I'd like to add to the confusion:
Just saw this sill plate on this amazingly perfect 2125


The outermost rib is indeed expanding towards the back of the car. The innermost rib is entirely different.

Regards,
Clemens

The sockets of one of my clipper's taillight bulbs and of one directional signal keep falling out of their respective places.
A closer look revealed that the little fins of the sockets are missing.



Where can I get a replacement for these sockets? Are they, by any chance, standard sockets for 1940ies cars?
They are listed under code no. 4.1611 in the parts book , but I did not find any parts dealer offering them so far.

Regards,
Clemens

If you really want to build another mold from scratch, I would rebuild the sill plate with a board of sanded hardwood and cut the strips from a block of timber to make sure they all have exactly the size I want them to have. Glue the strips to the board as well as the packard labels taken of your existing results and take your plaster mold off that.

But I don't think it is necessary. Compare these two pictures:


Only very minute differences can be seen or should I say imagined?

By the way: While you're at it, could you make front sills for me?


Regards,
Clemens

1947 2106 door sill panels:

fore left:


fore right:


aft right:


Ahoy,
Clemens

Talking about gravity: Gravity does not care for you trusting or not ...

For gravitational reasons I was forced to stay out of my barn rather longer then I ever imagined. Sob. Meanwhile everything is in place and healthy again and almost 100% functional


While working on the trunk floor I took out the splash panel which had some minor holes and was not looking to bad under its dirt encrusted surface ...

Some cleaning revealed many holes and some dents. Maybe the panel got struck by a blown tire or road debris.




Since the panel was rather thin in many places and the support strut was rather weak too, I decided to replace the panel and parts of the strut.






The splash panel worked out nicely too, just the beading is missing still, but I have to get a wider beading die first.
Alternatively I could work it out with a hammer, but this always looks a little to rough.



Regards,
Clemens

Hello Howard,
I just took measurements on my 1947 (2106) sill plates and the outermost rib is 9 -10 mm (0.375'') straight through from front to aft on both sides.
All the inner ribs are of same width.

Can't see the rib widening as a sensible design by packard since the human eye discovers such an irregularity pretty easily.

I'll try to make a picture of it tomorrow (way to dark in the barn right now).

Silly Regards,
Clemens

Thank you for these pictures Wes.
Rust will come, sooner or later.

There are 2 things you may trust:
Gravity and Rust

Regards,
Clemens

Estimated around 15 to 25k Euros.

Here's a link to some pictures

Regards,
Clemens

The car came without the battery retainer and the battery was leaking acid.
As it is a no go to drive around with a leaking battery wandering around the engine compartment I ordered a battery and a new retainer.

Unfortunately the retainer did not look like the ones originally used by Packard and, what was worse, it did not fit the new battery.

So I started to fabricate a new retainer from scratch.
This is the retainer pictured in some of the manuals:


I don't have a press plant, only the tools of a sheet metal shop:




painted to match the surroundings


Retained Regards,
Clemens

As time goes by ...
matching the trunk panel around the molding


adding the molding


first try-on


to be continued ...