New Member of the Fraternity

So, I had a chance to go through the Merc and inventory everything it needs. I've already fixed the stuck passenger door, readjusted the misaligned steering wheel, fixed the throttle linkage that was binding, replaced a bunch of interior light bulbs than lubricated every hinge. The items that still needs work include:

- Need to find two headlight rings in order to secure two of the headlights to their buckets,
- a new heater core,
- new front brake pads,
- a leaky rear brake cylinder,
- carpet kit,
- a door jam light switch,
- recover the front and back seat

An order was placed today for each of these parts, except the headlight rings and seat covers. I hope to have the mechanical parts done by the end of this month.

 

dam...yur on that like a fat kid on smarties!!

cool yacht !!

 

that's a good one

to the wagon train...maybe you can get the trucking company to fix the headlight doors too. That's a good looking wagon and it's looking like it got the right owner...

 

Well, I had a chance to pull out the seats and carpet. I was very impressed with how well this car was engineered. There were tunnels built into the floor for the wiring and vacuum lines, the floor boards are double walled, there were extra layers of juke insulation along with some type of thick asphalt insulation directly over the sheet metal. Behind the kick panels are sealed access panels and everything in the car was bolted down tight.

While ripping out the carpet, I kept discovering a treasure trove of memorabilia, like Legos, McDonald's wrappers, old credit card receipts from Union 76, plenty of loose change, the tattered build sheet and some peep show tokens. It seems that after the wagon was done with hauling the family around it became a perv-mobile!

 

Nice.

 

I would suggest getting a Camry or Maxima for your perv-mobile nowadays...A 72 Colony Park,probably the only one for many miles around,will make you way too easy to catch...(just joking )

 

Today I had a chance to pull the dash out of the wagon. I was impressed with the amount of peanuts stored behind the gauge panel! A family of squires must have spend a lifetime stocking up. I literally must have vacuumed out at least one pound of nuts, insulation, grass and anything else foraged.

With the dash and seats out, I also had an opportunity to insulate everything I could get to. There was a heater duct insulation I found at Home Depot that is self adhesive and rubberized, and it really seems to work well. It's almost like Dynamat, but at a fraction of the cost.

 

Wow. you get the car 4 days ago and it's stripped to the floor boards. You waste no time at all.

NICE!

 

Looks good. and historic snacks too!

 

Its like Snickers, packed full of nuts.

 

Lookin good man! Thanks for keeping us posted on your progress.

 

Nice progress! I love your idea of using the duct insualtion from home depot. I just might do the same thing.

Dr B

 

HE DOESNT REALIZE IT NOW...but his car will forever be "Snickers"