Re: Vacation Car - 56 Patrician

Posted by CarFreak On 2020/8/18 13:24:45

This past week I was able to get some time at the folks place to get more work done on the patrician. I finished removing the undercoating on the floors and found a couple more rust holes, mostly where the seat tracks meet the floor. Given what I found on the floor, I should probably remove the undercoating in the trunk to insure there is nothing hiding under that as well.

I was able to remove the door glass and regulators out of all the doors. For the front the regulators were removed first, loosen the vent window, removed glass and then vent window. The rear the regulator was removed, loosen vent window and shifted the tracks to remove the glass followed by removing the vent window. I did notice on top of needing new glass for the front doors I am also going to need a regulator and motor for the driver door. for what ever reason the regulator and motor were separated from the car. Hopefully Ill be able to find one.

All door trim was removed including the door handles... that was a major struggle. all but one spring clip was damaged during removal. So I am going to need to add that to the list of parts I need to find.

other work included removing the hood, fenders, radiator support, and trunk lid. It is bitter sweet seeing the progress on the vehicle, while the vehicle is looking less and less like a vehicle.

So I believe the next time I am should be spent removing the wiper system, remove what is left of the evaporator box, remove the under coating in the trunk, start stripping the paint in the engine bay and start cutting out the bad metal to weld in new stuff!!