Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car

Posted by Packard Don On 2020/7/8 21:24:57

When I bought the rear end assembly, I was rather pleased to find that there had been a bad seal leak as it preserved the brake drum, backing plate and everything on it. The other side wasn't so lucky and all these things had to be replaced due to rust. In fact, I recently bought an inexpensive solvent tank and 10 gallons of solvent primarily for the purpose of getting everything from the leak cleaned up and today I finally turned the solvent black in thirty seconds! Surprisingly, the leak also appears to have preserved the original colors of the springs.

I posted this first photo before but am doing so again just for the comparison after only a few minutes in the solvent. I don't know if soaking will take the paint off but they are still soaking so will see tomorrow.

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