New guy checking in..

I have to say I never really knew there was longroof forums.. now I have to learn a whole new group of "lingo and abbreviations" .. Anyhow this is my wagon, after looking around and seeing so many super clean pristine wagons, I might fetch some flaming for this one... LOL but its sort of what I do...



Its currently laid out on 20s, body dropped a couple inches, and bagged obviously. We are re working the rear end, moving the axle back 1.5 - 2" and building a new notch and bridge, to get it to lay hard rocker all the way through (originally built to lay on 18s) .. will build to lay 22"s in the rear hopefully I can afford some 22s in the next few months.. paint and interior are planned for the upcoming year.. Hope I didn't offend anyone to much LOL

also found a 3/4 rear shot..

Welcome.

We're pretty laid back and I doubt anybody will be mad. It's your car - do wtfever you want to with it.

Do you work at a railroad company and park it next to boxcars by any chance?

thanks man, for the info... Nope no rail yards or Box cars, LOL.. (I'm assuming your referring to my custom paint) I belong to a world wide mini truck club "No Regrets" since it was only in marhide primer.. we figured why the hell not LOL

I can diggit. So what are your REAL paint plans?

real paint, i have a few ideas... but basically base of candy root-beer, and possibly some sort of two tone with a creamy off white tanish color. Since viewing these forums though I have to say wood paneling has been catching my eye. so possible partial (non traditional) airbrushed wood paneling.

I've seen that wagon on cusstom.com before.

Really cool.

Stingroo wrote:

I've seen that wagon on cusstom.com before.

Really cool.

thanks again, I never new it was on custom.com, guess some one just posted a pic.. that's from Laid out at the park 2 years ago i believe... the burgundy Taco behind it is mine also (now green)

Welcome!.. very nice paint job in my opinion.. im into the whole "diffrent" things.. i was actually thinkin about lettin everyone tag up on my woodgrain.. but cant wait to see more of this wagon!.. is this just a show wagon cuz i dont see any side mirrors?..

Glad you're here. I'm looking forward to updates as you get more done.

Jon

WagonLover wrote:

Welcome!.. very nice paint job in my opinion.. im into the whole "diffrent" things.. i was actually thinkin about lettin everyone tag up on my woodgrain.. but cant wait to see more of this wagon!.. is this just a show wagon cuz i dont see any side mirrors?..

There isn't a whole lot more to see right now.. interior is haggered.. and will all be out soon (stripping interior to rebuild back frame area) It has no side mirrors... and right now its my daily.. (my truck got attacked by a deer so im driving one of my cutoms..) and no side mirrors alone isn't so bad... but the windshield rear view mirror got taken out by my dog last week... NO MIRRORS in a land yacht .. lets just say its an interesting ride.

Welcome aboard! You may get poked at a little from folks but it's always in good fun. Variety is what makes this hobby fun, if everyone did the same thing, what fun would that be?

Dunno Mike, ask the SS wagon clone guys.

:hide:

You need some reporting marks on the side of that thing to complete the look:

CSXT
594721

or

BNSF
293485



I'm giving away my model RR roots here.

Stingroo wrote:

Dunno Mike, ask the SS wagon clone guys.

:hide:

Ha! Good one. Although it looks like we might be on a GS wagon kick now. It's nice to see someone doing something different.

Welcome...I think its pretty cool!!! Keep us updated! What part of the country are you from?

thanks again everyone for the comments, I am in NW Georgia, real close to Chattanooga, TN..

Cool. I've got a couple of friends up there.

I love it, Welcome.

Welcome! Always good to see what others have done, regardless of personal taste. Wanna come to the Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival here in Savannah in October? 300+ cars in attendance.......

can you drive it???
interesting,..

nick

phantom 309 wrote:

can you drive it???
interesting,..

nick

of course, why couldn't i drive it?

Pretty wild! Man you've put some work in that!

Travis T Justice wrote:

phantom 309 wrote:

can you drive it???
interesting,..

nick

of course, why couldn't i drive it?

Because the wheels don't go all the way down?

Krzdimond wrote:

Travis T Justice wrote:

phantom 309 wrote:

can you drive it???
interesting,..

nick

of course, why couldn't i drive it?

Because the wheels don't go all the way down?

LOL... its on airbags it gets up about 6" off the ground and anywhere in between to drive...

I know, just bustin yer bawls

Would never do that with my current wagon but I love it! Cant wait to see more

sherlock9c1 wrote:

You need some reporting marks on the side of that thing to complete the look:

CSXT
594721

or

BNSF
293485



I'm giving away my model RR roots here.

Nah, Paint it Tuscan Red with PRR 4815, five gold stripes and a pantograph on the roof!!!!!

Welcome to the forum. I thought I posted but guess it didn't send
I like it, it's cool and different.

Sprocket wrote:

Nah, Paint it Tuscan Red with PRR 4815, five gold stripes and a pantograph on the roof!!!!!

Welcome to the forum. I thought I posted but guess it didn't send
I like it, it's cool and different.

I'll see your GG1 and raise you a E8A or something! I was going for a boxcar theme. The Finger Lakes Railway here locally has lots of empty boxcars sitting around waiting for their customers and many of them get tagged while they wait.