Re: trunk for a 51 200
Posted by HH56 On 2012/3/13 10:56:01
This may help narrow down which models were similar -- if someone has a decent one to check. I believe it has been mentioned the customs had some pretty decent carpet & finishes in the trunk & other models were a bit plainer. Would look that many shared a particular finish though.
I think they all had flocking for sure but possibly some color variations. Don't find any part numbers for that material -- even in the counselor article where a prewar color was mentioned. The trunk material I have samples of appears to be in the 1-2 mm length & a fairly coarse strand. Color is undetermined. There is a variation in samples I have but a brownish tone is evident in all with smatterings of gray. Just hard to say what is real and what is faded.
I have been looking at various flocking sites for an appropriate material. Rayon these days all seems to be a very fine suede like texture-- .030 length with nylon coming at .040. One place I found will custom make to your sample -- but enough of an order required you could probably flock every Packard still out there and then some.
One interesting thing from this parts list is 51-4 trunks would all appear to be finished the same -- high end car or not.
Attach file:
(49.80 KB)
I think they all had flocking for sure but possibly some color variations. Don't find any part numbers for that material -- even in the counselor article where a prewar color was mentioned. The trunk material I have samples of appears to be in the 1-2 mm length & a fairly coarse strand. Color is undetermined. There is a variation in samples I have but a brownish tone is evident in all with smatterings of gray. Just hard to say what is real and what is faded.
I have been looking at various flocking sites for an appropriate material. Rayon these days all seems to be a very fine suede like texture-- .030 length with nylon coming at .040. One place I found will custom make to your sample -- but enough of an order required you could probably flock every Packard still out there and then some.
One interesting thing from this parts list is 51-4 trunks would all appear to be finished the same -- high end car or not.
Attach file:
(49.80 KB)
This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=96664