The Swinkster 6spd wagon safely here re-homed in Texas!

I'm beyond excited to see the famous Swinkster 6spd wagon safely re-homed here in Texas. Have "known" this car for YEARS. The car will be making it's way to Round Rock soon for me to refurbish a bit. Last drove this 4-5 years ago and totally loved it. Looking forward to the project!!




-Texas Mike

Glad it went to a good home.

Step 1: lower it.

Cant wait to see what you do with it. Very cool!

RedandBlack wrote:

Step 1: lower it.

BWAHAHAHA. Last thing this guy will ever do to a car.

It needs it though. Looks like a dog on the trail of some drugs.

Must be sn illusion of the camera. But the rear wheel appears to be of smaller diameter than the front.

The distortion is due to the poor paralax of the lens. It starts to go a little fisheye at the edges

What?! No interior photos?!

Glad it made the journey safely! Eager to see the progress you make with it!

Well when it arrived it had a broken ignition switch, one of the front brake calipers was frozen, the rear tailgate window would not open and the temp gauge pegged when you started the car.  Ha!   New switch installed, brakes fixed, park-lockout repaired so rear window opens, and NOW Richard is finally driving it.  

He's going to drive it a few weeks and make a list of work to be done.   I know the driver's door panel is cracked where they all crack, but amazingly I have a perfect tan one in my attic parts stash!   It's got to go to my body guy to have the rusty spare tire well repaired, and the steering wheel needs to be re-dyed. It also needs a LOT of cleaning and detailing, but I love doing that stuff!

He sent me the pic below yesterday, so I need to locate the bumper corner chrome trim, see pic below, and it also looks like the wood is getting a little ratty, but I can get some paint and hide that a bit better.   Also I can tell the taillights need to be polished, and I may attempt to clear-coat them.   I want to restore those on my white car too.



We'll see!   He and I trade of work and favors (and cars), and I'm really looking forward to diving into this project in a week or two.  

We're also planning to have a nice little wagon gathering at either the Round Rock or Austin Cars and Coffee with this car, my white Roady, and my two friends with their gold Roady wagons.  There is also a guy in Georgetown that has a nice Custom Cruiser, and the guy that owns my white Cruiser, so we'll see!

Projects!

-Texas Michael

What did you do to fix the temp gauge pegging by chance? New sensor in the block or was it wiring? I'm curious because I put a new sensor in mine and it still does it. I'm about to buy another since everything is apart...

brokecello wrote:

What did you do to fix the temp gauge pegging by chance? New sensor in the block or was it wiring?   I'm curious because I put a new sensor in mine and it still does it.  I'm about to buy another since everything is apart...

That's not fixed yet, but he checked it using the diagnostic readout in the climate controls and it wasn't overheating but that gauge.

You guys are making me worry....the Z28 cluster in my white 96 works perfectly....

Yeah, mine was the same. Climate control reads fine...but the gauge pegs when I start it up. (after I had to put a new sensor in the head). The climate control does not read from that sensor though. Heath and I are actually going to figure it out Sun...want to see why its doing it.

Love the new wagon. I might have bought it if it was on the market a few weeks earlier! LOL. On the note of the temp gauge, I'll share my experience with my 94 caprice just in case it is relevant.

The gauge always read low, and after going through many sensors, connectors, and chasing the wiring throughout the whole car, it ended up being the gauge itself. Can't remember if the roadmaster has it, but the caprice has a 'gauge check' function when cranking (pegs the gauge). It was my theory that after 20+ years of cranking, the gauge got messed up from being pegged every morning. Put a new gauge in the cluster and solved my problem.

94Woody wrote:

RedandBlack wrote:

Step 1: lower it.

BWAHAHAHA. Last thing this guy will ever do to a car.

It needs it though. Looks like a dog on the trail of some drugs.

But he'll cut a hole in the floor for a shifter???

Send me your address and I'll send you stainless piece.

1993 Roady-man wrote:

Send me your address and I'll send you stainless piece.

Sent! Thanks!

Can't wait to get started on the cleanup/refurbishment.

CBurne7 wrote:

94Woody wrote:

RedandBlack wrote:

Step 1: lower it.

BWAHAHAHA. Last thing this guy will ever do to a car.

It needs it though. Looks like a dog on the trail of some drugs.

But he'll cut a hole in the floor for a shifter???

What? The previous owner did that. Besides, Mike doesn't own it anyways. Just messing with him like I do on the facey page.

94Woody wrote:

RedandBlack wrote:

Step 1: lower it.

BWAHAHAHA. Last thing this guy will ever do to a car.

It needs it though. Looks like a dog on the trail of some drugs.

It has airlift bags in the back, let the air out and lose the rake.....

Any updates Mr. Massey?

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Any updates Mr. Massey?

Nope. I think he's having too much fun driving it to give it up! Knowing Richard he's already detailing it because he can't leave anything alone.

Last we spoke he was driving it and making a 2-do list for when it comes back east to Austin. I've got my body guy lined up to do the spare tire well repair, and I found a perfect tan driver's-front door panel in my attic parts-stash, so I'm itching to get to work.

That all said, I really want to take the 70-mile trip out to pick it up in my wagon, and then have my kiddo Eddie follow my back, with Texas Hill Country wagon pics and backroad fun on the way home, and currently my wagon is down with a broken cat converter, so I've not been bugging him about picking up the car.

Updates Soon!

-Michael

Of course Eddie will drive the NotRod correct?!?!?

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Of course Eddie will drive the NotRod correct?!?!?

We'll see!

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We'll see!

Parentspeak for "no".

dmg4 wrote:

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We'll see!

Parentspeak for "no".

I am fluent in such verbal expressions.......

Neat. What a stunner! Love the exterior.

Did stainless meet your expectations?

1993 Roady-man wrote:

Did stainless meet your expectations?

Sent you a Message.

-Mike