Hi all.

Great forum - thanks for the replies.

Apparently i described it well. you both got my meaning. the Photo Cortcomp posted is perfect - and NOT what this car has. This one is open on the bottom with a few 1" wide tie-ins down the distance.

It sounds like the replacement outers as described by Fred also. The car has had lots of body work - mostly welded-in new panels with fairly decent skill it appears. I would guess the rockers are just unfinished and need some metal welded in on the bottoms.

I need to inspect it some more.

thanks!

Hi all.

I am considering a '50 Packard 4dr. I had a question:

Are the bottoms of the rocker panels (sills, metal below the doors) open on the underside? Are they not closed/enclosed underneath?

Specifically, on the car i am looking at, it has nice solid outer rocker panels, but the underside is open. So the outer rocker panel wraps down from the door openings & under about 1", then stops leaving about a 2" wide opening down the entire length of the rocker on the underside.

Normal? I wish I had a photo. Looked pretty deliberate, but odd to me. I am new to the 40's-50's cars.

Thanks in advance.
Mike