The deconstruction continues. I sure hope it's as much fun to put this automobile back together as it is to tear it down. I'm sure my bank account will play a role in that.

I finally got the rear windows out. Just kept working and working them until they broke free. There was a thin layer of rust on the pivot piece and I guess it was creating enough friction to hold them in place. The trick is to leave the pivot bolted in and push the glass toward the rear as you are pushing the window down into the body, after 10 or 15 times it comes loose.

So now all doors, side windows and regulators are out. All the chrome and stainless trim around the door frames are out. I had to use my air impact hammer to break many of those tiny screws loose. Some of the wiring harness have been labeled and removed. The headliner and all the braces underneath are out. Working on the wind shields now.

Just posting some of the pics I am taking as I go along.

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Found this flicker stream on one of my favorite photography blogs. I think most of you will enjoy the "attention to detail". I can't post any of the images as they are protected from being copied.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/with/3699641516/

The window is rolled back in into the body right now. The regulator and PW motor have been removed. The problem is where the pivot of the window sets into part number
31.2912.

They won't separate.

Got a question.
Are the rear windows supposed to slide out of the bracket once the pivot bolt has been removed? If so, does it have to be at a certain angle to remove. Been fighting the first one of mine since yesterday.

I finally got that wing window removed. I made the cut as I mentioned before (image 1) and it would not budge so, I cut all the way across the bottom of the wing window as seen in image 2. That got the job done. Once the window was removed I could see the piece that was welded below it, image 3. I had no idea that was there. It explains why my first cut wasn't enough.

Started working on the driver's side door Saturday. This side was much easier. In two hours I was able to do almost everything that took me 3 weeks on the passenger side door. A couple weeks ago I posted an image of what appeared to be a modification that had been made to that door. I found several more but can't make any since out of them. There were two pieces of angle iron bolted inside the door. Image 4 shows that bolt placement from the outside. I used Photoshop to draw some red lines on the image. In Image 5 I laid the angle iron on top the passenger side door to give you an idea of its location.

None of the original holes or bolts appeared to be damage or out of alignment. Nothing inside the door was attached to the angle iron. It appeared to be an original Packard window regulator. Identical to the one removed from the passenger side door (except reversed).

The door is still attached to the car because of one hinge bolt. That top, inside bolt is so hard to reach and very tight. I'll spray it for a few days and try again. That's the last bolt on the car that I want to break off.

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1952
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/4109083382.html

1954
http://bgky.craigslist.org/cto/4091752985.html

1955
http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/4109829442.html

I broke that bolt about a month ago before I discovered PB blaster in some of the threads here. I blast the heck out of every thing now.

I've discovered that the impact wrench seems to be little more gentle on these old bolts. I just keep forgetting that I have one.

I take 10 times more pictures then I post here.

I think cutting the door is my best option at this point? Plan to cut the top where the red lines are in the pic below. Bend it back as needed to remove the window. Remove the broken bolt. Weld the door back together.

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The Government shutdown is giving me more time in the shop. Fortunately dis-assembly is cheap.

I've been removing the interior lately and clearing off the firewall. Pulled off the passenger side door and trying to finish stripping it. Working on these doors and windows really suck.

I've only broke 3 bolts so far. 2 were on the fenders but will worry about those later. The third is one of the two bolts holding the wing window on the passenger door. What a nightmare. I can't remove the wing window frame because the broken bolt is still in there. The opening is too narrow a space to fit over the bolt.

Took me a week to drill a hole in the bolt to insert a remover bit. Then I broke it off as well. This morning I drilled it out and the drilled right out the side of the bolt. I know this is probably hard to picture in your head but its a mess right now and there is no way to get vise grips on it.

I think what I am going to have to do cut about 2 inches of the inside door frame, right next to the window frame, so i can pry it back, remove the window an then weld it back up.

I did find a very brittle ticket like item from the Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Co under the rear seat. It only took a minute of Googling to discover that the company goes by a different name now, 3M.

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Thanks Howard
That does make since. I will look for it this weekend.

I have a question.
I'm trying to remove the front seat. I removed the 8 nuts from the under side of the car tonight but something is still holding on the drivers side. It raises up maybe an inch or two but no further. I can't get my fat head low enough to look under there. Is there something in the power seats bolted down?