Last year around January I was just taking my Packard for a drive to keep the Old Gal
limbered up. When I was backing out of my driveway, I had a mishap "Having ZERO”
depth perception my passenger side rear fender caught the fence post while
backing out of the driveway and provided me with a healthy dent.
That was not a real large problem because I was planning on
refinishing all four fenders and this gave me the motivation to
move forward with the project. Also due to the virus there was not going to be a car season this year so this was the
ideal time.
I contacted
my friend Bernardo Donida who owns and operates his Classic Car repair shop in
Poolsville. This was the “BEST” decision I made! Bernardo is a “Rare Bird”
Why? Bernardo can actually “hand fabricate” body panels. As you will see in the
following photos.
My right front fender’s lower section was packed with “Mud” and
had minimal metal remaining. Fortunately, Bernardo was able to fabricate a
patch panel. Packard’s are exceedingly rare cars and finding body parts are very difficult to find.
