Re: 48-50 - bottom of rocker panels open??

Posted by John Harley On 2011/1/17 21:21:11

JMG

If you want bathtub Packard (I can use the term, I owned one for 13 years) there are plenty of them around to buy. Unless you are handy with body work yourself, it would be easy to get "upside down" on this one .

These cars have the entire floor panel and trunk floor stamped from one piece of metal. The stamping is thin. Even on a sound one you can get it to move by standing on it. They were prone to leak as they get older, and many have holes in the floor and trunk. The usual repair for the floor seemed to be to lay a piece of sheet metal over the hole and keep on going. The frame is very robust and this won't immediately affect the safety of anything outside of your bank account.

Regards


John Harley