So what are your plans for the winter?

Roadmaster:
-Fix floors
-Sound deadener
-Finish Interior
-Finish Buick/Camaro hybrid cluster
-PCM Tune
-new tires
-wheel bearings
-Save some money for machine work

Subaru:
-Detail Interior
-Acquire summer wheels/tires

Dodge Truck:
-fix floors
-replace rockers with steel tube
-custom fenders and bedsides
-Remove lift

1960 Buick:
-Rear brakes
-4-barrel carb and intake manifold
-new used tires
-generally get into drivable condition

Other:
-Finish setting up my shop
-Maybe flip a car or 2 to add to the mod fund
-Go to work once in a while

I don't have a chance of getting to even half of these....

Enjoy my newly installed rear brakes on the DGGM:


Send a 9C1 cluster out to it's buyer, got to get a box and leave the house to ship it.
Replace the rusted out Flowmasters on the DGGM
Install Headers and 2.5 inch exhaust to the mufflers on the DGGM
Fix the suspected intake manifold leak on the DGGM
Front end rebuild on the DGGM
Figure out what to do with the tubular X-member that won't fit on the DGGM.
Maybe buy another DGGM Caprice wagon next week, don't worry it is a front end hit car.
Enjoy the warm weather.

Hey Rob,the brakes look great.Have you had a chance to see how they feel in a real hard stop?
Very nice looking conversion.
Jim

Not yet. Took it off the stands. Bedded the pads. Went to turn around. Look left, look right, look across, pull out to turn left and almost got T-boned from the left by a guy cursing at a rapid rate, almost as fast as he was going coming around the bend in his big pick up. Just mashed it, lit the tires up and the open cat pipes sang. Pulled it back in the garage. for now.
I imagine it will stop plenty fine with the HD12 set up on the front and the rear discs. Maybe not as good as the grey wagon but it will stop.

Mustangs and Camaros beware of tailgating that wagon!
Jim

I love that wagon. lol It's so gorgeous in person.



Also to my winter mod list: new tail lights.

THis winter, I'm spending as much time on the beach as possible.

jasonlachapelle wrote:

Bewber wrote:

Get the '51 truck running by spring.

Acquire a TBI wagon and a new sawzall for my super secret build to be unveiled at the 2012 Back to the Bricks and Woodward.

consider acquiring convert2diesel's wagon. I can help with delivery. It's in nice shape and it would be a waste to junk it.

Thanks, but I really only need a shell, which Pat has. I recently resolved the issue of getting a title for it by acquiring my donor platform, which I'll title, then just put the wagon body on that chassis and roll.

So now that I have a donor chassis that's only 3.5 hours north and a donor body that's only 2.5 hours east and in a different country - the darn thing is practically already built!

Alls that's left now is evrything!

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

DBeaSSt wrote:

Maybe fly to NH and indefinitely "borrow" a nice red Fleetwood. You know, to keep it out of the snow of course.

It could happen.

....after all it is for sale!!!!!!

Not anymore.

And for the record, I was joking.... I thought.

Lol!

Still trying to unpack from the move...but once all the wagons and tools are in one place again...I need to fix the power locks on the OCC, put new door panels on Jade....and get my metal garage!

i won't be doing much on the wagons this winter, mebbe spring time,.the black one has no motor trans or wiring harness inpreparation for a motor trans upgrade, or it may end up being a parts car,. its' fate hangs in the balance,.
Thanks to eagle cranks, i have to re-re the blue wagons' trans to install an oversize pilot bushing,and flash the computer with a new tune for the big motor,.many thanks to JAYSS for helping with that,.we got a jump on winter this year and everything was put away before the snow came,. i was a bit late putting stuff away last year, and this was the result,

it fired just fine and the trick to driving in snow with summer tires is to have plenty of wheel speed for forward momentum,.


Nick

where is the impalamino nick?

Krzdimond wrote:

Seeing as I JUST got the title in today for the replacement to the "parts hungry bitch" (bought a 2004 Chevy Express 3500 extended wheelbase van), I am going to get the wagon back into "show ready" condition. Then sell her off to the highest bidder. 90 thousand hard miles in 5 1/2 years was more than she could handle and I will be replacing the rear bearings and pinion yet again. (maybe just replace the whole frigging axle...)

An update to my original post:

After numerous conversations with the wife, I have decided to keep the wagon..... for now. She says I will regret it if I sell, but I believe it's because she doesn't want the payments of the replacement STS.

So, now it looks like I need to get her ready for the Daytona spring show.

Anyone have a center console and T56 laying around?

Robert you married a very smart women.You would regret selling your wagon pretty quickly as I
regretted just thinking about selling my OCC early this year.
Jim

Krzdimond wrote:

Krzdimond wrote:

Seeing as I JUST got the title in today for the replacement to the "parts hungry bitch" (bought a 2004 Chevy Express 3500 extended wheelbase van), I am going to get the wagon back into "show ready" condition. Then sell her off to the highest bidder. 90 thousand hard miles in 5 1/2 years was more than she could handle and I will be replacing the rear bearings and pinion yet again. (maybe just replace the whole frigging axle...)

An update to my original post:

After numerous conversations with the wife, I have decided to keep the wagon..... for now. She says I will regret it if I sell, but I believe it's because she doesn't want the payments of the replacement STS.

So, now it looks like I need to get her ready for the Daytona spring show.

Anyone have a center console and T56 laying around?

Dang and I had the perfect car for ya too.

I have a non shifter S-10 console in grey. Prolly not what you want though.

Looking for some indoor storage for my RMW, and if a deal I'm working on goes as planned, winter storage for the 1A2 as well. I would need a pair of winter beater wagons for this to happen though.

I guess I could modify mine now too...

Delete the caddy stuff from the list.

And Bird stuff.
Get it home and into garage
pull 5.3 and all from buddy's 02 silverado
finish getting t56 parts and pick up tranny from shop
find and buy f-body accesories and pan
buy LOTS of suspension and chassis upgrades
learn about wiring
tear it apart and make it fast

toomanytoyz wrote:

I guess I could modify mine now too...

Delete the caddy stuff from the list.

And Bird stuff.
Get it home and into garage
pull 5.3 and all from buddy's 02 silverado
finish getting t56 parts and pick up tranny from shop
find and buy f-body accesories and pan
buy LOTS of suspension and chassis upgrades
learn about wiring
tear it apart and make it fast
grow a sweet mullett and mutton chops
buy a CB radio and KQV whip antenna
search yard sales for white snake and ratt tapes

you see what i did there?

a1awind wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

I guess I could modify mine now too...

Delete the caddy stuff from the list.

And Bird stuff.
Get it home and into garage
pull 5.3 and all from buddy's 02 silverado
finish getting t56 parts and pick up tranny from shop
find and buy f-body accesories and pan
buy LOTS of suspension and chassis upgrades
learn about wiring
tear it apart and make it fast
grow a sweet mullett and mutton chops
buy a CB radio and KQV whip antenna
search yard sales for white snake and ratt tapes

you see what i did there?

impalamino car is still in the yard,.

a1awind wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

I guess I could modify mine now too...

Delete the caddy stuff from the list.

And Bird stuff.
Get it home and into garage
pull 5.3 and all from buddy's 02 silverado
finish getting t56 parts and pick up tranny from shop
find and buy f-body accesories and pan
buy LOTS of suspension and chassis upgrades
learn about wiring
tear it apart and make it fast
grow a sweet mullett and mutton chops
buy a CB radio and KQV whip antenna
search yard sales for white snake and ratt tapes

you see what i did there?

I did.

And I AM growing a mullet. But you left out the wife beaters and gold chains. Unless of course you realized I was a guinea and already had that stuff...

lol Nice, Bill.


Adding tinting tail lights to my list after seeing your results with the Rusto rather than the VHT garbage. Pulled them out of the attic and got some sandpaper today.

Also removed my AIR pump since it was rattling.

Get the right belt Roo?

Bought the right belt the first time. Neglected to RTFM.

After over three years of running it in primer I'm going to finally finish painting my wagon, replace the ball joints, control arm bushings and tie rods, and track down my tranny fluid leak.