Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard

Posted by Charles On 2011/6/3 22:34:13

6-3-11

Hit a road block with the trunk. Not sure how I am going to make that channel along the perimeter of the trunk. Looks like I will have to get a small metal brake at least. That won't help with the curves though.

Switched gears today. Started to take the front passenger fender off so I can clean up and paint the other side of the engine. Pretty straight forward. Bottom corner of the fender, by the door is pretty rotted and the bolts broke. Luckily the metal it was attached to was so rusty it pulled apart anyway. The gunk on the suspension doesn't look as bad on this side as the other side was, but there is still a lot.

I noticed that the spring is missing on my heat riser valve.

I've read that the best way to get the manifold off is to use a manifold wrench. I'll have to go out and get one of those.

Sorry about the quality of the pics. I'm stuck using my 5 year old cell phone for a couple of weeks.

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