1940 Packard 120 Convertible Restoration

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Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Continued nice work! Really enjoying following along.

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

Amazing. That's he only word I can think of to describe this build.

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Awesome! I'm enjoying following.

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Simply put REMARKABLE !!!

Originally Posted by Bomp

Every time I stop to check up on your progress I end up looking at the pics for 45 minutes or so.
Great job.
Keeps me on point with my little attempts.

Appreciate yall hanging in there!


Been working on finishing the driver side B-pillar inner brace. I layered three pieces of 1/8" x 3/4" steel to make the 90* turn (didn't have a piece of 3/8" x 5/8" laying around). I thought that a solid piece would be stronger than sheet metal, and that area needs all the help it can get to help keep the quarters in alignment. Just need to do some final trimming to fit it to the car. Making it solid also make it possible to "sculpt" the shape of the "bead" so I could blend from the round lower bead on the floor section to the square upper bead on the B-pillar, matching the appearance of the factory piece.





Both sides had be previously "repaired" so I only had pictures to go by.




Picture is from the car we were able to document in GA/NC. His shop is on the state line, not sure what side the car was on.






Also have been working on the driver side rocker. I made the front edge too round where it meets the A-pillar, so when I tried to test fit the door the front/bottom edge wouldn't clear. I had to make a couple relief cuts to drop the edge down. No pics but you can see the difference between the original shape and what I originally made. I should have made a template of the corners before I cut everything out. I'll know better on the passenger side...