Re: What's your opinion?

Posted by HH56 On 2017/2/3 10:23:49

Packard had some real sag and fit issues with the large convertible and coupe doors -- particularly the early 22nd doors. The first production runs had to be field strengthened by tack welding the hinges to the door. After that repair was sent out they notified dealers they were going to bigger bolts and heavier threaded door plates. Not sure if they went to a stronger hinge but IIRC, there was another bulletin after that about using some shims and drilling the door side of hinge to "lock" the position to the door. Don't know if they ever got the sag totally under control.

Perhaps the car still had issues and someone tried to fix it again but either unsuccessfully or didn't spend the time to do a thorough job. I believe the 51 body section has a procedure for bending the door flanges or twisting the door to make them fit more flush with the fender and rockers.