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Important things I missed, no top frame! To my eye this does not have a Packard body. Chevy engine and rear end-whoa??

The idea of making it back to a real Packrd of course is possible, but did you ever hear of the movie "The Money Pit"? Look up the value of the most valuable 640 and double it and then add a bit plus years of frustration. That's what it will cost to do.

NOw If you could get a couple of billion in bailout money......

And I thought mine was questionable! I have a 29 640 Custom 8 with a 740 roadster body on it. At least that makes some sense. It wasn't uncommon for a Packard owner to upgrade to newer coachwork in those years. A new car, $3-4 grand, or a new body, $15-1800. I'm sure it wasn't done with any regularity but it happened. Sadly, yours is a pretty disrespectful application. As has been said there's only so much to it that's even useable, to another car! Now, if you want one...