I apologize to all the purists for speaking ill of the Packard or their designee body work methods...
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The one side fits about where you'd expect with an overlap fit, about a sheet metal thickness out, but the other side is in the 1/4" range sticking out. Could be the one side stamping or jig was off more. I guess they never heard of trimming or a step die. Packard also used a large number of small spot welds instead of the larger ones I'm used to. Makes panel separation more difficult. Spot weld cutters are useless.
You can see the overlap joint line on both sides. You have to zoom in on the other car picture to see it.
The 4 drs don't seem to be so afflicted, but not sure. There's a 7K orig 4dr for sale but I can't get a good view from it's pictures.
I apologize to all the purists for speaking ill of the Packard or their designee body work methods...
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