63 Bel Air wagon ( with a little patina )

Hi
Hopefully below is a pic of the 63 wagon I bought late last year . I had I shipped up to San Francisco from riverside ( while I was in the uk ) for a road trip down to San Diego along the 1 .
It proved faultless used it for four weeks put 2000 miles on it and did not miss a beat . Got talking to lots of people along the way ( who either wanted to buy it ,trade me for it , or had one way back when ) it's my first American car and I'm hooked !!!!
It needs new headliner and some sunvisors ( missing altogether ) interior has been trimmed new carpets ,seats ,door cards ,just thought I'd share this pic ( one of many of it along the way ....

Hope you like it ?
Cheers Steve

 

Like it? Hell, I LUV it..........

 

Steve, it's wonderful! I love it!

David

 

Welcome to the forum, Steve!

So, did you ship it home to the UK?

Marshall

 

That's a great looking survivor.

 

Awesome car Steve! to the best forum on the web!

 

Very cool! Is that the Impala taillight setup? Very neat.
Please post some more photos of her on your journey!
We love a good road trip!
Pete

 

You know, a few months ago we had a '63 Bel Air wagon posted up in our 'Auctions, Craig's List' section. Also had an Impala tailgate. I was wondering if this was the same wagon. Nope. That one was bronze-ish color with a white top (IIRC).

 

Welcome aboard, looks great!

 

Very cool looking Bel Air. The extra Impala tail lights and tailgate trim are a nice upgrade.

 

Great looking Bowtie wagon! Welcome to the funhouse.

 

Hi all
Thanks for the great response !!!
I'm not going to ship it back here to the uk , its going to live in ca and be me daily every time I come over for a vacation rather than a rental
Will gig out some more pics and post them up when I find them on the pc .
Did get to the pomona swapmeet while on vacation looking for the missing bits , and pricing as I went so ill come armed with a little bit of cash next time to put a few bits right on it , as I mentioned like the sun visors and new. Head liner .
Tempted to put new badge inserts on the hood and drop down rear gate ?
Just to give it a little lift ?
Cheers again Steve

 

Here's another pic I've found so far .taken in Big Sur

What a lovely drive through there that was !!!

 

What a lovely drive through there that was !!!

And what a lovely way to travel!

The roof looks great. I'd be tempted to have the rest sanded and repainted. I do NOT like rust.
Patina is for furnature!

 

Rust IS a color!
And I like it.