Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by BigKev On 2012/8/22 23:09:59
Some work on the car this evening as the temps were finally in the low 90s.
Started to pull out a dent that is in the rocker under the passenger door. When I got the car I never saw this dent. It was until I stripped the car that I found it was buried under 1/2" of bondo. So I started to pull out the dent with the stud welder.
Also the other project for today was fixing the hood bracing. The spot welds have failed on the driver side so there was alot of flex when opening and closing the hood, and this also caused the hood to close a bit crooked.
So I drilled through the spot welds from the side of the hood, and then into bracing. Then clamped the bracing in place and plug welded all the holes and ground the welds down.
The hood now feels much more solid and closes perfect straight now.
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Started to pull out a dent that is in the rocker under the passenger door. When I got the car I never saw this dent. It was until I stripped the car that I found it was buried under 1/2" of bondo. So I started to pull out the dent with the stud welder.
Also the other project for today was fixing the hood bracing. The spot welds have failed on the driver side so there was alot of flex when opening and closing the hood, and this also caused the hood to close a bit crooked.
So I drilled through the spot welds from the side of the hood, and then into bracing. Then clamped the bracing in place and plug welded all the holes and ground the welds down.
The hood now feels much more solid and closes perfect straight now.
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