Re: Carl's 1952 Packard 300
Posted by Carl Madsen On 2009/6/16 20:49:58
I finally got the heli-coil installed. Since there's no back wall for it to sit against (the back of the stud is in the water jacket) I have to try and capture the end bit (the tang) of the heli-coil when I break it off. I may just leave it on, I'll see tomorrow.
The fender went on without too much work, and I got the manifold back from the machine shop. He got most of it down, but since it was so far out of level not all of it is perfect. I painted it today and will install it tomorrow.
The antenna does not work when I applied 6v, so I need to dissect it. I created a wrench to remove the chrome trim with a piece of 1" electric conduit, tapping 6/32 threads 1/4" from the end and threading in a bolt that fits into the hole. Turning the entire unit was simple, made for easy removal of the chrome trim on the antenna. Now I have a large oval hole in my fender.
I roughed in the radiator so I can bend the tranny cooler lines and mount a new bracket in front of the radiator to hold the new tranny cooler. I removed the factory one, which leaked, and replaced it with a single piece of hose designed for Packards with manual transmissions. I'm routing the new lines from where the original ones ended around the passenger side of the radiator, placing the new tranny cooler radiator 1" in front center of the main radiator.
Tower was unable to get me the correct color for 1952 from the Paint Chip files I send them. I have scrapped off some original paint chips from my car body, hopefully there is enough for them to recreate the color. This is the color combination I want:
The fender went on without too much work, and I got the manifold back from the machine shop. He got most of it down, but since it was so far out of level not all of it is perfect. I painted it today and will install it tomorrow.
The antenna does not work when I applied 6v, so I need to dissect it. I created a wrench to remove the chrome trim with a piece of 1" electric conduit, tapping 6/32 threads 1/4" from the end and threading in a bolt that fits into the hole. Turning the entire unit was simple, made for easy removal of the chrome trim on the antenna. Now I have a large oval hole in my fender.
I roughed in the radiator so I can bend the tranny cooler lines and mount a new bracket in front of the radiator to hold the new tranny cooler. I removed the factory one, which leaked, and replaced it with a single piece of hose designed for Packards with manual transmissions. I'm routing the new lines from where the original ones ended around the passenger side of the radiator, placing the new tranny cooler radiator 1" in front center of the main radiator.
Tower was unable to get me the correct color for 1952 from the Paint Chip files I send them. I have scrapped off some original paint chips from my car body, hopefully there is enough for them to recreate the color. This is the color combination I want:
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