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It will fit better if you push it much further forward; that will fill in the gaps next to the A pillars and get the rear of the carpet up onto the hump narrowing the taper.
Posted on: 3/21 6:25
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That is mostly spent friction material from the clutch facings. It will settle anywhere the fluid flow does not keep it in suspension.
Posted on: 3/16 6:21
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Re: Auto City Classics 1951-1956 Packard OE Finish Steel Gas Tank TS5156PKQ
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That is a lovely sentiment Don, but in reality we are dealing with Chinese crap reproductions, so plan on going in again sometime in the future when the float sinks.
Posted on: 3/15 19:34
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Re: Morticus' Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Edition
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Just lengthen the pull rod to the carb a bit until you like the way the trans upshifts. There is a singular lack of rocket science involved. Besides, that is likely all that got changed when the carb was taken off.
Posted on: 3/15 19:23
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That last 400 in your list has the rare and stunning "Orchid cloth" and patent leather interior in fine condition. If I wasn't hip deep in putting my own 56 back together I'd just buy the thing.
Posted on: 3/11 18:27
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Re: Wheel Well Paint Color 56 Caribbean
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All of the front end sheet metal was dipped in black primer and baked. The front fenders were then laid on a pair of bucks and sent down a paint line completely separate from the body. Any paint on the inner fenders was black except for overspray 'cause nobody cared.
Here are some shots from a one family owned 56 400 with only 4000-odd miles that I woke up back in 2005 when the daughter of the original purchaser decided to sell. The car had NEVER been dicked with or restored although there was some minor paint touchup on the driver's side. You can see the baked on black under the wheel well with just a hint of overspray white. The particular car had never been undercoated as that was a dealer option. On the the engine side, you can see how the body color spilled down over the inner fender. There was no attempt to completely cover the engine side with color and they were pretty well completely black towards the bottom where they bolted to the frame.
Posted on: 3/9 6:15
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Re: BigKev's 1937 115-C Convertible Coupe
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Just to circle back to the brake springs for an important point: The primary shoe spring is to be weaker than the secondary so that the lead shoe comes out and contacts the drum. That energizes the secondary shoe. Under normal forward braking, the secondary shoe never leaves contact with the anchor pin. If the springs are reversed the rear shoe will come out first and then, depending on adjustment, slam back into the anchor pin giving jerky brake action. That is why some older models had an extra secondary shoe spring.
If you look closely or take a caliper and measure, the wire of the primary springs is several thousandths smaller than the secondary's.
Posted on: 3/8 18:17
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Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
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Use a 3/8 drive long "wobble" extension and a 5/8 socket.
Posted on: 3/8 17:46
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Any '55 will happily run on regular gas with nary a knock.
Posted on: 2/26 12:37
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