Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car
Posted by Packard Don On 2020/7/11 1:40:07
Well, the new shop door was installed a few days ago which allows it to be opened with a car as large as the Henney-Packard up on the lift. Today was the drumroll as my father brought over his tractor to push the car back in and the fit is perfect! Now with the lift up it has a nice working height (any higher, I couldn't reach anything) the door is open and there's height enough to park my 1965 Cadillac underneath for when I'm not here for a while.
So with it back up, I managed to take out the muffler which was either the original or a good replacement as it had the hole for the pin at the clamp that later replacements are often missing, I have a couple new mufflers already so one less thing to have to buy.
Continuing with the triage, I see I have to take off the bell housing and the clutch to clean it all up as it's been open without a transmission for decades. It needs cleaning up at least but I hope no expense of replacement.
Still no luck on the tailpipe in getting one made but at least I now have a clear image that I was able to convert into a CAD file. This piece was made once and in very limited quantities so not sure why it can't be made again! One problem is a very large radius that is far too big for the mandrels at muffler shops but I am persistent and will eventually have a proper one made.
Excuse the mess, by the way. Clearing everything away for these installations left many things homeless until I get the shelving put back up. In fact, most of the mess you see in the background is already gone! This trip to the shop and the last we're primarily for infrastructure work and organizing once I realized that I was getting buried in stuff while disassembling another car.
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So with it back up, I managed to take out the muffler which was either the original or a good replacement as it had the hole for the pin at the clamp that later replacements are often missing, I have a couple new mufflers already so one less thing to have to buy.
Continuing with the triage, I see I have to take off the bell housing and the clutch to clean it all up as it's been open without a transmission for decades. It needs cleaning up at least but I hope no expense of replacement.
Still no luck on the tailpipe in getting one made but at least I now have a clear image that I was able to convert into a CAD file. This piece was made once and in very limited quantities so not sure why it can't be made again! One problem is a very large radius that is far too big for the mandrels at muffler shops but I am persistent and will eventually have a proper one made.
Excuse the mess, by the way. Clearing everything away for these installations left many things homeless until I get the shelving put back up. In fact, most of the mess you see in the background is already gone! This trip to the shop and the last we're primarily for infrastructure work and organizing once I realized that I was getting buried in stuff while disassembling another car.
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