Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2011/3/26 18:01:38

Some more work on the car today. I noticed that the interior lights were not working after coming back from the drive last night. Fuse was blown. Hmmm.... So after a little poking around I discovered the pig tail wiring to the dome light hidden behind the remains of the headliner was completely rat chewed and the wires must have shorted when the car was bouncing around. Of course this was the only piece of wiring I didn't replace/check when i rewired the entire car.

So I pulled out the dome light and replaced the socket wiring with extra wiring from I had from a spare set of parking lights (Same socket internals). Then everything was put back together.

Take a look at how faded this fragment of headliner was is compared to the original color.

While I was in the car I took the time to remove the two dings that were in the roof. Standard hammer and dolly work here. So needs a tad bit more with a fine picking hammer.

The I worked on stripping more of the exterior of the car. Getting all the area around the window frames is a pain, but I made a lot of progress today.

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