Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2013/4/22 20:15:08
4-22-13
Mixed results today. Concentrated on roughing in the trunk panel which mostly consisted of trimming out the existing trunk floor to match the new panel. I was going to try to put a flange in it in case my measurements were not too good, but it would be too difficult with the stiffening beads that are embossed in it.
After I got pretty close on the floor, I trimmed out around the horizontal and vertical channel joints that hold the rubber seal. I thought the car was OK until I noticed that the bottom of the passenger side was not even with the bottom of the fender cut out. There was some poor bondo repair there that threw me off. So I ended up cutting too much off the channel! Hopefully I can weld a section in from the previous cutout to fix it.
On a positive note, if you can call it that, I discovered something. It seems that the large gap that forms between the trunk lid and fender on the passenger side is because the rear fender has drooped down. I put some blocks on my jack and pumped up on the floor section. This drew up the fender up pretty close to the bottom of the repair panel.
The repair panel is up against the existing ends of the gas tank T bolt mounts, but that seems to keep the panel out too far. The trunk would not close over the bottom weatherstrip channel. After forcing it down, I was able to see that the gap on the passenger side had improved. That's a good sign. I guess I will try to bend the T bolt mounts a little so move the panel in more. There is also a gap at the bottom of the drivers side that will need some adjustment. It's nice to see what the panel is going to eventually look like!
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Mixed results today. Concentrated on roughing in the trunk panel which mostly consisted of trimming out the existing trunk floor to match the new panel. I was going to try to put a flange in it in case my measurements were not too good, but it would be too difficult with the stiffening beads that are embossed in it.
After I got pretty close on the floor, I trimmed out around the horizontal and vertical channel joints that hold the rubber seal. I thought the car was OK until I noticed that the bottom of the passenger side was not even with the bottom of the fender cut out. There was some poor bondo repair there that threw me off. So I ended up cutting too much off the channel! Hopefully I can weld a section in from the previous cutout to fix it.
On a positive note, if you can call it that, I discovered something. It seems that the large gap that forms between the trunk lid and fender on the passenger side is because the rear fender has drooped down. I put some blocks on my jack and pumped up on the floor section. This drew up the fender up pretty close to the bottom of the repair panel.
The repair panel is up against the existing ends of the gas tank T bolt mounts, but that seems to keep the panel out too far. The trunk would not close over the bottom weatherstrip channel. After forcing it down, I was able to see that the gap on the passenger side had improved. That's a good sign. I guess I will try to bend the T bolt mounts a little so move the panel in more. There is also a gap at the bottom of the drivers side that will need some adjustment. It's nice to see what the panel is going to eventually look like!
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