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1953 Packard Restoration

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 We met a couple from Bullhead City (Paul & Mittie) who belong to the River Cruizers car club that put on some of the car shows that we attend. Paul became interested in the restoration work that I have done on the Fords and the Kaiser by looking at the build photo albums and ask if I would be willing to some rust restoration work on his 1953 Packard. While at the AVI Resort car show Paul and I  went to his house (a short distance away) to look at the Packard. He thought it needed replacement rocker panels and some patch work at the bottom of the car. I told him I could do the work, we agreed on a price and a couple weeks later he brought the car over to my shop along with the replacement inner & outer rocker panels. I started by removing the door sill scuff plates and pulling back the carpets that revealed badly rusted floor pans. Left rear Left front The pictures were E-Mailed to Paul and we decided to patch & repair the passenger side and purchase replacem