Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan
Posted by Ken_P On 2011/4/26 19:38:05
So, first of all, I uploaded a photo from Saturday, showing the Bendix mostly disassembled. The yellow arrow shows where the Bendix can be further disassembled. I didn't take it apart that far.
Started thinking about it- the dark blue in the second picture is the original color. We might be painting it blue instead of maroon. Plenty of time to make that decision!
I removed the front clip today. Observation: bondo shouldn't be sold without a license! The driver's side running board was attached with 3/8" of bondo and a piece of a license plate pop riveted to the front fender. There was also pot metal bondoed in place where the mounting holes had rusted out.
I pulled the front clip off, and found three problems.
First issue: the frame is bent on the driver's side. It looks like the car was hit on the driver's side front corner sometime in its history. I think it is only bent forward of the core support, but I'm going to play it safe and take the rolling chassis to a body shop or tire shop to get the frame alignment checked before I bother to get it sandblasted and painted.
Second issue: the core support is rusted out. I can weld it, but I might try and buy one from Don37, Flackmaster, or one of the other guys with more Packard parts than I have. Anybody have one of these off of a wrecked frame?
Third issue: a lot of the body supports around the radiator are rusted out. Has anyone else run into this issue?
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Started thinking about it- the dark blue in the second picture is the original color. We might be painting it blue instead of maroon. Plenty of time to make that decision!
I removed the front clip today. Observation: bondo shouldn't be sold without a license! The driver's side running board was attached with 3/8" of bondo and a piece of a license plate pop riveted to the front fender. There was also pot metal bondoed in place where the mounting holes had rusted out.
I pulled the front clip off, and found three problems.
First issue: the frame is bent on the driver's side. It looks like the car was hit on the driver's side front corner sometime in its history. I think it is only bent forward of the core support, but I'm going to play it safe and take the rolling chassis to a body shop or tire shop to get the frame alignment checked before I bother to get it sandblasted and painted.
Second issue: the core support is rusted out. I can weld it, but I might try and buy one from Don37, Flackmaster, or one of the other guys with more Packard parts than I have. Anybody have one of these off of a wrecked frame?
Third issue: a lot of the body supports around the radiator are rusted out. Has anyone else run into this issue?
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