Re: Upholstery confusion

Posted by HH56 On 2024/6/23 22:36:37

As long as styling approved, if a customer wanted and paid for a special order then Packard would do their best to get a sale by accommodating using fabrics supposedly restricted and only available on specific models or even use a different fabric not normally offered in the upholstery selection. I believe I read that in those cases the trim code reflected a change by either being blank or with a special code indicating something was custom.

If your trim code is proper for the model then another possibility is sometime during the cars life the upholstery might have been damaged and something from another car in a different pattern but better condition was installed. Lots of scrapyard cars became available after Packard went away and parts or service became hard to find. Many gave their parts both to keep others running or in the case of accessories or upholstery to upgrade a lesser model.