Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/10/13 15:30:08

Don - you're right, all those things were mentioned and were in the back of my mind. The rust and windshield header took priority because if I couldn't fix that then there was no reason to push forward. I did the bare minimum to get the car able to move under its own power to and from my neighbor's shop.

Now that the header repair is done, I'm pivoting back to the mechanicals. I wasn't planning on a rebuild of the fuel pump, but was planning on doing the carb. I've also been planning on redoing all the brakes as well, just no reason to yet since the car can't be driven on the road at this point. I have enough brakes to stop, but I won't take it on the road until I know I can trust them, and that means all new components.

It's highly likely that I will pull off the fenders and clean up/redo everything in the engine bay this winter. Either that or do the interior (headliner, door panels, etc).

-Kevin