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I thought I would start a workshop blog instead of putting the items in my car blogs to make it easier for those who like to follow whats happening.

We will start with the 56J that was built and installed over the 4th. One happy customer to have Ms. Elenore back on the road.

I am beginning the assembly of another 56J, 56 Packard as well as a 55 Caribbean which I will post as we go along with the trany's we have the 374 being assembled.

The 56J I just disassembled was a mess. A band had broke and carved into the Clutch pack drum, the heat was intense and welded the planetary drum to the rear pump bushing. On top of that home made undersized band finger pins, and EVERYTHING on the shift selector shaft was drilled and hard pinned. But, it is ok, we can fix all that and I will post as we do.

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Here is the input shaft for the 56J. It is heavily rusted. I simply soaked it overnight in my rust desolver and the only thing that touched the shaft is a buffing wheel on the contact surface.

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Is Evaporust the stuff you're using Troy?

Yes, Evaporust is the only thing I use. I discovered it about 5 years ago when Ford and GM specified it for all their products. I get it in 55 Gal drums.

We received in two more Ultramatics this weekend, a 55 off a 320 and a 56 off a 352 clipper. Next Saturday, we will be taking in a 320 V-8.

to purchase we have

1ea 56 374 on the assembly stand
1ea 56 352 not rebuilt
1ea 55 320 not rebuilt
1ea 47 288 straight 8 complete not rebuilt
1ea 53 327 straight 8 not rebuilt
2ea 55 Ultramatic, One Cream (senior) One Red (320)
2ea 56 Ultramatic, any paint scheme
2ea 56 Ultramatic 56J (studebaker Red)
1ea 53 Ultramatic needs rebuilt
1ea 47 Manual three speed
1ea 55 and 56 T/L motors and Gearbox rebuilt
various other items

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Cant stress Safety first... Tried to take my thumb off today with a cut off wheel.

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Damn Troy.....nicely done stitches.

Sorry Troy, I couldn't resist.
Get well soon and take care!

WOW!

The person that did the stitching, do they do upholstering too?

Get well soon. We need good Packard help.

I little super glue would of been a lot cheaper.

Cut off wheel: $7.99
Trip to emergency room: $1800
showing your battle scares off on packardinfo: priceless