Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2020/6/17 19:24:12
I can't believe it's been 18 month since my last post here. Found my project blog on page 4. This should light up a couple email boxes, sorry about that.
I got tired of typing about the rust repair so I just stopped doing it as that was all I was doing.
That gutter line rust/roof repair that I talked about in my last couple posts just overwhelmed me. I just sort of got stuck for about 9 month and just stared at it, a lot. Then one day a new friend was in my shop and I showed it to him. He made a few suggestions and that's all I needed I guess to get moving again.
The roof line is now as good as I can make it myself. Once the gutter goes back on no one will know I ever worked on unless it falls apart.
Been finishing up the body filler on the quarter panels and other places lately. Hoping to prime it before winter.
Also hoping to get the engine to turn over. Rebuilt it about 5 years ago and it's just been sitting ever since. The engine is what led me back to PackardInfo. What is the object in the photo? I know it attaches to the back side of the carb. I'm pretty sure a rubber hose comes off that nozzle but I have no idea what that hose runs to.
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I got tired of typing about the rust repair so I just stopped doing it as that was all I was doing.
That gutter line rust/roof repair that I talked about in my last couple posts just overwhelmed me. I just sort of got stuck for about 9 month and just stared at it, a lot. Then one day a new friend was in my shop and I showed it to him. He made a few suggestions and that's all I needed I guess to get moving again.
The roof line is now as good as I can make it myself. Once the gutter goes back on no one will know I ever worked on unless it falls apart.
Been finishing up the body filler on the quarter panels and other places lately. Hoping to prime it before winter.
Also hoping to get the engine to turn over. Rebuilt it about 5 years ago and it's just been sitting ever since. The engine is what led me back to PackardInfo. What is the object in the photo? I know it attaches to the back side of the carb. I'm pretty sure a rubber hose comes off that nozzle but I have no idea what that hose runs to.
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