Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2008/2/6 17:23:09

Well I have not got that much done on the car the last couple of weeks. Work has been crazy, and the my weekends have been spoken for.

I did get the spacers made for the sway-bar bracket retrofit. Just waiting on the brackets to come in from Autozone.

I took the two clipper rims I bought at the PI Swapmeet, as well as the spare tire rim, and had the old tires on them dismounted and disposed of. Some of those tires still had tubes in them.

Yesterday I dropped the rims off at the media blaster. $12 a rim for blasting, and they will be ready on Thursday night. Once those are done, then I will proceed with priming and painting.

I ordered 4 rattle-cans of Metallic Bikini Blue from Tower-Paint to refinish the rims with as well as touch up the firewall. Hint if you need paint from Tower, call them to place the order, and try to order 3 or more cans as the price drops to $14 a can when 3 or more are ordered.

I may take the hood, front fenders, trunk lid and a few other large pieces to the Media blaster also. They can spray with a few different types of media to prevent warpage, and for the price and time save, its well worth it. If it was just paint that needed to be stripped, that is one thing, but I really dont want to fight that much surface rust. I will let them take of it. Any small pieces I can degrease and let sit in a bucket of Evapo-Rust overnight to achieve the same effect. (BTW Harbor Freight now stocks Evapo-Rust in their stores).