Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2013/12/15 21:49:51

I finally broke down and got some heat for my shop. All that cold and white stuff that you folks out west have been sending our way have kept me away from my 400 for the last few weeks.

I bought a torpedo heater that runs on kerosene and within 40 minutes I took my coat off. My shop has no ceiling so I was afraid I would lose all the heat overhead but it did pretty good considering our high today was only 27 degrees.

I cut out the drivers side rocker panel today. The floor pans is in pretty good shape on that side and so are the floor braces. I am going to have to earn my money fixing that area right in front of the rockers though. It is easily the worst the worst rust on the whole car (pics below).

Also pulled the oil pan today. I'll be off work the last two weeks of the year and hoping to finish breaking down the engine.

One last thing. I was web searching a few days ago for a new spare tire well for my 400 and came across a site that sells replacement floor braces very similar to those that are in our Packard's. I may yet need some for the passenger side so wanted to share the link here as I have seen a few blogs asking about them.http://emsautomotive.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=74_77&product_id=405

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