The Stickman's Custom Cruiser Build thread

Very cool....I am loving this wagon more and more! The stance/wheels/paint are so nice

Chris

Well I promised more updates and here they are. Here are some body mods I did with the bumpers. First the front bumpers are tucked in. The one bumper shock was partially collapsed so I collapsed it all the way. Now to collapse the other one I had to drill a hole in it. Then I stripped the bumper down and painted it black.











Then onto the rear bumper. I stripped it down and painted it black like the front. I took it off the mounts and put it against the body and it looks great. But I have to figure out the mounts to get it right but here is how I want it to like

Here is the rear suspension mods I have done. These are my Metco Billet Aluminum LCA's. I really like these arms. They are very nice quality pieces.



They allowed me to mount a sedan swaybar on may wagon until I can get a set of much bigger wagon bars.

Here are the arms mounted without the swaybar mounted.



Here it is with the swaybar mounted.





ANd here is a pic showing the twist in it.

Ok I bought a new Edebrock High rise Performer intake part #7111. I bought it cause the old Performer is warped to hell and I need to fix the leak problem. ALthough I think it might be a problem with the head because the cast iron intake leaked at the EGR crossover too. But then again I didn't read the turkey try gasket directions either time i did it until after the last one that said to use gasket sealer around the ports. Never had to do this on any other car. So hopefully this will seal right and I can get all the performance outa my engine that I should. Here are so some pics comapring the 2 Performer intakes.





You can clearly see the new intake is about 2 inches taller than the old one.
Here is it mounted and with the carb on it.





Now it did represent a big problem. The base plate for the batwing aircleaner is flat so it sits up off the carb. Thankfully I had an old HUGE aircleaner that had a drop down base that is the same size. So I swapped one for the other(will need some trimming) and low and behold I can close my hood.

Coming together nicely! Are we going to get to see this ride in person at WagonFest?

I love that batwing aircleaner!!

DBeaSSt wrote:

Coming together nicely! Are we going to get to see this ride in person at WagonFest?

Yup providing no more problems creap up like the trans seal blowing out and I don't get a migraine attack. but both our wagons should be there. I am so missing driving my wagon right now. Hope to have the trans back in by next weekend.

Well I got my transmission back from the rebuilder after the front seal went. I figured I might as well get the shiftkit put in and have the whole trans rebuilt. I also figured while the trans was out to replace the LT-1 radiator with an all aluminum one and to replace the Edelbrock Intake that was warped with another better one. The Intake was easy and I covered that in a previous post. The radiator was a bit more involved. I could not use the LT-1 radiators fans and since I had to shell out big dough for the trans rebuild I couldn't get new fans which can cost a good penny. So I bought 2 junkyard fans and made my own mounts. I think it came out very well.

Very short update. I got the trans cooler on. I will actually be running two The cylinder heatsink one plus this Perma Cool one with the fan on it. I think this one wll not only help keep the trans temp down. Not sure it was high to begin with but now that the trans is built up I don't want to take any chances. But it should also help with keeping the engine temps down due to the extra fan. I also got some work done to the fan shroud for on top of the radiator. But it's not quite finished.

Lookin good! I was able to go check on that tailgate for you yesterday. All 3 of them are metal...

93wgn wrote:

Lookin good! I was able to go check on that tailgate for you yesterday. All 3 of them are metal...

Damn, but thanx anyways.

Ok here is the top shroud I made for the new radiator. It needs to be polished but it looks pretty good I think. I may need to move the fans a bit closer to the rad but I'm not sure at this point.

Looks good man! WIll you need to made a bracket or something to cradel the upper rad hose? Or will it be fine (or you can put a spring inside it too I guess)

You do good work!

FINALLY!!!!! I have all 4 seats in and mounted. Finally. And I have to say it makes the interior look great. I still need to put new carpet in and fix the headliner as well as other things but the seats and the way they are in the car really look cool. It has a theater style arrangement.

Ok time for a tiny update as I haven't done much. But I did a very simple cheap mod that I thought I should pass on. I thought the rear sat a touch higher than I liked and someone from another forum let me in on a secret. Seems G-Body rear springs work in a B-Body and lower it quite nicely. It gave me anoth inch drop over my Eibachs. Not only that but it slightly softened up the ride on the front suspension. I thought they would be too weak to hold the rear up and not bounce. But it worked quite nicely. Still have to see how it corners but the ride seems great.

Hey Stickman
how are you doing.

Keep it coming man. I love your car and wish I'd never sold my box wagon.

love the stance! not a fan of cut springs but damn, that just looks sick! might have to look into something for my caprice.