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Yes, I received the sample. The pattern is a good match. The previous owner painted my '49 Custom a maroon color. The car was originally 'Sylvan Green' with the Green Shadow Check upholstery. The existing green upholstery is in poor shape and clashes with the maroon paint job.

The SMS cost for the Shadow Check material is pretty hefty. You can request a sample of what you are looking for via their website.
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I was wondering the same thing. Looks like it's riding about the same as my '50 and '49 and I don't think I have any spring problems.

See where the lower trim strip crosses the rear hub shell cover? Project that trim line forward over the front hub shell cover and you'll see it sits about the same front and rear. Doesn't look to me like anything is amiss.

Nobody sees body issues on the front passenger fender and door?

Yes but at least to me some small body issues on a Custom 8 are pretty trivial, the condition of the interior trumps any small issues like that.

I don't think that interior is 'all original, no changes'. The condition of the pristine door panels is inconsistent with the condition of the water-damaged pearwood panels. The piping on the upholstery looks too white to me [kinda like Joan Crawford's pool furniture]. I thought Packard used the same light beige piping on all four colors; blue, tan, green and maroon [I could be wrong, I only have factory original tan and green examples]. There is a surprising lack of fading even on the rear seat top... maybe the car was garaged and only driven at night. Packard did not use carpet binding on the joint going over the transmission hump. Excellent example of the early dash buttons that had the nearly invisible labels that couldn't be seen at night at all. All in all though, I wish my '49 22nd looked that nice.

JD, I was also wondering about the piping, as far as I know there is no modern replica of that pattern and it sure looked correct in form to me so I made the assumption it was original - perhaps not? My 34 Eight has a piping not too different and some years back when I redid a seat cushion I scoured the world for some with no luck. In any case, assuming good mechanics a Custom 8 like that is very enticing though I've had two over the years and not likely to get another. I've always viewed the Custom Super Clippers and Custom 8s as the last Packards comparable in quality to the best of the prewar seniors.