Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by Packard Don On 2020/7/26 12:20:32

It could be failing springs or, more likely considering other things you've found, someone replaced one or two from a different year or model. I suppose it could also be worn bushings but that seems less likely. One inch isn't much to worry about right now, though, as you can get the car running and driving before that needs attention. The lean does explain the coil-over shocks that it had.

Once you do get it running and have put a few hundred or so miles on it, be sure to have a new oil filter handy and change the oil again and do so at least once more later on. Personally I always use pure synthetic but there are those who swear against it as much as others do for it.

On the transmission, did you change the filter too or is it even changeable? I've never had an Ultramatic apart so don't know if it gets replaced or just thoroughly cleaned.