Re: Henry's 37 Limousine
Posted by Cli55er On 2016/8/15 10:51:26
after viewing a few videos of supposedly original interiors of 1937 120 cars on youtube. they seem to be solid chrome on the trim on the dash. I could have done that I suppose, but I like the brown inlay.
this middle trim piece was a total PITA to paint. on the letters I had to paint over them and scrape it off with a razor blade.
got the clock working. the sprung "gear" or whatever you call that thing that moves back and forth was knocked off its axis. so I had to take it apart and set it back up. that was NO small task! lots of patience on that one! used grease to keep the brown off the Packard emblem. used steel wool to clean the emblem up first too. shined up pretty good.
then the spring was not strong enough to pull the mechanism to keep the spring "gear" rotating back and forth. I suspect someone tried to repair this before as the Jewels had screwdriver marks on them. they didn't try hard enough. I cut the spring in half so I could have one with a stronger pull. this worked great. and it does run on 12v negative ground. hella spark on the contacts though. I don't plan on running it anyways as I have a battery cut off switch and it would make it pointless to set the time and with as little as I drive it the clock may run the battery down...no idea though.
anyone have any leads for future purchase of 30.04x2,30.030x2, 30.031x2, 30.014x1, and the ashtrays for each side of the rear compartment with lighter built in?
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this middle trim piece was a total PITA to paint. on the letters I had to paint over them and scrape it off with a razor blade.
got the clock working. the sprung "gear" or whatever you call that thing that moves back and forth was knocked off its axis. so I had to take it apart and set it back up. that was NO small task! lots of patience on that one! used grease to keep the brown off the Packard emblem. used steel wool to clean the emblem up first too. shined up pretty good.
then the spring was not strong enough to pull the mechanism to keep the spring "gear" rotating back and forth. I suspect someone tried to repair this before as the Jewels had screwdriver marks on them. they didn't try hard enough. I cut the spring in half so I could have one with a stronger pull. this worked great. and it does run on 12v negative ground. hella spark on the contacts though. I don't plan on running it anyways as I have a battery cut off switch and it would make it pointless to set the time and with as little as I drive it the clock may run the battery down...no idea though.
anyone have any leads for future purchase of 30.04x2,30.030x2, 30.031x2, 30.014x1, and the ashtrays for each side of the rear compartment with lighter built in?
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