Re: Rons '28 Packard Speedster Project.
Posted by Ron Schuman On 2009/1/20 15:40:59
9/2008
By September '08 we figured we had looked at enough that we could take it apart and maybe know what we were doing. Worth a try! Of course a bunch of my car buddies showed up with enough beer to float a battleship and we had at it! Over the course of the month we disassembled the complete car down to the bare frame and front and rear axles. Not as big a deal as it could have been as the body was loosely assembled on the chassis and far from complete. Luckily we found just what I had hoped for. What looked like a chassis and engine with a 40 year old restoration that was never driven in well preserved shape. The only modifications made in September were adding the temporary lowering blocks (to roughly determine ride height, the suspension will be properly modified for height later) and the removal of some of the crossmembers in preparation of relocating the engine/trans.
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By September '08 we figured we had looked at enough that we could take it apart and maybe know what we were doing. Worth a try! Of course a bunch of my car buddies showed up with enough beer to float a battleship and we had at it! Over the course of the month we disassembled the complete car down to the bare frame and front and rear axles. Not as big a deal as it could have been as the body was loosely assembled on the chassis and far from complete. Luckily we found just what I had hoped for. What looked like a chassis and engine with a 40 year old restoration that was never driven in well preserved shape. The only modifications made in September were adding the temporary lowering blocks (to roughly determine ride height, the suspension will be properly modified for height later) and the removal of some of the crossmembers in preparation of relocating the engine/trans.
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