Re: Mike's 53 Clipper
Posted by Tobs On 2010/8/15 15:59:39
I guess a blog update is in order, gone are the days of small jobs on the packard. I miss driving the old girl, but am seeing progress in the repairs. After valve and cylinder problems putting the engine out of commision, I towed the packard to Kurt's (54 pacific) shop and we are taking care of the rust in the rear wheel arches, rocker panels, underbody is getting stripped and treated with rust converter, then painted (Branthox nitro fest) and will get a coat of underbody protection wax (UBS 220). Kurt is the welder and sheet metal guy, and his cousin is a bmw mechanic. Georgie will be doing the mechanics, engine rebuild, and changing out a bunch of seals so I am not leaking oil from axle/trans/steering etc... and I do the dirty work stripping the underbody and pay for the parts 
Here are a few pics of the rust being cut out. The car was already patched with a half way decent repair that was rusting out already....
I've been working with a putty knife, wire brushes and grinding disks getting the bitumen rustproofing off the bottom of the car the last few weekends. What dirty work. I look a coal miner at the end of the day!
The chassis of Kurts 54 is there along with an NSU that is being worked on. We removed the engine from the NSU by dropping it out the bottom of the car, picking up the car and sliding the engine out on the floor. Can't do that with a packard!
Now trying to find place around Munich that will bore and hone my engine block at a reasonable price (best quote so far 600 euro!)
Here's something I've been wondering. When I took the head off, there were no washers between the head and the nuts. Are they only needed when the chrome acorn nuts are used?
Hope to splurge and get me the chrome/stainless acorn nuts to get some bling bling on the car when all this is done.
Tired after two full days of working on the packard!
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Here are a few pics of the rust being cut out. The car was already patched with a half way decent repair that was rusting out already....
I've been working with a putty knife, wire brushes and grinding disks getting the bitumen rustproofing off the bottom of the car the last few weekends. What dirty work. I look a coal miner at the end of the day!
The chassis of Kurts 54 is there along with an NSU that is being worked on. We removed the engine from the NSU by dropping it out the bottom of the car, picking up the car and sliding the engine out on the floor. Can't do that with a packard!
Now trying to find place around Munich that will bore and hone my engine block at a reasonable price (best quote so far 600 euro!)
Here's something I've been wondering. When I took the head off, there were no washers between the head and the nuts. Are they only needed when the chrome acorn nuts are used?
Hope to splurge and get me the chrome/stainless acorn nuts to get some bling bling on the car when all this is done.
Tired after two full days of working on the packard!
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