Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2016/7/27 11:10:46

ERROR FORUM NOT SELECTED!! wth is up with this lately!!

the minute I hit submit the thing wipes out all my long ass text and I have to start over.

short version.

this is for those doing a restoration so all the time saving efforts are not really a huge concern for me.

I have a hole in the floor where the brake booster is missing for now and thus getting to the 3 brake pedal bracket bolts is easy.

I will measure best I can and provide the info to the vender on the pedal location...but even a Packard tech would have to take all of this stuff off first to put a new pad on at the dealership. so I appreciate the ideas on the time saving, but I think the effort would be better served in making a dual 55/56 pad with knockouts the vender could provide.

the area marked "not cut out" is truly not cut out on my car's pad as you can see in the pics. I do remember seeing several firewall knockouts on my car that still had the metal in them though.

also my car is an early 55 car...could they have changed the pad in later months. who knows. my car was a low option car as well.

this doesn't have to be 100% ...they wont be adding the flap at the bottom that is sewed on either. I just know that my effort to make my own pad was not a good one and this is going to be better.