Re: Howard's 47 Custom project

Posted by HH56 On 2016/8/25 12:09:54
Have done very little work. Just piddle around with the car lately. The schedule of 20 minutes thinking about working followed by 24 hours recuperation after all that thinking leaves little time for actual work.

Did get the headliner in. Considering everything, it went OK and looks reasonably decent. The extra AC vents in front IMO, look reasonably decent too. They actually put out a fair amount of air--not like a front unit but perfectly adequate. Believe I mentioned earlier the headliner was ordered but not checked thoroughly at the time of arrival. It turned out to be not the correct one for the car. Found that out when I first went to install it. I was able to make two more pairs of headliner bow brackets and attach them front and rear. Moved two bows to use the new brackets plus made a complete new bow for the extra center support needed. The remaining bows were either used or placed in their normal position unused so if I or the next owner wants to replace the headliner at some point with a correct one all original pieces will be present.

The rear AC vent I made was installed and then rear seat installed. That vent also turned out reasonably decent and works quite well. I decided since it was not original anyway to not use the Packard finish of the brown paint on the vent but rather dress it up a bit.

The trunk lock presented a bit of an issue. The original retaining clip was bent so it would not grab the ears tightly on both sides. Having had experience trying to straighten other types of hardened and brittle pieces only to have them break, I decided to use a shaft collar on the lock cylinder instead. A standard 13/16 shaft size with notches filed to clear the ears on the cylinder for the retaining clip worked and was not too difficult to install. Since no one apparently makes the thin rubber gaskets between the cylinders and sheetmetal I used water resistant fiber electrical insulating washers on all the cylinders. Those are gray but so little sticks past the cylinder they blend in with the chrome and are barely noticeable.

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