1972 Estate Wagon Limited Coupe

'Night, Wix!

 

Night brother, go give that beauty a kiss from me. Oh and that tailgate is gonna be slick as greased lightening man!

 

ya...well....I hat you.



dude...im so jealous...i cant even say

 

I can't get over how the hardtop B pillar matches up perfectly with the wagon quarter glass.

Wix - do you have a thread of this on a Buick forum? I'd like to follow it there as well.

If I had the talent, this is what I would put together for my unique clamshell.......

Mix this (sans vinyl top):


With this:


......but I don't.

 

Rev, don't be hattin' on me! Remember, got you shotgun!

Krash, this is on V8Buick, but I haven't updated it lately.

That Bonny & Clam match-up is the perfect next project! It would be so easy...and so handsome!

David

 

David, what kind of attachment cutter did you use to trim out the detail panels for the tailgate? It looks like a dremel-type bit, but what's it made of? Chromium, titanium, diamond impregnated wheel? Who sells it? I'm really impressed at how flat and clean they came out. Any other way would have made them wavy or saw-toothed edges, a real PITA to tweak when you braise them in and fill.

Also, are you installing them over the existing or as an overlay? Will you drill holes to let air pass through on the existing or undercoat inside the cavity? Thin metal like that will rust in between if it can't breathe off the humidity, right?

 

Hey Norm, I cut that piece of steel from my Electra parts car out with some cheap air shears (so cheap they broke mid-cut) and my $25 sawzall from Harbor Freight that I used for this whole project.

I will cut out the tailgate's steel where the other panel will go, not just overlay it on top. This will ensure that the tailgate doesn't get too heavy, because the motor has to lift it up.

I will coat the inside of the tailgate with either thinned epoxy primer, or POR-15.

David

 

I recognized the Electra shape, but your cutting was so smooth. Must've been your TLC.

Have any friends doing Aircraft sheetmetal or tank linings. You want something to stop the rust over a long period of time that won't sag in an enclosed, hot/cold, humid area. Check out the MSDS for the Por-15.
http://www.por15.com/quickindex.asp

http://www.actiocms.com/VIEW_MSDS/A...essionid=e0305c396580fdd7db7412d19527b1376284

All I can find is that it decomposes (turns to dusty material) above 400 F. I know that car interiors can get up there, but I don't know the upper limit.

The Aircraft shops have dip tanks for large wings, and the chemicals don't leave drips. They embed into the metal. Alodine is what they used when I had my 1955 Studebaker done, fender by fender, doors, frame and finally the rest of the body. Never rusted from 1978 to last year when I saw the car with the latest owner.

 

WOW, Normy....I sure would love to get hold of some of THAT stuff!

 

Check in your yellowpages for Industrial Chemicals - Metal treatment or treating. The old Studey had bathtub steel almost. They did some testing before they ran it through the several dipping processes. I worked for a large firm that refurbished jet liners, so we had the big tanks to run a whole wing through. My parts were nothing. Anyway, the company VP was a car nut, and had heard I was restoring her, so he offered and I honoured his offer!

Good thing it wasn't a female judge, huh. Imagine if she had offered her honor and I honored her offer. The car might still be in peices.

 

Norm, you are hilarious!

David

 

this is really so cool, I want to change mine to a 75 Regency 2 door

David is it going to be green again (or still)?

anyone know where I can find these chrome ventshades?

 

Hey Jeff,
I bet you are sort of kidding, but just to bat it around, the '75 98 Coupe uses a fixed, Colonade style roof, and I'm not sure that would come off looking too good.
You would probably be best with using '71-'73 style doors and rear side glass and roof like my 98 coupe has.
I will be happy to give you step by step instructions!

It's so easy, even a caveman can do it!

Now Jeff, maybe you don't recall my lengthy diatribe on my wagon's bilious green color, but it is safe to say - OH HELL NO!

I will paint it '72 Buick Royal Blue Metallic, a nice navy. I'm a blue kind of guy...sorry Fox.

David

 

oh yeah blue! LOL sorry

hey how about that sweet 73 I have had my eye on?

But it's too nice to cut (21k miles)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...witem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

 

Your green diatribe was pretty good too!