Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2017/5/7 8:29:35
Thanks again Howard, if you say that brake line coupling is good in that location then I'm good with it too.
Taking a break from crawling under the body. Still working to get it coated this summer but my knees and hips are sore from crawling under there all winter. The underside wasn't in that bad of shape, I'm just that slow.
Yesterday I blasted and primed the trunk and hood hinges as seen below. The trunk hinge below is a replacement that I got from Packard Southwest. The coil spring on mine was broken. They sold me the whole hinge for cheaper then just the spring would have cost me elsewhere.
I also hung the rear section of the exhaust. I'll install the tail pipes later.
I shipped the Treadle Vac off to Ross Miller this week and might ship off a few other things, to other places, this summer. If I try rebuilding all this stuff myself I'll never get this old girl back on the road.
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Taking a break from crawling under the body. Still working to get it coated this summer but my knees and hips are sore from crawling under there all winter. The underside wasn't in that bad of shape, I'm just that slow.
Yesterday I blasted and primed the trunk and hood hinges as seen below. The trunk hinge below is a replacement that I got from Packard Southwest. The coil spring on mine was broken. They sold me the whole hinge for cheaper then just the spring would have cost me elsewhere.
I also hung the rear section of the exhaust. I'll install the tail pipes later.
I shipped the Treadle Vac off to Ross Miller this week and might ship off a few other things, to other places, this summer. If I try rebuilding all this stuff myself I'll never get this old girl back on the road.
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