Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/2/9 0:39:51
Don - I've seen the reproduction emblems and they are nice. But also expensive, and I need to be spending that kind of money on things that are more essential. Eventually I might swap the emblems for the repro's, but only after the car is on the road and I'm enjoying it.
Joe - I wasn't sure how the 2-part systems would work on the curved down portions of the drip rail. I was assuming it would flow down and make a mess. Also, on the sides of the roof, the seam between the roof and drip rail is way up high....like at the level of the top of the drip rail. So I would have to fill the entire drip rail up with the 2-part system for it to actually cover the seam. At least I think that's how that stuff works.
Small progress today. Busy with other things, and somehow hurt my shoulder so I can't lift my arm up high. Makes it hard to do much.
I found the adjustments for the rear quarter window. Turns out the 55-56 Service Manual is way better than the 51-54 manual for some things. Pictures are way better and so are explanations. Much of the body is shared between those years, and they had a good writeup in the 55-56 manual for the windows.
Reference my picture. The rear screw adjusts the down stop, the front screw adjusts the up stop, and the two lower screws allow you to tilt the window in or out of the car to line up in the window slot better. The center bolt is the pivot that the windows tilts on.
Easy adjustments (though my bolts required some PB Blaster and some gentle coaxing). Now both rear quarter windows line up perfectly with the door windows. Once I get new gaskets they will be nice and sealed.
I still need to figure out how to get the glass out though. I don't think I can move the glass far enough down to get to the beltline strip to replace it.
Ordered a replacement trunk emblem surround, thinking it would be in better shape than the one that came off the car. In some ways it is better, but it's basically the same pitted mess that my original one was. The original is on the right and the replacement is on the left. Worth a shot....it was only $30. Looked better in the pictures. Oh well, eventually it will need to get rechromed, along with my bumpers, and the dashboard gauge surrounds.
-Kevin
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Joe - I wasn't sure how the 2-part systems would work on the curved down portions of the drip rail. I was assuming it would flow down and make a mess. Also, on the sides of the roof, the seam between the roof and drip rail is way up high....like at the level of the top of the drip rail. So I would have to fill the entire drip rail up with the 2-part system for it to actually cover the seam. At least I think that's how that stuff works.
Small progress today. Busy with other things, and somehow hurt my shoulder so I can't lift my arm up high. Makes it hard to do much.
I found the adjustments for the rear quarter window. Turns out the 55-56 Service Manual is way better than the 51-54 manual for some things. Pictures are way better and so are explanations. Much of the body is shared between those years, and they had a good writeup in the 55-56 manual for the windows.
Reference my picture. The rear screw adjusts the down stop, the front screw adjusts the up stop, and the two lower screws allow you to tilt the window in or out of the car to line up in the window slot better. The center bolt is the pivot that the windows tilts on.
Easy adjustments (though my bolts required some PB Blaster and some gentle coaxing). Now both rear quarter windows line up perfectly with the door windows. Once I get new gaskets they will be nice and sealed.
I still need to figure out how to get the glass out though. I don't think I can move the glass far enough down to get to the beltline strip to replace it.
Ordered a replacement trunk emblem surround, thinking it would be in better shape than the one that came off the car. In some ways it is better, but it's basically the same pitted mess that my original one was. The original is on the right and the replacement is on the left. Worth a shot....it was only $30. Looked better in the pictures. Oh well, eventually it will need to get rechromed, along with my bumpers, and the dashboard gauge surrounds.
-Kevin
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