Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/6/16 0:10:10
I'm going to try attaching the photos directly instead of putting them in body of the text. I'll see if I like it better.
I had an hour to work on the Panama tonight and was able to do a bit more digging on the roof rust. I removed the interior windshield trim without issue. The upper trim was catching a ton of rust flakes and a good amount of mouse poop. Should clean up okay.
The lower trim was in good shape, but it looks like someone put some sort of fake wood shrink wrap on it. It looks terrible. I think I might be able to remove it pretty easily. For whatever reason much of the chrome on the dash is covered in it.
With the trim removed, I could see the damage much better. It doesn't look good. I took a small needle scaler to the worst areas to knock off the major pieces. It came apart pretty easily. I then used a wire wheel to clean up the remaining surface rust on the worst areas.
The channel (I have no idea what the actual name is) is pretty bad from the driver's side to about 2/3rd's over to the passenger. It will need to be replaced, but I'll for sure have to get someone to help me.
Also shown is the passenger side of this channel and the sunshade mount, which appear to be in good (enough) condition.
My guess is the windshield needs to come out now in order to properly treat this and repair the damage. The windshield is broken anyways, but I was hoping to deal with it later. Now it looks like my timeline for it will move up. Sourcing a windshield is tough though....can anyone confirm that the Panama uses the same windshield as the Pacific or Convertible??
-Kevin
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I had an hour to work on the Panama tonight and was able to do a bit more digging on the roof rust. I removed the interior windshield trim without issue. The upper trim was catching a ton of rust flakes and a good amount of mouse poop. Should clean up okay.
The lower trim was in good shape, but it looks like someone put some sort of fake wood shrink wrap on it. It looks terrible. I think I might be able to remove it pretty easily. For whatever reason much of the chrome on the dash is covered in it.
With the trim removed, I could see the damage much better. It doesn't look good. I took a small needle scaler to the worst areas to knock off the major pieces. It came apart pretty easily. I then used a wire wheel to clean up the remaining surface rust on the worst areas.
The channel (I have no idea what the actual name is) is pretty bad from the driver's side to about 2/3rd's over to the passenger. It will need to be replaced, but I'll for sure have to get someone to help me.
Also shown is the passenger side of this channel and the sunshade mount, which appear to be in good (enough) condition.
My guess is the windshield needs to come out now in order to properly treat this and repair the damage. The windshield is broken anyways, but I was hoping to deal with it later. Now it looks like my timeline for it will move up. Sourcing a windshield is tough though....can anyone confirm that the Panama uses the same windshield as the Pacific or Convertible??
-Kevin
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