I'm amazed at how good the interior is. The seats, headliner, and door panels are exceptional.

I also picked up a Motors manual of Ebay that covers my year, and the information in there was very helpful in setting the carb back up when I rebuilt it.

Classic Exhaust makes complete replacement systems for our cars.

Alternatively you could have an exhaust shop look at what you have now and see if they can patch up what you have.

If you can get the car on jack stands, I would drain the trans fluid first, then drop the pan and inspect/clean it out. You'll need a new gasket when you reinstall. Olson's gaskets is a good place

BTW, this thread would be best located in the Project Blogs area of the forum. It'll get lost in the V-8 section. Maybe BigKev can move it?

What I do see is that your radio is not the original. Somebody has swapped it out. What you have here is a rare Clipper signal-seeking radio, not a senior Packard radio.

I would swap it out for the correct unit and let someone with a Clipper have a chance at this rare optional radio head.