Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2011/12/20 22:32:28

got my garage cleaned up pretty much. got the tv mounted and the stereo hooked up to 5.1 and the dvd player and the computer for my Packard PDF files and my MP3 files to play through the stereo. got my direct tv reciever, but haven't called them to hook it up, so i just got regular tv pumping in. yes....i'm spoiled and totally nerdy. TV is a new LED 1080p 26" i got on super sale.

i got my parts back from the powder coating, but i'm not impressed by some of it. its going back for perfection. i'm not playing around with the parts that are visible to people looking. some parts a dead dog wouldn't accept.

but, i have no doubts the place i go to will correct the problem. they have been good to me in the past and this is the first problem i have had so far.

i'll update on that, but you get the idea from the pics as to look of what they will be like on the car. much better and will last longer then paint i would say. much more durable that's for sure. cost more...but i like it.

since the parts are going back there probably wont be much going on this holiday on the Packard. but i did get the sand blast only parts back, so i'll be painting them engine color.

threw the computer together with spare parts i had laying around.

got some parts from Joel (packards1), including the knurled front seal holder. i also got a real parts manual for 10 bucks on ebay. i like to collect things like that if they are cheap enough and it was. its not perfect, but its good enough for me.

enjoy

Hank

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