Looking for a Wagon, got questions!

I hear you on that one. When I bought my Land Cruiser, that was the biggest thing to look out for. Those Japanese vehicles pre 90s are notorious for rust. I think it might be easier to find a 40 yr old American with less rust than most of those older Japanese vehicles.

I had a 95 chevy pickup with a 305, tbi, and 3.73's. I could get 20 outta it. I imagine that the lower gears would help immensely. What is your cruising RPM for that setup? At 65, my truck would turn 1800, so that's gotta be almost idling...

 

The factory tach is nowhere close to accurate. It is showing something like 3300 at 60 mph. I know that is wrong. It is probably more like 1500-1600.

 

bahhh....milage ...shmilage.......
"you cant put a price on cool !!" t/m

theres barely any upgrades that you CANT get for a old wagon !!

ya...this coming from a guy with a bunch of oldies...that are still stock!

get what makes you the happiest...(my mantra)

 

If I was making a daily driver classic wagon that I could modify I would probably go for a combo using as much parts as I could from a 94/96 Roadmaster/Caprice wagon. It would give you such things as steering column (and wheel with Airbag) among with a whole slew of other modern stuff e.g. ABS, decent fuel economy, etc..

If you are building on a classic you need to make the interior safe, you simply have to sacrifice it a bit. You can't have a bakelite and chrome steering wheel and think it's a good thing to smash you head into it.. Nor a steel dash that you think it's a good idea to smack you knees into.. You have to replace those things with things that gives and that are softer.

It's kind of up to the builder how safe he or she want to make the car. If you build a daily driver that you drive each day in heavy traffic you probably want to make it pretty safe.

Cheers Dyna