Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/12/23 1:08:18
Been tackling a few side projects while I figure out my next big steps.
I made a couple of side panels in the trunk and got them covered in carpet. I will probably attach some magnets to the back of them so they can hold to the fenders while driving. Not perfect by any means, but I think it does dress up the trunk a bit. I'll make a pattern for the fuel filler tunnel and get that covered. Then figure out how to make a pattern and cut for the wheel wells. I also need to get some brush-able contact cement to get the edges to lay down flat.
I pulled out the original rear window trim and cleaned it up. Several pieces had a good amount of rust on the backside, so I cleaned all that off, did an Ospho treatment, then compounded, polished, and waxed the original blue paint several times. I think it came back rather nicely, considering where it came from. It's not perfect, but probably good enough. I may repaint them in the future.
The interior windshield trim got the same treatment. These were in much worse condition. They had heavy rust on the inside, that I ground off and treated with Ospho. I then primed and painted the backside in an effort to prevent any further problems (probably ought to do that to the rear trim as well). The blue paint on these was much worse and I did what I could. I'll probably need to repaint these regardless.
The dash was pretty rough. Age, fading, mouse pee, and all the debris from my metal surgery on the windshield area did a real number on it. The pictures don't quite show how bad it looked in person, nor how much nicer it looks now. I compounded everything several times, polished, then waxed. It brought back most of the original color and gave it a depth that it didn't have before. I removed the glove box to clean it better (and get all the sand out of it and the tracks). Much better now. Not perfect, but a definite improvement.
Lastly I found some blue carpet of the same make that the stuff is that I used in the trunk. Unfortunately it is not a match to the carpet that came with the car (not original, but close). It's not as dark. But it doesn't unravel, so cut some and applied to the footrest. I'll put the front seat in and see how it looks. I did buy enough to redo all the carpet on the interior if I wanted to, but I'm not sure I like color of the new stuff.
-Kevin
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I made a couple of side panels in the trunk and got them covered in carpet. I will probably attach some magnets to the back of them so they can hold to the fenders while driving. Not perfect by any means, but I think it does dress up the trunk a bit. I'll make a pattern for the fuel filler tunnel and get that covered. Then figure out how to make a pattern and cut for the wheel wells. I also need to get some brush-able contact cement to get the edges to lay down flat.
I pulled out the original rear window trim and cleaned it up. Several pieces had a good amount of rust on the backside, so I cleaned all that off, did an Ospho treatment, then compounded, polished, and waxed the original blue paint several times. I think it came back rather nicely, considering where it came from. It's not perfect, but probably good enough. I may repaint them in the future.
The interior windshield trim got the same treatment. These were in much worse condition. They had heavy rust on the inside, that I ground off and treated with Ospho. I then primed and painted the backside in an effort to prevent any further problems (probably ought to do that to the rear trim as well). The blue paint on these was much worse and I did what I could. I'll probably need to repaint these regardless.
The dash was pretty rough. Age, fading, mouse pee, and all the debris from my metal surgery on the windshield area did a real number on it. The pictures don't quite show how bad it looked in person, nor how much nicer it looks now. I compounded everything several times, polished, then waxed. It brought back most of the original color and gave it a depth that it didn't have before. I removed the glove box to clean it better (and get all the sand out of it and the tracks). Much better now. Not perfect, but a definite improvement.
Lastly I found some blue carpet of the same make that the stuff is that I used in the trunk. Unfortunately it is not a match to the carpet that came with the car (not original, but close). It's not as dark. But it doesn't unravel, so cut some and applied to the footrest. I'll put the front seat in and see how it looks. I did buy enough to redo all the carpet on the interior if I wanted to, but I'm not sure I like color of the new stuff.
-Kevin
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