1967 Ford Squire wagon restoration

Boy, you should go into the NOS business! That looks great!

 

Body ready for first primer coat.





Doors with first coat of primer. Block sanding then more primer:

 

Coming along nicely. Thanks for the pics.

 

Doc that wagon is going to look so good it's unreal.

 

1967 Ford Cruise-O-Matic MX transmission rebuilt by Tim's Transmission Penn Hills, Pa. Detailed and repainted by yours truly!





Restored 1967 (only year like this) Front turn signals

 

Doc you are doing amazing work.

 

cubic dollars!!!

 

Te parece???

He's passionate and meticulous, and he can. The thing I like is it's his start at the new Jay Leno Garage on the other coast. It'll be a keeper. Good for us.

I'd do that, if I had the bucks. Shop out what I can to the experts, and focus on what I can. Instead, I got lucky and started with a rust free car and a newly rebuilt power train.

Chance happeneth to them all... (somewhere in Proverbs.)

 

Really not as many "Cubic Dollars" as you may think. I am doing the lions share of work myself. All of the detail work is above what I figured I would be doing on this car, but since its all apart, I cant help but fix what I see. I have restored motorcycles for years and this is my first car. The body work and body paint is the majority of what I did not have the ability to do.

 

Doc what paints did you use?

 

Norman,
Thanks for all the compliments!!


Just curious, I Lost you in your last post..what are you talking about with Jay Lenos garage...and what does Ta Parece refer to?

 

Te parece? referred to the cubic dollars. No restoration of any depth is without some major cash layout. I saved about $8,000 doing my own woodgrain, woodgraining on my mouldings and my Roller Paint job, AT LEAST. What you've shopped out is likely in that range or a couple long ones more. I didn't do any sand blasting, for instance.

$arge was astounded at what it appeared to cost to get it done by pros. My comment was asked him if that appeared to be a lot of dollars out of pocket. Some tasks are really hard to do without the investment in space (my problem without a garage) or specialized tools and equipment.

Once you're done that one in concours condition, you could do like our other Ford Fleet maestro, the Rev, and add to this gem, as far as my Jay Leno remark.

I do commend you on the level of detail that you bring to this massive project, and I'm glad to see that you put your own skills and talent to it. That's how I am with the hobby and I celebrate that with any, like yourself, who invest themselves in doing the best they can, at whatever level of skillsets they might have.

Hence my constant watch to see how yours is coming along, and if there's any way I can help advance it.

Some folks come for a quick sale of whatever they think us wagon masters might want. Some come for a quick solution to an immediate issue. The real hobbyists are the ones that get deserved attention and support. I support your project sincerely. Its well done, and from what you started with, amazing.

 

Are you fine with that or is there something unclear?

 

what color are you going to repaint it as? i dont really know what color was when it was original?