Ted's 1956 Clipper Restoration
Posted by tstarr On 2007/12/15 20:05:01
Hello all,
I'm loving the web site and the opportunity to do a blog on the restoration of my Packard. It has been sitting outside at our beach place under cover for the last several years. For a number of reasons, I had no place under cover to keep it. Drove it out to the beach, parked it, and haven't had it running since. I've had the engine and transmission rebuilt, brakes redone, exhaust replaced, etc. But, as you can see, the body really needs some major work, as well as the interior. I have since rented some garage space that is indoors, gotten myself an air compressor and variety of tools, and am ready to rock and roll.
I need to get it started again to ensure myself that it's still sound mechanically, then I'm hitting the bodywork, derusting, etc., big time to stop the disintegration. I'll post some pictures here from where I have been keeping it the last few months. I am hoping to show significant progress in the next couple of months toward making it worthy of driving and taking to shows again.
This first picture shows representative rustiness and the dent in the left rear roof where a tree fell on it. The silver lining, if there is one, is that I already had replacement windshields, front and rear. I was going to need to replace the front one before, now I need to do both. But at least I already have the part!
- Ted
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I'm loving the web site and the opportunity to do a blog on the restoration of my Packard. It has been sitting outside at our beach place under cover for the last several years. For a number of reasons, I had no place under cover to keep it. Drove it out to the beach, parked it, and haven't had it running since. I've had the engine and transmission rebuilt, brakes redone, exhaust replaced, etc. But, as you can see, the body really needs some major work, as well as the interior. I have since rented some garage space that is indoors, gotten myself an air compressor and variety of tools, and am ready to rock and roll.
I need to get it started again to ensure myself that it's still sound mechanically, then I'm hitting the bodywork, derusting, etc., big time to stop the disintegration. I'll post some pictures here from where I have been keeping it the last few months. I am hoping to show significant progress in the next couple of months toward making it worthy of driving and taking to shows again.
This first picture shows representative rustiness and the dent in the left rear roof where a tree fell on it. The silver lining, if there is one, is that I already had replacement windshields, front and rear. I was going to need to replace the front one before, now I need to do both. But at least I already have the part!
- Ted
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