Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost
Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2016/4/20 22:52:07
I disassembled and cleaned up my spare grille, it has nicer chrome than my original unit with the "Korean War Chrome" crappy finish. Some corrosion and a couple bolts twisted off so I had to drill out the remains and retap the holes. Reassembled with new hardware and the "teeth" from my original grille, have to keep those!
I had to replace the turn signal light sockets as these were rusted out, I found some universal sockets for the 1157 bulbs that I am using (12v), they crimp into the holes but I added some epoxy in the back too. Wire them with my proper coded and colored wires and made sure that the marker uses the single element, while the turn signals use the dual elements in the bulb - learned that from a discussion on Charlie's blog (51/52 Packards).
We bought some vinyl, burlap and foam on sale so I stripped the rear seat and we are plotting out our designs for the seats and door panels. If my wife's sewing machine turns out to be unable to handle the vinyl material, our upholstery guy at work says she can borrow one of his 17 (!) machines.
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I had to replace the turn signal light sockets as these were rusted out, I found some universal sockets for the 1157 bulbs that I am using (12v), they crimp into the holes but I added some epoxy in the back too. Wire them with my proper coded and colored wires and made sure that the marker uses the single element, while the turn signals use the dual elements in the bulb - learned that from a discussion on Charlie's blog (51/52 Packards).
We bought some vinyl, burlap and foam on sale so I stripped the rear seat and we are plotting out our designs for the seats and door panels. If my wife's sewing machine turns out to be unable to handle the vinyl material, our upholstery guy at work says she can borrow one of his 17 (!) machines.
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