hph's 55 Clipper Project

Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2022/6/19 8:59:44

Hi Anthony. I saw your thread a while back and knew it would be only a matter of time before you stumbled upon mine. Obviously we have similar cars, in similar conditions. Mine also has a door stuck but fortunately no mold in there (probably because much of the upholstery was made with man-made materials). Though there was a moldy back seat that I already ripped out. Mine is not "on the road" quite yet but it's just as well as I'm learning a lot on the way there.

I've been talking with another member on here and I think I'll be able to get a running engine to swap into it for low $$. Hopefully get things going a bit... and then hopefully the transmission works! It has fluid so one would hope... guess we will just find out.


After that I'm planning on replacing the brake system with one of those kits from Kanter. Hopefully can reuse the original brake lines. Also will need to add a fuel filter (do these cars have them?) as I'm sure the tank is rusty. Pretty sure there's still some gas in it actually, as I got quite a strong varnish smell when opening the gas cap. Obviously will need to siphon it out in the near future.



Very interesting, Howard. I haven't been able to find the engine number on my engine as it's too dirty/rusty, but if/when I pull the engine out I might be able to clean it up enough to tell if it has one or what it is.