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Looking at the photos posted with the original question, the wood is clearly still there around the windows so the lower doors were likely reskinnned rather than replaced with sedan doors.

Ok, groovy guys and gals.
Go to the Bob Neal book on the '48-50s , pp 172 &173, and you can see the model without the door wood. Nice metallic green one.
The bigger issue is that was a '49 (23) model listed as 2373.
So "door wood delete" was apparently done at some point, by hook or crook.
Doesn't solve the history of this particular motor car.
with it's 2293 pedigree. But I've seen so many things done after a car is that old, who knows what's real? Many think they do, but without documentation, all hearsay.

Fish'n Jim; The station sedan you you speak of from Mr. Neals book was built by my friend Clarence Blixt, It states this on page 175. Clarence loved his Packards, six that I know of, in fact I own his 28 526 convertible coupe. I will not go into all the details of how the station sedan was put together other then to say the 2293 body was placed on a super eight cassis, the doors were skinned and 23 series senior side trim was used. Clarence was a gentleman and is missed by his many friends.

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That's the one pictured but the Neal narrative goes a little deeper about making that a 23 series model, 2373. Apparently, in preceeding pages, the decision to stake the wagon tool up was a bust. Not selling the "quota" to break even and many left over in '48. I would suspect some "scrambling" to sell that pile, but speculates.
From an aesthetic view, the wood looks kinda outta place, "pasted" on and doesn't really fit. "Sans door wood" looks much cleaner.
I'm in the camp that says this "hunk" is no rarebird. Just need more proof.