Re: Carl's 1952 Packard 300

Posted by Carl Madsen On 2009/5/2 21:22:09

The hood was delivered on Thursday, traveled 1020 miles. It's in relatively good shape, the metal is straight, which is better than my hood, which I folded back on the windshield 5 years ago.

What's unusual is the pelican is a 1952 bird with straight horizontal wings, but he hood is 1951 with the PACKARD lettering across the front.

I'm wondering if late in the 1951 year they switched the pelican...I have no information on the donor car.

There are some of the rubber grommets / bumpers on the front of the hood, but the two on the side of the hood are missing.

I'm wondering the best way to strip the paint/rust - I have a angle grinder with a wire cup brush on it that would easily get through everything, but would it be TOO aggressive, or leave swirl marks that would show through the paint. I don't have the money for a media blaster or to hire it done, but I could wait a year or two if that is absolutely the only way...

I will also need to remove the PACKARD letters, and would like hints on how to successfully remove them so others can use the letters.

The heat shield from Dan Yocum showed up also; here's the thread: Wanted - fuel pump heat shield 1952 300

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