Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/8/19 10:09:38

Thanks Ross, that's what I figured. I'll work on pulling/cleaning that switch this week and hopefully get it working again.


Last night I got distracted by a very large box that showed up on my doorstep. I was excited to see that my new fuel tank and sender had arrived from Auto City Classic. The new tank seems well made and is painted in a silver color.

The new sender is stainless, and is a slightly different design than the original Packard one.

The fill neck (as noted elsewhere on this site) is slightly different than the original. Once mounted the cap is still in a good position.

Auto City Classic does not have fuel tank straps or strap liners, and two of the old liners were trash. I cut new ones from an old inner tube, and used the two good old ones as well.

I cleaned up the mounting straps and quickly painted them, then mounted the tank. The T-bolts gave me some trouble because of corrosion, but I eventually got the tank up nice and snug. I ran out of time last night trying to get the fuel line hooked up (wouldn't thread), so it's not quite ready to go yet.

-Kevin

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