I haven't done much with the car lately but I am looking for some ideas on rust converters.

What have some people used and what did you think about them? I am looking for good and bad.

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Dave thanks for the offer but I don't know if I am going to use a hood ornament. I do like the look of the stainless strip that the previous owner installed. I am waiting to see which way I go with the build keep it all original or customize it. If I go customize route then I would keep the stainless strip.

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You got to love 50's cars.

I went to pull my steering wheel off yesterday and come to my surprise it didn't want to come off. It must not have been off in a while. I actually bent my puller trying to get it off the first time (pictures of the bent bolts below). I barrowed a friends of mines which fit much better and with about 5 turns more than I really wanted to go it popped off. I finished pulling the radio and ash tray out and then moved to starting rust repair on the drivers side rear quater panel. The side I thought was going to the worst of the too. Much like all the cars there was plenty of filler around the wheel wells (pictures below). Tomorrow I am hopefull I can get the bad metal cut out and start working on some of the replacement panels.

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The rocker panels are the only really bad sheet metal that needs replaced. I am planning on using patches for most of the other spots. I won't know for sure until I clean the rust and cut out the bad metal. Thanks for the contact I might call him about the hood ortament, mine is MIA.

Hi all and thanks for reading my blog.

I bought this packard about 3 weeks ago off ebay looking to make it my daily driver in the summer months. The car is in pretty good shap overall and even made the 1 hour drive to my house. The first stage of my project is the rust repair to the rockers and rear quarter panels. I have includeded some photos of her cancer that needs the full cut and patch treatment.

Here is the link to my car in the Registry.
https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/index.php?Action=view&ID=1133

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Keegan,

Great job on your restoration of the Clipper Deluxe, it is looking good. I just bought a 51 Packard 200 that needs about the same amount of rust repair that yours did. I can't wait to get into it, but I was wondering what you used to create your offset flange on some of your panels? I saw it used on your quarter panels and seat bracket. I don't believe you mentioned the method in the write-up.