Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/1/7 0:41:44

Been enjoying pulling parts off and blasting them clean with the cabinet. So much easier to clean parts! It's definitely not the fastest process, and my poor compressor really struggles so I have to be careful.

I pulled the battery tray and cleaned it up (took a long time). Then cleaned with acetone and painted with appliance epoxy. I read on a few other build threads about that paint and I really like the look. I'm pretty sure that factory finish wasn't high gloss black on these parts, but it sure does look nice. Much, much better than the "gloss" paints out there. And hopefully a little more resilient to tarnish and corrosion.

I need some help on the climatic control heat tube. The remnants of mine are firmly rusted into the exhaust manifold (might be the reason the carb was changed out to manual choke). I can't seem to get any movement on this thing even after days of soaking in PB Blaster. Does this tube go all the way through the box? Or does it just enter it? At this point I think my only real option is to drill out the tube. I imagine it would be best to somehow get the plate off, but I'm fairly confident that the screws are rusted in there.

-Kevin

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