Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2017/8/10 21:14:28

I had pretty much ignored the two holes, on the chassis, at the top of the wheel well. One of them is circled below. They were completely filled with rust and dirt and I just never payed any attention to them, until now.

I have been been giving the body mounts a good hard look lately and really was not sure that's what these were for until now. I don't believe I had ever removed the bolts from these two locations as they had rusted away or broke off before I owned it. After cleaning it up I found broken bolts in both locations. Somehow I was able to drill out the bolts and re-thread them both in about 20 minutes. I have no idea how I hit the center of the bolts since there were visible signs of the edges to gauge the center location.

Also discovered that I primed the hood hinges (several post above) and I should not have. They should be bare metal so I am re-blasting those.

I have some friends coming over the weekend of Sept 9-10 to help me get the body back on the frame.

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