Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by Packard Don On 2018/6/27 20:40:43

After getting the rear seat backrest out thanks to Howard's assistance, the rest of the day was just more disassembly, such as the removal of the Treadle-Vac and getting the steering column almost ready to pull out, other than the Pitman arm still being attached which, believe it or not, I forgot about! The dash was taken out years ago and hanging on the wall so nothing was even holding the column in other than that.

Lots of stuck bolts and even screws are proving difficult. One might come out easily but the one next to it is stuck, even on little things like trim retainers. Taking off one of the fender's stainless pieces, three retainers but it appeared that those three had regular nuts rather than speednuts as the others had. Is that the way it should be?

One ither question. The 1954 Patrician has stainless trim around the rain gutters and I had such a difficult time getting them off from the other Packard that I hesitate to do it on the parts car. Is there a good, safe way to remove them without damage? They seem to just snap on but they are thin and very fragile, especially where the drain slots are.