1967 Pontiac Tempest Wagon repair/restoration thread.

Thats interesting.

The Tempest wagon is like the Chevelle in the post above.

 

Nice Build thread Bro looking forward to more...

 

Went to take my goof ball nephews for a ride in the wagon.. Dead fuel pump.. So thats where the gas was leaking out of LOL!!

New one on way..

 

Fixed. Runs great. I have to see if the changes that I made to the squirter and pump cam were masking the bad fuel pressure from the pump before failure. I will adjust and see if I can get the last bit of stumble out of the car.

 

The love of old cars!@

So I fixed the pump and the car still has some bog. No much but still there. So my next thing was to remove the bad sending unit and change the rubber flex line.

Installed and works great! But the tank developed a pinhole leak that the road grime was covering. This grime got knock off when the sender was getting tapped into place. So I fixed that with 2 part epoxy. It works, no leaks and the gauge works too. NICE! But I think that the leaks are a prelude to an almost 50 year old gas tank.

Anyone know where I can get a WAGON tank? I know that they are the same as a coupe. But I would then have to pay a guy to remove or weld shut the rear fill port and cut and weld the correct one onto the other boss.

Cheaper to find a Wagon tank.

Thanks...

 

Just saw this on the PY Forum Classifieds....Holy Cow!!!

http://forums.performanceyears.com/forums/showthread.php?t=732321

 

So, did you do anything to your Tempest wagon over the Winter? What did you do about the tank. There is a guy parting out a 67 Tempest in WA. http://www.dansgarage.net/Pontiac-Part-Cars.html Maybe he has one. I'd buy the car if it were closer, and affordable. But it reads the car is "super rough" (beauty is in the eye of the beholder). The shipping charges for what might amount to only a parts car wouldn't be worth its value. (Not that I'd ever have the time or money to fix it anyway.)

I drove the Catalina wagon after work last week, and most of the weekend. I got lots of positive comments, mostly because of its rarity.

Money's tight, so I haven't done much to the Cat. We did have to finally install a manual choke, as it was very difficult to start in the cold weather, with the choke zip tied open. That's when I found the rubber grommets were not in the fire wall. Maybe that's why my wife kept complaining of exhaust smell. I know there is probably an exhaust leak at one of the manifolds, but I couldn't figure out how she could smell it inside the car.

Luke

 

Yeah, when I drive the cars in the winter with a manual choke, I usually just keep my foot in it till she warms up. My coupe started hard this morning!!! I had to move her and she groaned for awhile with this cold.

I have not done anything to the wagon this winter other than drive him. I did replace the alternator to a bigger size, but thats it. I got an 86 F-150 that I have been fixing up so that took all of the winter.

My plan is to pull the wagon into the garage and start the body work. I think that I am going to try and Plasti-Dip the car. I am going to get the holes fixed etc.. I hope that this will last 3-5 years and fill in the small stuff so I dont have to sand forever.

Here are a few videos of plasti-dip.

Dave

http://youtu.be/vvkq-qyY9aY

http://youtu.be/DAfShVuhQC8

 

In case you didn't find a gas tank. I found this genius idea on the net.

Luke

 

I believe a tank for a 64-67 El Camino is much the same as for a 2 row wagon, just need to change out the filler neck, which is soldered in. Seems that this has been discussed on the Team Chevelle wagon forum.