Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/11/21 19:09:24
Don - your situation certainly complicates things. At least I have a short drive into town to grab things if I need to (except for being quarantined at home). The problem I'm finding is that NAPA rarely has what I need when I need it, so I will have to order things in advance.
Took a break from working on the Panama yesterday, back at it today with a few small things.
Cleaned up the front seat mounts in preparation for putting back in the car after insulation arrives. The mounting areas of both were covered in rust. I cleaned everything I could with a wire wheel, scrubbed some Ospho over them to convert any small areas of rust that remained, cleaned them with water, then sprayed with clear lacquer to protect.
Next I test fit the interior windshield trim and rearview mirror to be sure everything lined up. I had to adjust a bit on my welds on the pillars, but everything ended working out fine. I will need to source new screws for most everything because all the originals were rusted. Eventually I'll need to sandblast and repaint these trim pieces.
I then took an old local election sign and made a package tray and the rear seat divider out of it. These signs are strong and can't rot, so it seemed like it would work. Paul Jewett (no idea who he is) will live on this car. I'm going to be doing the trunk in dark gray carpet, so I will need to get some of that on the divider before I attach it. I believe the package tray is supposed to be covered in vinyl (Ivory in my case) so that will have to wait.
Lastly I figured out why my brake lights weren't working. The connections were all corroded. Cleaning both the plugs and the contacts solved the problem. I covered them with heat shrink to protect them. The brake system is all sort of weird in the car because of the change to a dual master cylinder. Eventually I will change it all over, but first I will at least start with replacing all the old lines (all the ones attached to the master cylinder are newer) and redoing everything inside the drums.
-Kevin
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Took a break from working on the Panama yesterday, back at it today with a few small things.
Cleaned up the front seat mounts in preparation for putting back in the car after insulation arrives. The mounting areas of both were covered in rust. I cleaned everything I could with a wire wheel, scrubbed some Ospho over them to convert any small areas of rust that remained, cleaned them with water, then sprayed with clear lacquer to protect.
Next I test fit the interior windshield trim and rearview mirror to be sure everything lined up. I had to adjust a bit on my welds on the pillars, but everything ended working out fine. I will need to source new screws for most everything because all the originals were rusted. Eventually I'll need to sandblast and repaint these trim pieces.
I then took an old local election sign and made a package tray and the rear seat divider out of it. These signs are strong and can't rot, so it seemed like it would work. Paul Jewett (no idea who he is) will live on this car. I'm going to be doing the trunk in dark gray carpet, so I will need to get some of that on the divider before I attach it. I believe the package tray is supposed to be covered in vinyl (Ivory in my case) so that will have to wait.
Lastly I figured out why my brake lights weren't working. The connections were all corroded. Cleaning both the plugs and the contacts solved the problem. I covered them with heat shrink to protect them. The brake system is all sort of weird in the car because of the change to a dual master cylinder. Eventually I will change it all over, but first I will at least start with replacing all the old lines (all the ones attached to the master cylinder are newer) and redoing everything inside the drums.
-Kevin
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