Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2013/10/3 11:55:12
The Government shutdown is giving me more time in the shop. Fortunately dis-assembly is cheap.
I've been removing the interior lately and clearing off the firewall. Pulled off the passenger side door and trying to finish stripping it. Working on these doors and windows really suck.
I've only broke 3 bolts so far. 2 were on the fenders but will worry about those later. The third is one of the two bolts holding the wing window on the passenger door. What a nightmare. I can't remove the wing window frame because the broken bolt is still in there. The opening is too narrow a space to fit over the bolt.
Took me a week to drill a hole in the bolt to insert a remover bit. Then I broke it off as well. This morning I drilled it out and the drilled right out the side of the bolt. I know this is probably hard to picture in your head but its a mess right now and there is no way to get vise grips on it.
I think what I am going to have to do cut about 2 inches of the inside door frame, right next to the window frame, so i can pry it back, remove the window an then weld it back up.
I did find a very brittle ticket like item from the Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Co under the rear seat. It only took a minute of Googling to discover that the company goes by a different name now, 3M.
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I've been removing the interior lately and clearing off the firewall. Pulled off the passenger side door and trying to finish stripping it. Working on these doors and windows really suck.
I've only broke 3 bolts so far. 2 were on the fenders but will worry about those later. The third is one of the two bolts holding the wing window on the passenger door. What a nightmare. I can't remove the wing window frame because the broken bolt is still in there. The opening is too narrow a space to fit over the bolt.
Took me a week to drill a hole in the bolt to insert a remover bit. Then I broke it off as well. This morning I drilled it out and the drilled right out the side of the bolt. I know this is probably hard to picture in your head but its a mess right now and there is no way to get vise grips on it.
I think what I am going to have to do cut about 2 inches of the inside door frame, right next to the window frame, so i can pry it back, remove the window an then weld it back up.
I did find a very brittle ticket like item from the Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Co under the rear seat. It only took a minute of Googling to discover that the company goes by a different name now, 3M.
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