Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project
Posted by Larry51 On 2014/7/4 18:42:54
Before I went away some months ago my son helped me put the dash in and also the rear windscreen. I didn't have time to post before leaving so this is a couple of months back.
Had not been looking forward to the windscreen job, and true to form it was very labour intensive. Took a couple of hours because we were being very careful to not put any strain on it. Very difficult to get Packard windscreens here in Oz and it costs a fortune in shipping to bring one over from the States. It went in eventually after some incantations were offered up and loads of soap was applied to the new rubber seal. It might have been an easier job if we had used the string loop method.
The old labels on two screens tend to confirm the 'last driven' date for my car, being mid-1970's or earlier. The screens with labels are off two different 24rh series cars.
The new front screen is being installed by a mobile installer(- earlier post). Don't mind trying it myself but it's a 2 person job and I am on my own here at present, plus what it I break it? It's a new one bought locally. The company had it in stock for many years and I was fortunate to discover they had it, because they didn't know what year / model Packard it was for. I measured one of my old scratched screens and it turned out to be the same one, complete with tint. My old screens (- have three) are all either cracked or very deeply scratched. The best of them has been scratched deeply by the ends of the wipers, which I noted is mentioned in a Tech Bulletin. Packard altered the style of the blades and rounded off the metal blade ends, which were prone to doing damage to screens.
Dashboard was a very tight fit. It eventually went in with no scratching, but I was surprised at how tight the fit was, horizontally. Might be tooled a little differently because it's a RHD dashboard. Or my coupe has shrunk!
Then connected all the new wiring harness and fed it through the firewall grommet for the engine bay tributaries. I had the most difficulty connecting the Neutral Switch wires to the Ultramatic. Better name might be "Ultra-Traumatic". In hindsight it would have been sensible for me to change the connectors from the original screw type to push-on. Quite a tight place to get to with a screwdriver, and you are trying to hold the wire in position at the same time. Anyway, I did succeed in getting the wires in and tightened.
Rear screen fitted . . . a two man job and great exercise for the fingers and thumbs
Restored dash fitted
The 'best old' windscreen I have is badly scratched. Old 1974 Registration label still attached is of interest
Another badly cracked screen with original Registration label
Had not been looking forward to the windscreen job, and true to form it was very labour intensive. Took a couple of hours because we were being very careful to not put any strain on it. Very difficult to get Packard windscreens here in Oz and it costs a fortune in shipping to bring one over from the States. It went in eventually after some incantations were offered up and loads of soap was applied to the new rubber seal. It might have been an easier job if we had used the string loop method.
The old labels on two screens tend to confirm the 'last driven' date for my car, being mid-1970's or earlier. The screens with labels are off two different 24rh series cars.
The new front screen is being installed by a mobile installer(- earlier post). Don't mind trying it myself but it's a 2 person job and I am on my own here at present, plus what it I break it? It's a new one bought locally. The company had it in stock for many years and I was fortunate to discover they had it, because they didn't know what year / model Packard it was for. I measured one of my old scratched screens and it turned out to be the same one, complete with tint. My old screens (- have three) are all either cracked or very deeply scratched. The best of them has been scratched deeply by the ends of the wipers, which I noted is mentioned in a Tech Bulletin. Packard altered the style of the blades and rounded off the metal blade ends, which were prone to doing damage to screens.
Dashboard was a very tight fit. It eventually went in with no scratching, but I was surprised at how tight the fit was, horizontally. Might be tooled a little differently because it's a RHD dashboard. Or my coupe has shrunk!
Then connected all the new wiring harness and fed it through the firewall grommet for the engine bay tributaries. I had the most difficulty connecting the Neutral Switch wires to the Ultramatic. Better name might be "Ultra-Traumatic". In hindsight it would have been sensible for me to change the connectors from the original screw type to push-on. Quite a tight place to get to with a screwdriver, and you are trying to hold the wire in position at the same time. Anyway, I did succeed in getting the wires in and tightened.
Rear screen fitted . . . a two man job and great exercise for the fingers and thumbs
Restored dash fitted
The 'best old' windscreen I have is badly scratched. Old 1974 Registration label still attached is of interest
Another badly cracked screen with original Registration label
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