my new toy

Posts : 371 Join date : 2014-07-01 Location : Mid-Michigan

Hi, new to the forum, just spent the weekend picking up my 94 RMW. I drove down to Virginia to pick up a rust free example. I really hate rust.

pretty much blew all my booze and hooker money to buy this so unless I sell some other toys it is going to be nothing but little repairs and upgrades for a while. the only thing "broken" are the rear window struts. I will have the wife glue up the edges of the headliner and the missing clips on the drivers door.

I have to find and unplug the air compressor for the self leveling shocks. the PO had new KYB shocks put on the rear and the lines are just sitting there.

apparently I cant post a photo. Mad

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Welcome to the group Fred,another nice Va wagon heads to the rustbelt.One of the guys with a newer wagon will be here shortly to help you with that compressor location.

Posts : 371 Join date : 2014-07-01 Location : Mid-Michigan

I posted it in the wagon section of the SS impala forum if you want to see pics.

Subject: Re: my new toy Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:00 pm

welcome to the forum my family is in Royal Oak...Jeff

Posts : 164 Join date : 2013-02-09 Location : MA

On my 95 RMW, that compressor is located on the DS, behind/above a plastic panel in front of the front tire.

Posts : 371 Join date : 2014-07-01 Location : Mid-Michigan

Bull wrote:: On my 95 RMW, that compressor is located on the DS, behind/above a plastic panel in front of the front tire.

please forgive my ignorance but what is DS?

are you the "bull" from GJ?

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frederickflintstone wrote:

Bull wrote:: On my 95 RMW, that compressor is located on the DS, behind/above a plastic panel in front of the front tire.

please forgive my ignorance but what is DS?

are you the "bull" from GJ?

DS=driver's side.

I am that fellow.

Posts : 371 Join date : 2014-07-01 Location : Mid-Michigan

Bull wrote:

frederickflintstone wrote:

Bull wrote:: On my 95 RMW, that compressor is located on the DS, behind/above a plastic panel in front of the front tire.

please forgive my ignorance but what is DS?

are you the "bull" from GJ?

DS=driver's side.

I am that fellow.

WELL I HAVE YOU TO BLAME FOR THIS!

truly great to hear from you!

after you posted up your purchase I started looking into them. I really got the bug about 6 months ago. I just could not find a good one at a good price here.

so far I am very happy with my purchase.

I can post up pic's today or tomorrow, but I was able to add them on the wagon portion of the SS impala forum

Subject: Re: my new toy Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:27 am

Welcome and congrats on the new wagon!

Chris

Posts : 164 Join date : 2013-02-09 Location : MA

frederickflintstone wrote:

Bull wrote:

frederickflintstone wrote:

Bull wrote:: On my 95 RMW, that compressor is located on the DS, behind/above a plastic panel in front of the front tire.

please forgive my ignorance but what is DS?

are you the "bull" from GJ?

DS=driver's side.

I am that fellow.

WELL I HAVE YOU TO BLAME FOR THIS!

truly great to hear from you!

after you posted up your purchase I started looking into them. I really got the bug about 6 months ago. I just could not find a good one at a good price here.

so far I am very happy with my purchase.

I can post up pic's today or tomorrow, but I was able to add them on the wagon portion of the SS impala forum

White, wood delete, and clean enough to eat off the underside? I'm jealous!

Subject: Re: my new toy Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:50 am

Welcome! Nice clean looking car. Wish mine was that rust free.

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Bull wrote:: White, wood delete, and clean enough to eat off the underside? I'm jealous!

THANKS!
unfortunately it is not a wood delete. I had thought that the wood grain was removed, but unfortunately they just painted over it. it looks a little like ass around the door handles and license plate, but my main concern was body rust.

the PO had bought it from a vocational school that cleaned it up and painted it then auctioned it to raise money. he did some minimal repairs and then sold it to me.

I got it for the same price as a rusted out POS goes for here in Michigan.
he made money, I got a good deal, and for now, I don't have to remove the wood grain.

Subject: Re: my new toy Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:14 am

frederickflintstone wrote:: I pretty much blew all my booze and hooker money to buy this.....

WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!

... and welcome to the forum.

Dave

Subject: Re: my new toy Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:38 pm

Welcome to the forum!

-Mike

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I should be able to post up pics now

and the money shot for why I drove to Virginia to buy a car:

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I found out yesterday while replacing the struts on my back glass I do not have a center stop light on my car. my GUESS is that it goes on the back glass above the latch and was broken off.

Subject: Re: my new toy Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:25 am

Yes it's also a handle for shutting the rear glass from the inside.

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scoffman wrote:: Yes it's also a handle for shutting the rear glass from the inside.

thanks, I will have to see if there are pics on the web of the part. may need to buy a "parts car"

Subject: Re: my new toy Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:58 am

Does your cruise control work? The upper brake light has something to do with that.
Dick

Subject: Re: my new toy Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:03 am

frederickflintstone wrote:

scoffman wrote:: Yes it's also a handle for shutting the rear glass from the inside.

thanks, I will have to see if there are pics on the web of the part. may need to buy a "parts car"

Yeah a parts car.................that's how I started, lmao. Here I am 13 wagons later in 6 years. Mid Michigan you need to make friends with Cory, he's got oh I dunno half a dozen or so laying around his house.

Good looking ride you got there. Welcome.

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COL wrote:: Does your cruise control work? The upper brake light has something to do with that.
Dick

cruise works fine.

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Sprocket wrote:

frederickflintstone wrote:

scoffman wrote:: Yes it's also a handle for shutting the rear glass from the inside.

thanks, I will have to see if there are pics on the web of the part. may need to buy a "parts car"

Yeah a parts car.................that's how I started, lmao. Here I am 13 wagons later in 6 years. Mid Michigan you need to make friends with Cory, he's got oh I dunno half a dozen or so laying around his house.

Good looking ride you got there. Welcome.

thanks! and an intro to Cory would be most beneficial.

this is actually Buick # 3 in my current stable and my first LT1 powered vehicle. I am working on trying to get my 75 LeSabre convertible on the road this summer. and my 61 skylark while fairly rust free needs a rotisserie restoration.

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so I had it a week before I did something. swapped the rims of my 75 LeSabre convertible for the time being

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Nice looking wagon and so is your jeep,whats with the offset hoodscoop?Is that some sort of a air intake?

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Flasheroo wrote:: Nice looking wagon and so is your jeep,whats with the offset hoodscoop?Is that some sort of a air intake?

yes, directly over the cold air intake.