Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/11/21 15:37:56

Don - thanks for the tips. I haven't decided yet if I want to try and tackle the carb rebuild myself or just have someone else do it. I'd like to learn (and save money) but I also don't want to screw it up worse.


Being stuck at home makes it hard to get stuff done on the car because I can't go out and get supplies. Right now I'm trying to plan out next steps and it's a bit overwhelming.

1.) Finish insulation and carpet installation. Need to find some good indoor/outdoor carpet to put on the foot rest.
2.) Headliner installation. This really ought to go in before the windshield, as it is much easier to access the front area without the glass in the way. The headliner has to go in before I can get any trim and/or weather stripping back on over the side windows.
3.) Clean out drip rail down to bare metal, clean up rust, and seam seal the whole thing
4.) Paint the pillars and windshield mounting area. Probably will need to strip the whole roof and redo it
5.) Install windshield and new gasket
6.) At some point during all this redo the entire brake system
7.) Probably will need to pull the whole front clip, clean up the entire front of the car, clean out the entire cooling system, replace or repair the heater core, redo the whole air system (air intakes, heater valve missing, etc), new gaskets on the exhaust, and repaint everything


And that's just the stuff to get the car up and running on the road. Doesn't include redoing the door panels, stripping and repainting the interior trim and dash, weather stripping the entire car, new tires, chrome, etc.

Sounds simple enough, right?

-Kevin