Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/23 1:12:06
WIPER MOTOR: new screws the proper length and reinstalled. Waiting 6 weeks for wiper mount chrome. I couldn't have done a trial installation until this weekend, but couldn't, so hope they are done this week together with the rear window frame and horn ring. Oregon Plating's show chrome is dazzling.
SIDE MOUNT COVER: There's a first time for everything, and when it's restoration, for me, everything is a first time experience. Fortunately there are two of most everything, so the second time around goes better. Side mount cover was no picnic. Now that things are painted, paying attention is critical. You might be affixing something at this end and the other end is scraping against something you can't see. The side mount takes 12 rivets. 2 each for 3 rubber pads that protect you from scratching your paint when you lift the cover out or replace it over the spare, 3 felt washers, 1 rivet each, to keep the cover from rattling (I used large felt furniture sliders) , and 3 rivets to hold the center strip.
I taped everything with painter's blue masking tape before I did anything. Rivets are basic, I know.
The new center trim moulding from Northfield Forming is almost twice as long as needed on a Packard. It had to be drilled and cut.
Then the mirror. The Duchess always envied cars with these straight-up side mount mirrors. Since they were new to her, holes had to be drilled. I put a spare tire in the wheel well and placed the cover to determine the highest point which coincides with the hole for the hook of the hold down.
I drilled the cover first. Placed the center moulding and drilled the 3 holes, then riveted it to the cover. Then I drilled a hole, gads, 3/8", from the inside of the cover through the center strip. Then I added the mirror. The second cover will go much faster.
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SIDE MOUNT COVER: There's a first time for everything, and when it's restoration, for me, everything is a first time experience. Fortunately there are two of most everything, so the second time around goes better. Side mount cover was no picnic. Now that things are painted, paying attention is critical. You might be affixing something at this end and the other end is scraping against something you can't see. The side mount takes 12 rivets. 2 each for 3 rubber pads that protect you from scratching your paint when you lift the cover out or replace it over the spare, 3 felt washers, 1 rivet each, to keep the cover from rattling (I used large felt furniture sliders) , and 3 rivets to hold the center strip.
I taped everything with painter's blue masking tape before I did anything. Rivets are basic, I know.
The new center trim moulding from Northfield Forming is almost twice as long as needed on a Packard. It had to be drilled and cut.
Then the mirror. The Duchess always envied cars with these straight-up side mount mirrors. Since they were new to her, holes had to be drilled. I put a spare tire in the wheel well and placed the cover to determine the highest point which coincides with the hole for the hook of the hold down.
I drilled the cover first. Placed the center moulding and drilled the 3 holes, then riveted it to the cover. Then I drilled a hole, gads, 3/8", from the inside of the cover through the center strip. Then I added the mirror. The second cover will go much faster.
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