Jim
I know you know what you're getting into, but here are some pix from when my son and I were working on my engine.

I was fitting my front fenders last night and couldn't figure out what the bottoms of the splashers attach to. I see all the little holes in the bottom of the splasher and I saved about 20 thin little flat washers for it. THey could be bent they've been out of the car for so long.

Also the splasher seems to be fighting the 1/2 in. or 5/8th support arm that connects the back of the poker (for lack of correct part name) in the wheel carrier to the cowl. Does the arm go over the top of the splasher or behind it (between the splasher and the edge of the cowl)?

Joe

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Wow, Jim, I am envious. I've been busy sanding what I've primed and replacing (correcting) fasteners. My steering column is out of the car so I can clean it up and paint it, so no driving. Here's the last time I drove my 1377, Memorial Day a couple of years ago. Also looking for a dashpot to control the throttle when the overdrives disengages. And a jack.

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I can see that the trunk rack was cannibalized. There are 6 bolt holes in the bumper, so the guards can be moved away from the center (without mounting them in that ridiculous looking outer position) and the rack can come down with out hitting the guards. Mine is one of the earliest 40s, sold on announcement day in Aug '39, and there are several differences compared to those built after Feb '40, so I wouldn't rule out that a trunk rack bumper could have a Packard script logo. Also plain is that the license bracket/light fixture was high on the trunk to be above the rack when it's up. The bumper brackets would be longer, too. Fetish or not, there are exceptions, such as contentions about no belt line pin striping.

This is a sorry story. There must be some memorabilia to retrieve if and before Detroit is allowed to demolish it.
http://www.manufacturing.net/News-Detroit-Wants-Old-Packard-Plant-Torn-Down-070910.aspx

No Michigan Region of either Packard club.

At least the front doors and portico should be preserved.

Interior metal parts paint color 1940
I'm restoring a 1940 conv sedan 1803. The conv top rails were painted the same color as the steering column, a brown color. It was used in all the 40s. The auto paint stores can't get a reading on curved parts like the steering column (which I hauled in there) so we ended up guessing. Does anyone have the x-ref for this color? I couldn't find a name for in in my Parts List or Jim Hollingsworth book on 1940s.