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Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
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John
You can dress comm with 400 grit paper wet or dry, dry obviously. And in operational rotation You should clean slots and can do with a plastic knife with some modifications Hopefully copper still above slots. Brushes are gone., soften edges of new ones or even these if you try to reuse for a bit Looks like copper dust from wear on risers, and comm, but I don’t see any commotion on brush holders. So a bit of mystery without more pics. Bushing are oil lite bronze., should be soaked for a few days with lite machine oil, a very light smear of grease at assembly. All easy to do and check motor. Needs to be cleaned with a solvent that won’t dissolve the lacquer on windings, CRC electronic. Not a rebuild but if arm ok it will run.

Posted on: 3/7 15:28
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Re: John’s ‘53 Caribbean
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Thanks HPH!
I am getting closer so time to get paper work in order.
Status:
Brakes done. Master by Tiger, nice meeting Andy. interior ready for reinstall, seats by Barry’s in South Bend, great job. Hydraulics nearing completion after which interior goes in. Engine getting close to throwing gas in carb and see what happens.

Snafu: somehow I got continental kit stuck in closed position. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Posted on: 1/11 14:17
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Re: John’s ‘53 Caribbean
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Can someone decipher the anti theft number for me? Not sure of first, is it C or G? Are the next two 0’s?
Car is 1953 Caribbean. 2678 2131.

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Posted on: 1/11 12:54
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Re: Merry Christmas and Thank You!!
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John
Merry Christmas to the whole Packard community

Posted on: 12/24 21:35
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Re: BigKev
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John
Is your plan to use that on the A pillar or the roof rails, or both?

Posted on: 2023/3/5 19:42
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Re: BigKev
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John
I like the profile of that weatherstrip. Did it come from Steele?

Posted on: 2023/3/5 19:19
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Re: BigKev
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John
My compliments to Big Kev for a very quick time from trailer to road. Nice!!!
John

Posted on: 2023/1/29 18:09
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John’s ‘53 Caribbean
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AKA “rescue”
Progress on Caribbean. First washed it all down as best I could in an unsheathed in January in northwest Indiana. I decided to try and get all the stuff back on during cold weather -reduce the parts clutter for mechanical work. So I returned the rear bumper and continental kit after polishing and prepping brackets. Took cursory look around, mixed bag. Checked oil -looked like honey, pulled a plug - looked great but not new, grabbed fan-engine not looked. All good. Bondo in right rear quarter looks like some rust, the trunk floor was replaced - clean and seam seal needed, not great and fearful of what laid ahead. Removed interior and need to get to upholstery shop. Only doing seats as all panels cleaned right up. Removed carpets and the floor is fine no issues. Most areas still have factory paint. The right rear quarter trim panel was off got chance to look in there. Sadly no window cylinder and even worse no regulator or spring.

Any help locating right rear window regulator and spring for 1953 Caribbean with hydraulics would be appreciated

Next step - remove treadle vac unit for rebuild

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Posted on: 2023/1/13 19:16
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Re: Rescued
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John
I don’t think I’ll ever have that luxury and even worse when I start getting the beast tamed something jumps up, I make a mess and around we go.

Posted on: 2023/1/3 10:31
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Re: Rescued
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John
When I got the car, everything was stripped off of it for the paint job 40 years ago. All the stuff is in boxes which is crowding my garage. My plan is to clean up and install bumpers trim etc., things I can do in short bursts of freezing (live on shores of Lake Michigan) and at the same time taming the mess. I have inventoried and looks like it’s all there except a few bumper bolts. So best to get the stuff in place before I lose it. Then in warmer weather I can devote longer periods of time for the mechanical effort

Paint job not that good. I’ll see how good I can get it. It looks like acrylic lacquer and never worked on after sprayed so might work out

Posted on: 2023/1/2 16:47
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