Operation "Test Bed" started today

Looks good! Glad you got it Pat!

A little teaser for you pic pervs....











Still meed to remove the tape and work on the scratches, along with some other "stuff", but it's getting there.

Robert thats some impressive work that you have done with Pats wagon.I have only 1 suggestion
for you,why not let a bikini babe take all your pictures so we have something to look at in the
reflection?

Flasheroo wrote:

Robert ,why not let a bikini babe take all your pictures so we have something to look at in the
reflection?

+1

Looks a lot better!

Like I said earlier..... Just good enough to be a daily driver.... that WAS a cute 20-something bikini clad babe in the reflection.

Spit'n shine!!!

A northern care package is on it's way....

Got the package......

The bikini was too small Pat, but I appreciate the offer.....

So I decided to start on the interior......














I foresee new floor mats and SEM carpet dye.......

how about some vacume use, some rug shampoo and some elbow grease. The more elbow grease you use the easier time you'll have getting in that bikini.....

Pat, my wife said that you are NOT going to get me into that G-string....... and those ARE the after vacuum pics, except the cargo area of course.

It has been my experience that the black mark next to the door in this pic will not come up. the carpet is stained.



the brown spots usually come up.

80% chance of strong storms tomorrow so no work until Sunday.


Anyone know what the SEM number is for this grey?

Worked on the bumper today.....

STILL NOT DONE, but my back hurts so I'm done for today.

Start:





Anyone know what kind of spider this is? ALMOST bit me....





and after 3 hours of heat, pry, cool, heat, pry, cool......

wish I was down there helping, got to be nice working outside, it's 5c here....

Sue hates spyders......

Robert that some impressive work on that bumper.All I know is that sure is one ugly spider and
it looks likes it wants to kick your butt.Is it still with us?

I must learn some of your bumper-fixing wizardry.

^^^^^you should drive north a 100 miles to serve your apprentiship

Perhaps. Perhaps.

buickestate wrote:

Sue hates spyders......

Well, that thing there is one of those uber-predator spiders.
If you got close enough (which would be stupid), you'd see several pairs of eyes.
Gram for gram, they might be the meanest mofos in the enemal kingdom.

Tis nothing more than a jumping spider. Getting bitten by one would take some work as they are pretty docile Spiders. They will hop on to a persons hand rather easily and walk around.

Oh that would be called a dead spider (daugther is affraid of spiders). Great job on the buffing looks really good.

That dent in the passengers door should come out pretty descent too. Use a uni-spotter and weld a stud to a piece of scrap metal no biger than the dent size and then glue it into the dent then allow to dry and use a dent puller,.... while applying pulling pressue, use a rubber hammer and lightly hit the upper ridge of the dent and the dent should come out rather nicely. Much better than what it looks like now. Then apply heat to it to remove the glued on metal piece. Just and ideal.

Oh yeah one more thing are you planning on doing some finish work to the bumper cover or just getting it more presentable? Got some tricks for you there too.

1993 Roady-man wrote:

Oh that would be called a dead spider

DING DING DING!!! No more calls please, we have a winner......

1993 Roady-man wrote:

That dent in the passengers door should come out pretty descent too. Use a uni-spotter and weld a stud to a piece of scrap metal no biger than the dent size and then glue it into the dent then allow to dry and use a dent puller,.... while applying pulling pressue, use a rubber hammer and lightly hit the upper ridge of the dent and the dent should come out rather nicely. Much better than what it looks like now. Then apply heat to it to remove the glued on metal piece. Just and ideal.

Used a suction cup and pulled it out, then used heat/ice (C02) to set. Never had any luck with the glue dent puller...

Good call loosing the belt line, Caprice wagons should never have had that junk!

Thanks moldymac

UPDATE:

Ran the interior through it's paces for the second time....









and the DRY dash cover (thanks to the harsh southern sun)



Most likely will have to do it one more time to get ALL of the coffee/Coke out of the carpet....

Might be easier to pull the carpet a hit it with a pressure washer...?

No time for that. I have 2 cars to prep and only so many hours of free time....

Mine hasn't seen a wash in 6 months.....

Sprocket wrote:

Might be easier to pull the carpet a hit it with a pressure washer...?

I'll do that when I get it home

Does look better. Toss some new floor mats in there and it'd be fine.

Oh yeah when it comes to carpet cleaning for us we use "Tuff Stuff" big yellow and red aerosol can which you can find at any autozone or advanced auto parts stores,.. that stuff works miracles at times.

Used a mytee 8070 hot water extractor. Kind of like Stanley steamer does... Tiff stuff cleans the top of the fibers. This cleans the carpet.

I still love this guy's work on floor and cargo mats. So sharp! I really want to get a set of his wide front mats, that got up to the door edge, as seen on the Impala forum link in this thread. https://gmlongroof.4umer.com/t3761-rear-cargo-mat So sharp!

Oh and more on topic, I helped a friend move a washing machine with my wagon. It just barely fit...the rear opening on our curvy wagons is lower than the old boxy wagons, but got it in and the gate closed.

While moving it, old water from the washer leaked out...nasty...my fauly for not putting down a tarp. I ended up using a steam cleaner on the cargo carpet. Tough Stuff and Woolite would not get it out. Steam cleaner did.

Such fun!

-Mike

Update, found his Ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Uncle-WoWos-Floor-Mats-and-Stuff?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Yep, we lost some 'deck height' when the general went to the bubble shape.

Off topic here too but I stuck a fullsize Suzuki motorcycle in my wagon last year. it stuck out the back a bit but we got it home.

Now back to your regular scheduled programing.

Time for a dash mat Pat!! So nice....you know you want one...

I don't know why so much effort is being put into this car, Pat is just going to flip it.
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Yeah, but did you get both meanings?

Got the bumper finished and painted today. "standard" on the variance chart was a tad light, and "darker" was just too dark, so I custom made "by eye". Sun was going down and the light was bad, so pics tomorrow.

I hope you like it Pat, 'cause it's what you're getting

I'm sure it will be fine

Robert, your "by eye" is "minty mint" to most of us here. lol

Stingroo wrote:

Robert, your "by eye" is "minty mint" to most of us here. lol

I'm not nearly that good.......yet lol.



Still too dark.....






As you can see here, the bumper support is still bent underneath and is pushing the bumper up.



Also, passenger front window roller broke this morning

Pat, you have your work cut out for you over the summer......

looks close enough for me in the pictures.




a blind man would b e happy to see it

That baby is coming back very nicely!
Great work!

Looks good and remember never tell anybody it doesn't match because most people can't see it. Never shoot yourself in the foot. Learned that long time ago,.. great job.

blend it it back 1/2 along the door, it,ll hide it,.

two tone paint looks good on old wagons,.

Nick

Don't you mean the fender. Actually he could hide it less than 8 inches into the fender. And blend it back with some solvent and it will turn out nice.

True, but I still have MUCH to do and still need to give mine the needed TLC it deserves. Time is running short......... that and I painted the bumper cover off the vehicle, otherwise, it would have been blended "just because"

1993 Roady-man wrote:

Don't you mean the fender. Actually he could hide it less than 8 inches into the fender. And blend it back with some solvent and it will turn out nice.

Ahem, sorry, i forgot to add the sarcasm smiley. maybe it would have seemed funny-er if i,d have said blend it half way back along the quarter panel,.

Nick

I'm getting pretty excited, only 9 more days till I get my new wagon!

Well, I am excited too!! This is your first LT1 wagon right??

Pat, did you start that riot in London last night? Was the party store out of cherry coke?