Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2011/12/4 21:34:25
Just an update. Been doing lots of sanding/blocking, and panel beating. Both of the rear doors are done. Starting working on repairing all the damage around the back of the car. At one point the car was rear ended and the bumper guards pushed into the filler panel. Also the damage was severe enough that the trunk lid was replaced at some point.
I roughed out a lot of this damage a long ago, but now it was time for final metal work on the filler panel. I was able to get most of it straighter with a hammer and a dolly. But in one area the metal was so stretched, and it was oil canning. So I broke out the torch to and heated two areas to shrink the metal. Then I was able get that area back into place without in oil canning on me.
Also part of the rear-end damage severally misshaped the lower weather stripping channel on the trunk. So I shaped a piece of aluminum I had left over, and used that a form to straighten and reshape the channel.
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I roughed out a lot of this damage a long ago, but now it was time for final metal work on the filler panel. I was able to get most of it straighter with a hammer and a dolly. But in one area the metal was so stretched, and it was oil canning. So I broke out the torch to and heated two areas to shrink the metal. Then I was able get that area back into place without in oil canning on me.
Also part of the rear-end damage severally misshaped the lower weather stripping channel on the trunk. So I shaped a piece of aluminum I had left over, and used that a form to straighten and reshape the channel.
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