31 LaSalle Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 When did packard stop using structural wood in the car bodys For example did 1937 super 8 use wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kar3516 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Yes 37 Super 8 used wood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37PackardMan Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I believe the '39 Seniors were the last. Their bodies were very similar to the '37. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard enthus. Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 "wood" Packards? Well...depends on which Packard products you are interested in. In late 1934, Packard, needing a lower-priced product to sell, started producing for the 1935 model year, the "Junior" Packards. Except for still having fabric-covered roofs (Packard was behind the industry in adopting the so called "turret" or one-piece top for closed cars) the "Junior" Packards were built using essentially modern product methods - steel stampings spot-welded together. As others have noted, over at the "Senior Division" factory and production facilities, these much larger, heavier, and more powerful "traditional" Packards were still using the by then obsolete method of mounting what was essentially a stage-coach on auto chassis. The last wood-body-frame "Senior Division" Packard rolled out of 1580 East Grand Avenue in June of '39, at which time the entire facility was "gutted", the tooling liquidated, to confirm Packard's abandoning the "super-luxury" field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 My '38 12 has wood in the roof and door pillars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard enthus. Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 On 6/14/2024 at 12:07 PM, BlueDevil said: My '38 12 has wood in the roof and door pillars. ============================================================ POOR GUY..! You mean it HAD wood......looks to me like you need the services of a particularly talented carpenter, who understands how complex some of those curved shapes are, and how accurate they are for the doors to fit properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 I practice on this and Morgans, so I can work on those easy jobs like the door posts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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