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Thanks Wes, there are a few floor braces that are original still, although I've had to brace them to make them stronger structurally. A small section in the front of the trunk over the axle will be reused. The rest of the bottom ~10" will be all new metal.

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You are doing an amazing job. Take a look at my 1940 160 trunk here:
packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb ... lat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=10

After all this work was done to mine to make it solid again and rebuild the supports (looks like Frankenstein next to what you are doing) I found out about Classic 2 Current Fabrication. They had 1940 120 pans. I never did find out if the 120 and 160 trunks are identical. Now it seems what they have is reversed.

They show a Super 8 convertible coupe pan, '38-'40 for $99.
This is what they show for 1940. When I searched 5 years ago, they had 120, but not Super 8, so maybe there's some confusion. But might be worth a call to see if they have anything that would help you. It surprises me that they have so much for the 110, but not 120. But with your talent, you could modify what they have easily.

c2cfabrication.com/collections/all/packard+1940

Joe

Appreciate the comment!

From what I've found, C2C is pretty much the only company offering any panels for early Packards. The owner of the '40 had purchased a full set of Classic 2 Current floors before he delivered the car to us. The only way they would be workable is if you had small holes to patch, and even then they would only be adequate to cover the hole. They are by no means an accurate reproduction of the original floors. They also were too small to completely replace certain sections of the front floor (nothing forward of the toe board). The body mount areas were flat, no recessed stampings to align and fit into the floor braces. The bead rolled patterns were similar but the wrong sizes, depths, and placement of the bead were off. The opening and stamping shape for the transmission cover were so far off that there was no way to fit the cover.

There are pictures of the C2C floors compared to the more-correct floors I fabricated earlier in the topic. Anyone attempting a correct restoration should look for another option.

Thanks, John,

I went back and looked at those pages. Now I'm really rather glad I didn't know about C2C when my work was done.

But your work, as everyone acknowledges, is exceptional. I know it takes time to record what you're doing with photos and descriptions of the process and posting as you go. But this is a real service and certainly something that metal workers could be referred to working on our old cars. I'm so glad you're working on a '40 Packard.

There are few restoration shops that post here either showcasing their work or showing the process they use to restore something. Maybe they feel they would be giving away trade secrets or feel this is just extra work. Or people would DIY, or try. Of course it is, but seeing what you're able to do, I don't think there's anyone here that would hesitate to give you the work needed.

An outstanding project blog here is Mal's (ozstatman), not only for showing the know-how, but for the engaging text. As a marketing guy, I think this would be a great place to promote expertise and services by sharing it with us amateurs (speaking for myself), but I don't see other shops doing this. So thank you for doing this.

One thing I really like is seeing the drawings, templates, tools or equipment you use to make some of these pieces and how you used it. We all need a reason to get more stuff for the shop.