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PostSubject: A little cosmetic surgery   A little cosmetic surgery Icon_minitimeWed Oct 09, 2024 8:38 pm

My Cruiser has been with me Since 2007.  I bought the car off ebay from a dealer about an hour from me.  It had been repossessed from the former owner and was barely road worthy.  I bought it for parts.

After relaying the car home over the course of a week or two, I pulled it into the garage and started cleaning all the junk out of it.  During the process I found the car to be darned solid and practically zero rust.  Turns out it was a life long VA car, purchased new in Arlington.  So, after some more investigation I decided it was too nice to part out and fixed it up turning it into a not-quite-daily driver and hauler.   This was somewhere around 96k miles, I'm uncertain the actual mileage because the speed sensor was broken when I got the car and for who knows how long it had been like that.

With lots of work, parts and help from other wagon nuts, I got him cleaned up and looking great.  Even went to WagonFest NY a couple times and got the chance to drive him on the Watkins Glen track.

Here he is at that time.  OZ's and SStreetlights even.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MQ6sait4vEz4PWjT8

That was mostly original paint and sadly years of sitting outside has taken its toll.  I've been wanting to properly fix the car back up but the time and funds simply weren't there.   After selling my Fleetwood this spring I've got things going!  New headliner and audio system were done and last week I dropped him off for body and paint work.

Here he is, finally in the garage as I started to get ready for the paint work.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JeeE5GZR8TuzaEs68

Working with the body shop we decided the paint and filler was so bad on the original hood it would actually be cheaper to cut in another.  So, on goes a spare white hood.  Trim removed so the door can be properly un-dented.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eDiYuPpji5u87VsJA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GV7cpSbMYD5CGeFG9

I forgot to snap a shot at drop off but hope to get some progress pics along the way.   Looking like about a month and a half until he's all done!  Keeping the paint original as I really love this color when it's not all faded and losing the clearcoat.

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PostSubject: Re: A little cosmetic surgery   A little cosmetic surgery Icon_minitimeSat Oct 12, 2024 8:36 pm

Nice!

looking forward to seeing the updates and outcome.
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PostSubject: Re: A little cosmetic surgery   A little cosmetic surgery Icon_minitimeSun Oct 20, 2024 8:09 pm

Thanks! A bit of a delay but they should start work tomorrow! Over the weekend I did a test repaint of the luggage rack bar. Really struggling to find replacement 'chrome' trim for the front bumper.
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PostSubject: Re: A little cosmetic surgery   A little cosmetic surgery Icon_minitimeTue Oct 29, 2024 3:10 pm

i forget if the olds has similar fake chrome strip on the front bumper like the roadmaster but i tried painting mine on my wagon - think i may have some pics somewhere - using chrome spray paint followed by some clearcoat. looked pretty good for a few months, but didn't hold up in the florida sun and ocean spray. I just sold my wagon so i can't show how it looks now.
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