Re: Ted's 1956 Clipper Restoration

Posted by tstarr On 2016/1/27 19:36:25

I discovered I created a blog for my 1956 Clipper a number of years ago when we moved down to Florida! The pictures here are from when I had it stored in a guy's back yard. I have since rented a 4 bay garage space and have significantly dismantled the car from these pictures. I'll post some pictures when I get back over there.

Basically, I've done the following -

1) Removed everything engine and body wise back to the firewall
2) Removed doors, hood, trunk and windshields
3) Removed the interior

I have gone back and forth on how extensive I should be on this. I've worked on my Mercedes cars for a number of years, so I have some car mechanical background. But some of the things I see on this site are beyond my skill level.

I see some of the people here pull the body off and take it down to frame. I don't know that I'm up for that level of work, but can certainly clean and paint exposed frame as I get to it.

Having said that, I have already had the engine and transmission rebuilt, the torsion level suspension works, and the car was driveable before starting the teardown. I'll review some of the other blogs and see what others are doing with these cars. I appreciate being able to look in on what others are doing and I'll post my progress here as I move forward.

Suggestions greatly appreciated on the extensiveness of what I should try to do. In the past, I've purchased a number of NOS parts for it and I'm looking forward to getting them out of the storage bins and onto the car again!