Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/2/7 1:38:49
Work continues. Mostly non-critical things at the moment.
I restored the front emblem a while back (though still haven't installed), and the rear one was just as bad. Really poor spray paint job on it. I removed the trunk lock, chrome, and emblem. The trunk lock got cleaned up, the chrome is terribly pitted and non-usable. I have a better one coming in a few days. The emblem went through the same process I did for the front one. It came out looking much better, though definitely not perfect. I can't get the really reflective metallic gold look that the originals have. And there is a good amount of crazing within the plastic itself, which I can't remove. But at least it's better than it was.
Next I sealed the seams on the roof and drip rail. I'm not happy with how it turned out. I applied just to the actual seam, which was really hard to do. The outcome is too rough, and it's going to be a bear to try and smooth it out when I repaint the roof. I've seen some YouTube videos of guys just filling up the drip rail with seam sealer...but these drip rails are deep and really tall....I would think it would look really odd to have them filled up. Thoughts?
The door latch hardware has always annoyed me. The previous owner just painted over everything on the door jams. And also didn't use any primer, or prep the surface at all. You can see the paint flaking off. Eventually that will have to get addressed, but I wanted to at least clean up the stuff that's supposed to not be painted. My oldest daughter wanted to help so I taught her how to use the sandblaster. She cleaned everything up nicely and I reinstalled.
While I was working on the door I tried to figure out the windows. All the beltline strips and window channel run will need to be replaced, so I will have to figure out how to remove the windows to do it. The convertible and hardtop rear windows are different from the sedans, and the service manual doesn't go over them at all. I have no idea how to get the windows out. Also I'm struggling to figure the front ones out as well.
I also need to know how to adjust the rear windows because neither of them go forward far enough to actually form any sort of a seal with the door window. Again, I can't find anything about this in the service manual.
Looking at the window issues, I'm thinking I need to get that taken care of before I get too much further.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Trunk emblem before restoration.jpg (118.92 KB)
Trunk emblem and lock after restoration.jpg (114.49 KB)
Roof seam sealing.jpg (54.81 KB)
Roof seam sealing front.jpg (55.15 KB)
Door hardware painted over (and a pretty bad paint job).jpg (98.09 KB)
Family work time.jpg (75.13 KB)
Freshly sandblasted and reinstalled.jpg (98.31 KB)
Ruined beltline.jpg (89.97 KB)
Window adjusting hardware.jpg (94.48 KB)
Windows not lining up.jpg (91.38 KB)
I restored the front emblem a while back (though still haven't installed), and the rear one was just as bad. Really poor spray paint job on it. I removed the trunk lock, chrome, and emblem. The trunk lock got cleaned up, the chrome is terribly pitted and non-usable. I have a better one coming in a few days. The emblem went through the same process I did for the front one. It came out looking much better, though definitely not perfect. I can't get the really reflective metallic gold look that the originals have. And there is a good amount of crazing within the plastic itself, which I can't remove. But at least it's better than it was.
Next I sealed the seams on the roof and drip rail. I'm not happy with how it turned out. I applied just to the actual seam, which was really hard to do. The outcome is too rough, and it's going to be a bear to try and smooth it out when I repaint the roof. I've seen some YouTube videos of guys just filling up the drip rail with seam sealer...but these drip rails are deep and really tall....I would think it would look really odd to have them filled up. Thoughts?
The door latch hardware has always annoyed me. The previous owner just painted over everything on the door jams. And also didn't use any primer, or prep the surface at all. You can see the paint flaking off. Eventually that will have to get addressed, but I wanted to at least clean up the stuff that's supposed to not be painted. My oldest daughter wanted to help so I taught her how to use the sandblaster. She cleaned everything up nicely and I reinstalled.
While I was working on the door I tried to figure out the windows. All the beltline strips and window channel run will need to be replaced, so I will have to figure out how to remove the windows to do it. The convertible and hardtop rear windows are different from the sedans, and the service manual doesn't go over them at all. I have no idea how to get the windows out. Also I'm struggling to figure the front ones out as well.
I also need to know how to adjust the rear windows because neither of them go forward far enough to actually form any sort of a seal with the door window. Again, I can't find anything about this in the service manual.
Looking at the window issues, I'm thinking I need to get that taken care of before I get too much further.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Trunk emblem before restoration.jpg (118.92 KB)
Trunk emblem and lock after restoration.jpg (114.49 KB) Roof seam sealing.jpg (54.81 KB)
Roof seam sealing front.jpg (55.15 KB) Door hardware painted over (and a pretty bad paint job).jpg (98.09 KB) Family work time.jpg (75.13 KB)
Freshly sandblasted and reinstalled.jpg (98.31 KB) Ruined beltline.jpg (89.97 KB)
Window adjusting hardware.jpg (94.48 KB) Windows not lining up.jpg (91.38 KB)This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=230173