Well, one of my buddies said that he had a good engine and tranny for Robbie's project car soooooo........

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huh?

He bought the whole car and it is in decent shape! A wagon, way too nice to pull the engine and tranny, so now he has switched focus.

Oh and I think we found the problem!!

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SWEET
is that DW's wagon?
Jonathan

I remember the ole Light Adriatic Blue Lt1 Wagon.

Years ago , New York State bought it brand new.
Then it was purchased by a dealer in Saugerties, NY off Rte 87.

Eventually made it to Craig's shop.
A good friend of mine bought it and drove it to CNY.

Now Robbie Has it

Robbie -- Enjoy the new ride
You need wagon parts? -- Go see Fred.
He has a parts yard with wagons.

Wutz

Things are looking up!!

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Nice to see it going back together already. Looks like a keeper!

Yeah - ready to drive!!

Haha

Shes not read just yet, headers still have to be installed,
straight pipes/mufflers have to be welded,
and oil/brake/tranny lines all have to be fixed or replaced.

Im guessing.... end of June???

-Robbie

Well at the rate I'm going, wrong parts on the rear-end, now the RR's & Springs, you just might beat me to the road!! Good luck with it! Long live the long roofs!! See ya at WagonFest

Coming along....


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Is that the infamous Shaggin Wagon of former DW fame?

LOL, very observant Paul, yes it is.

I think those Corvette red brake calipers add at least 10 HP and 5 mph top end! Are you going to get the decals to put on them (not!)

PLEASE, don't give him anymore ideas.

Decals??

-Those add more weight!!

lol owning a Bbody and being concerned about weight is like owning a hummer and asking about it's gas mileage... but you guys know my thoughts on that

So Robie, is this going to be a daily driver or race car?? or both?
Jonathan

Well i figured what the heck,
It'd be fun to be the odd man out racing a wagon.
So this beast is going to be a daily driver and a race car

Robbie

Oh boy!!

Did I hear something about "showing the old man how it's done?"

Haha you betcha!!
-Anytime!!
-Anywhere!!!

My two cents for that wagon - TransGo, and nitrous. Upgrade the ignition, slap some fun mufflers in there, and call it done.

Amazing what taking some trim off a car does for it!! Robbie says THANKS to Dave and Nick Servati for coming over and helping!!

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you gonna glossy black those rims or paint them silver???
I say glossy black!!!!
Jonathan

Actually,
Dave and I officially decided on painting
the inside spoke of the rim the same color
as the body. Then we'd leave the same
silver on the outer rim, with of course a little touch up haha.

-This way looking at the car from a far you wouldn't
be able to see the blue but when you go to look at it
closer you'll be able to see it. We thought it would look pretty neet!

-Robbie

Nice rims.

I think the LAB centers will look awesome! Coming along nicely, man!!!

And I think you just convinced me to pull the beltline trim off my wagon, too.

Well this girl is fighting me a tad, first the tail gate locking mechanism is not letting the gate swing open only drops. Then all the nuts on the front grill, lights, etc all siezed with this odd orange coating - not known to me it looks to be iron oxide - but I could be wrong .

Then I found this:

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and yes that white thing is my sneaker:

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Looks like we'll be needing a bit more sheet metal than we originally estimated for

Good Ole I-90 Rust Buckets --- Your Typical Buffalo,NY to Boston,MA Vehicle.



Dave,
Thanks for the Photos,
It's a shame that we have to deal with Rust.
Folks from down South and out West,
Probally have never had to deal with Rot like this.

Wutz

Ouch. Looks like it will be mostly out of sight though.

Well we've got about 6 hours into the disassembly (little kid watching time included) and here is what we have seen:
Stripped
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Rack off:
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Minor attention to hood needed:
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Bit more of a challenge here:
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Little body work (inspecter Sam on hand):
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And stripping the layers of paint off a solid donor fender to replace the
rusted passenger side:
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did DW include a good tailgate? if not i bet Fred has one for you it'll definately save time...
looks SWEET!!
Jonathan

A little work with dolly and hammer, ground down the paint and she's ready for some filler:

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little rust repair still needed - Robbie/Rob can you bring my torch over?

Nice work Dave !!!! Thanks for the Photos and write up.

Our Upstate New York & Rusty Vehicles.

Jon - A couple years ago -- dW had a White Buick Roadmaster Tailgate in nice shape.

I know Rob's Chevy will look Good with the RAISSE members working on it.





Wutz

How do the floors look on top, or not that far yet? If it's still in the paint shop I'd be interested in taking a look at it in progress.

Rob & Robbie - boy were you guys right to call off tonight! Around 8:30 it "seemed" like it had cooled down - so I fire up the compressor, and start prepping the hood for some filler and I almost went into heat stroke!! - I started sweating, it was dripping on the hood - I said sheeat man - turned off the lights and closed the door and jumped into the pool!

I PM'd Fred about the floorboards and the wheel well tonight so I'll let you know what he said. See ya tomorrow night?

Dave

Making progress?!?

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My other helpers:
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Sam he's the man:

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Think he'll be working on cars??
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That kid's a riot! Something tells me he might be a bit of a handful when he grows up

Are you guys bringing that thing to wagonfest?

Umb... Good question haha.

Is that safer than cinderblocks?

Bringing this thread back from the dead ...

decided that this weekend Robbies Whale needed to be DONE so we finished the prep, washed her, got the garage ready (took for ever) and started the transformation.

At 1:45pm she looked like this:
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and the tail gate looked ready too:
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Then with 2 coats of B/C and 2 Coats of clear:

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Now to assemble !!

Robbie ready for English town??

Hell Yea I'm ready for E-town!!!!

Dave, I've got to hand it to you, you did a awesome job on that car.
I really appreciate the hard work and time you put into it, it really means a lot to me.
She turned out 10 times better then I ever would have thought!!!!

Thanks again Dave!

Rob's Draging Wagon

Nice Job Dave on all the work.

Rob -- I like the new Silver Color you picked out.

Wutz

no update???