Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2010/12/4 17:46:22

Back in the garage today.... The sanding and stripping continues. Also attempted to pull the back bumper apart, but some previous person managed to completely round off two of the nuts. So I am going to have to cut those two bolt out. Really I need to replace all the bumper bolts in the rear. All of there are bent, and rusted up pretty bad. No way for me to reuse them like I did on the front bumper.

The roof of the car has become a challenge to strip. The same style stripping discs are worked great on the rest of the car are not working that well on the roof. The metal while not pitted, is really "stained" black from all the surface rust. The hood was very similar, and i had to use a chemical rust remover and a HD green pad to pull that black out of the metal. Also trying also not to sand to hard in the roof since that panel is so big and has no support in the middle I really an to avoid any warpage.