Before and After Thread:

OK wagon guys/gals lets see them wagons when u first bought them to what they look like now... here ill start!!!

Before:

After:

 

I'm in!

We bought the car in 1997 in Guadalajara, Mexico and drove it like a daily driver.

Before the restoration in the fall of 2006:


After (July 2008):

 

Mine looks roughly the same. Just 38 years of war wounds to contend with since we've owned it.
Original owners, original car.

 

You "unshaved" the rear door handles? (I love the black/gray 2-tome by the way...)

 

I'll bet it's a lot easier on the back now.

 

yeah the shaved them by filling it with bondo and i didnt like that plus its easier for when me an the friends jump in the wag for a cruise lol

 

A very cool car. I'll have to look you up next time I make the journey to WV. My father lives in Summersville - lots closer to you that to me...lol

 

then:



now:

 

Before, as purchased:
Sagging springs, hubcaps, oil dripping low power 4.2l engine.


After:
New front coil springs, added a couple leaves to the rear leaf springs, Jeep/Chrysler 8.25 rear axle, Jeep wheels with slightly bigger tires, installed a 4.2l engine with a lower mileage shortblock, rebuilt Jeep 4.0 head, Comp cam camshaft and Motorcraft carb.


I have a different set of Jeep wheels to install when I have the funds for new tires.

 

The Crewzer "before" interiour pics are here, car has spoked wheel covers also..

http://stationwagonforums.com/forums/garage_vehicle.php?do=view_vehicle&id=108

I have to take updated pic with the console in there.

Here is how I found the condtion of my drivers floor...



Here is my build sheet....



After a new headliner.... It's wierd how a camera can play tricks, The head liner really is'nt that blue, it goes with the flow of the interiour....





Power Leather buckets from a Crystler Concord...



And some wheels....





I have no pic, but I made a puppy head acke rack for it also, only goes up to the bottom of the seats head rests and flexes if I recline the seats. This is a 2 seater wagon only now.

I can't bring myself to mess with the Buick, I don't want to ( I like it to much) and Suzie who gave us the wagon would kill me.

 

Before: Solid, but with a 2 spd tranny, sagging springs, leaking air shocks, bent control arm, drum brakes, worn bench seat, open rear


After: Lime Gold, Th350, new shocks/springs disc brakes, tubular control arms, 6 way power leather seats, posi, rear air deflector, new bumper, grill, and salt flat wheel covers..

 

Here's my 2. Not alot of visual difference in mine. Most of the mods are under the skin.





And the new.



And Twig's car.





better



And now

 

I have loved your cars since I 1st saw them on oldspower :You_Rock_Emoticon:

 

75T&C - Your Custom Cruiser reminds me of my college friend's CC, silver w/ dark tinted windows...she called it the "Mafia-Mobile". Very cool!

Ted - That's cool that you put the power seats from the Chrysler in there...took me several minutes of looking at them, trying to figure out what they were from, before I got the good sense to look a little further and see where you said so. I absolutely love those G-body wagons, especially the Cutlass Cruiser. I still can't make up my mind about the wire wheel covers or the rallye wheels. I like em both.

Eagle - I rode in the back of my friend's dad's Concord wagon to church for several years. I loved it. My first girlfriend nearly got us killed in her Concord wagon (she didn't know what to do at a red light...her little town in Southern NM didn't have a light...mine had 5 at the time...big city time - eh?). I still loved her, even after nearly killing me....oh..puppy-love!

Excellent job...all of you. One day, I'll have my wagon!!!

 

What exactly are you looking for wagon wise???

This if for sale in Portland

70 1/2 Falcon...
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/1720019191.html

65 Chevelle...
http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/1720249742.html

Or are you looking for newer?