the 2013 thread on my 95 Parisienne wagon

it was once a chrome strip, sanded primed and now painted, sad part is that it was the last NOS caprice chrome strip in Canada according to the pervious owner of the bumper.... looks better painted

For the record.......AGAIN! Done a hundred used (OEM) bumpers with no issues... you do ONE Chinese "Value" aftermarket bumper... and the paint doesn't stick...

Pat, did you mention that that bumper shattered into a bunch of pieces when it got cold?

I will NEVER order another Chinese knockoff bumper cover again...

Those parts look awesome Pat, did you fix that artifact in the fender (center)?

yes the cheap aftermarker bumper cover did shatter when it got to -20c from rubbing on some hard packed snow while pulling into a parking spot, and that's a different fender

I am curious as to how the paint will match on the fender and door.... 13 years of Florida sun tends to fade paint.....

Superior Finish wrote:

I am curious as to how the paint will match on the fender and door.... 13 years of Florida sun tends to fade paint.....

Ah Ha! That is why you bought a Maine wagon.

Tom

Maine! your wagon is from Maine.

funny he buys a northern wagon while some of us buy wagons from Georgia......

four days and the paint is still holding tight to my bumper!

so this morning I took a long nature walk and found some b bodies

took some good windsheild moldings from this fleewood, so no more A pillar windnoise for the 95

then a bit further I walked up to the reason why I got the 95 in the first place

























I miss this wagon, wish it never happened...but I'm thankful I'm still here and can carry on...

buickestate wrote:

funny he buys a northern wagon while some of us buy wagons from Georgia......

four days and the paint is still holding tight to my bumper!

Wait 'Till it rains.....

...And, I bought the MAB in Jacksonville, from the estate of a Maine snowbird.

I would have loved to have some parts off that Fleetwood...it looks nice!

I bet your wagon has that fresh paint smell inside...mmmmm. I like that, the smell of new carpet, new tires and the smell of gasoline. I'm messed up

it rained today!

not inside the car.......

Chris you are just a car guy, I bet you know guys by their cars and not their names

Yeah...how I know everyone and how I remember relatives from my childhood too. lol

today's project was to clean up the roof, buff the paint, change the southern sun faded roof rack and rails for better condition northern one off my parts car.....

Nice work, Pat!

Are those well nuts hard to find and will one box of 25 complete the job?Looks great by the way,paint sure did turn out nice too.

^ I just had a discussion with him on facebook about those. The part number shows up on Amazon and eBay, but they don't look quite like his picture. They do look like what's on the box (without the taper). I'll probably order a box here soon and see if they're the same, because my roof rack ribs need to go back on.

Yeah, where is your well nut source!

Nice Job Pat. I can get those nuts from my supplier.

you only need 25, 24 for my roof, less for a rmw or occ, I had no trouble finding them at my local fastner supplier, ray just found some on amazon and ebay

Nice work!  Looks great!

Not sure what the problem with pictures are.....

Same as before with the [IMG /IMG] codes. Just need to hit "preview" to see the pics, same as before.

Pat, not sure what you DID to her, but her nose was shiny when I left her with you

funny that post a pic of the old bumper Robert, I changed it today , I also swapped out the old twisted metal sub bumper and bumper shocks


you can see how twisted the sub bumper was, hence why nothing lined up right, and it was a chineese knock off, so this wagon has a history of front end damage.......




there was still some paint left on the bumper cover, found it when I pulled the front plate off it



and here you can see what a cunk of icey snow bank did the brittle knock off bumper cover



here is the new to me freshly painted bumper cover mounted on the new old oem sub bumper installed and looking nice

Wellllll?   Where's the final pics with the headlights in?   We're waiting!!!

going to change the passenger fender in the morning so no point putting the passenger side back in, and the driver's side needed to be pin stripped. just finished that.

so you are just going to have to wait mike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTk7AZV2OB8  - Great song though!

Looks good!

Great job! Love how you pulled it all together with the faux Pontiac front end....BRAVO!

well got the new painted fender on the wagon this morning, and got the headlights in

SWEET!!   Nice Poncho!

Looks great!

Well here is something that I've not seen since I've owned this wagon, front wheel well trim!






 here it is cleaned up, done working on her for this week

Pat, you're the first guy I've ever seen remove a roof rack, just to put it back on again!

Looking good.

^ Nope. I did, too. 

lol I should have let the body guy fill it... he offered.

I kinda like the rack, though. Sue me.

Well, duh.

just a hint

if you are like me when you think of guys putting LED's on and in their cars, you think rice bling......


well I used LED's to replace the burnt under hood bulb..... 





no flash in a dark shop with no windows, all the light is from the under hood LED's

works for me

I think those hood lamps will show up on satellite photos!

Too cool,steering wheel is a nice touch...

now close the hood but leave the light on,...  

see how many honda's it'll attract,....

sure makes checking the oil easy,.....

they on a separate switch?

I talked to Pat about them a bit. Soldered wires to the factory hood light terminals so it works as normal.


...probably copying this.

source of some of my wind noise at the base of the A pillars



this is how it should look like, this is on my 93