Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2013/4/16 19:08:16
4-16-13
Last Sunday I had a chance to work on the bent rear brace a little. Used the wrench trick to get it a lot closer to the correct shape. Spent an hour tapping and hammering with a dolly trying to get some of the dents out. Got some out and I think it looks a lot better, but not perfect. I think this is good enough for a part you are really not going to see. Cleaned it up with the wire brush and put a coat of Phosphoric acid on it. Once dry it got a couple coats of primer. While waiting for the acid to dry, I took some scrap metal and practiced welding. My first 3 welds were absolutely perfect! Of course, every weld after that was not as good. Practice makes perfect. The new welder is making a huge difference. I noticed a hiss when I pulled the trigger. On the unit I borrowed from my work, I never heard that. Probably never sent gas to the weld.
Today, I painted the brace semi-gloss black. Then I turned my attention to preparing the new trunk panel. I noticed some strange holes that go through the trunk into threaded receivers welded to the bottom. Any idea what those are for? My car does not have these. I think the panel came off a '54.
Looking at the mount area, I noted some rusted out areas. Didn't look too bad and certainly better than what I had to work with on my car. After wire brushing, the damage really began to show. Pretty extensive rust through.
I do not have the metal skills of Keegan to attempt to make brand new ones so I need to work with what I have. I attempted to fill the wholes with weld, allowing it to burn though until the metal was not as thin. Work my way around both mounts trying to fill in what I could. The drivers side actually came out pretty well. The passenger side is too far gone for this technique to work. I did manage to stabilize the piece so the center portion will not move. This will help keep it from moving when I put some fresh metal in there.
Grinding the drivers side really made it look pretty good. Passenger side, not so much.
Any idea on what those holes are for?
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Last Sunday I had a chance to work on the bent rear brace a little. Used the wrench trick to get it a lot closer to the correct shape. Spent an hour tapping and hammering with a dolly trying to get some of the dents out. Got some out and I think it looks a lot better, but not perfect. I think this is good enough for a part you are really not going to see. Cleaned it up with the wire brush and put a coat of Phosphoric acid on it. Once dry it got a couple coats of primer. While waiting for the acid to dry, I took some scrap metal and practiced welding. My first 3 welds were absolutely perfect! Of course, every weld after that was not as good. Practice makes perfect. The new welder is making a huge difference. I noticed a hiss when I pulled the trigger. On the unit I borrowed from my work, I never heard that. Probably never sent gas to the weld.
Today, I painted the brace semi-gloss black. Then I turned my attention to preparing the new trunk panel. I noticed some strange holes that go through the trunk into threaded receivers welded to the bottom. Any idea what those are for? My car does not have these. I think the panel came off a '54.
Looking at the mount area, I noted some rusted out areas. Didn't look too bad and certainly better than what I had to work with on my car. After wire brushing, the damage really began to show. Pretty extensive rust through.
I do not have the metal skills of Keegan to attempt to make brand new ones so I need to work with what I have. I attempted to fill the wholes with weld, allowing it to burn though until the metal was not as thin. Work my way around both mounts trying to fill in what I could. The drivers side actually came out pretty well. The passenger side is too far gone for this technique to work. I did manage to stabilize the piece so the center portion will not move. This will help keep it from moving when I put some fresh metal in there.
Grinding the drivers side really made it look pretty good. Passenger side, not so much.
Any idea on what those holes are for?
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