Checking in from NY, been the car hobby for better than 45 years, I'm a custom car & motorcycle painter working in the auto body business. Have my own shop where I put together a 65 Nona 4 door wagon into a 2 door sedan wagon, have had many 65-66 full size Chevy bel airs & Impalas. Looking for a 58 Chevy 2 door.
aboard! Where in NY are you from? If you don't mind, could you post a pic or two of your '65 Nova 2-dr conversion, and whatever else you're working on...'83 Malibu wagon? Jack
NY From Long Island, pics of the Nova will have to try to find them, car was sold over ten years ago. My current wagon is only in the planning stages and currently don't have time to work or play with the toys, have a dune buggy I drive when nice out, a chopped top VW bettle I also drive, custom S10 shop truck as well.
Welcome. Maybe you can find a decent daily driver until you find the wagon and the time to build a flamed dream machine. Look around here at all the wagon ads that get posted. Good luck.
Welcome from a fellow New Yorker (Upstate). Hope to see pictures of your builds. Sounds like we have similar design ideas. Currently working on my own design of a 66 Malibu Wagon into a 2door Nomad conversion. http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29015 Also driving a former 56 Chevy 2door 210 Wagon that I converted into an ElCamino. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/some-pics-of-my-friends-1956-elcamino.399170/
Ray, At first, I thought it was a bit sacrilegious cutting into a 2-dr '56 wagon to make a phantom El Camino, but it looks awesome. It appears to be well done. Your '66 wagon is also being done with the same level of craftsmanship. Do you have any recent pics of your progress? *Flamestogo, sorry to hijack your thread. BTW, I have friends out on the Island and I've also worked out on the Island for a short time about 40 yrs ago. I'm also a former New Yawker. What are your plans for the Malibu wagon?
Glad you like my builds Longroof79. I was always inspired by the great GM designer Harley Earl designs and enjoy trying to be creative within my own limitations and skills. You are welcome to come over to my 66 Malibu build thread under projects. http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29015 We had a rough winter this year and I spent some time in Florida visiting my Grandsons, their Mom and Dad. I have also been busy helping a friend with a 33 Plymouth Coupe build as well as a few other projects with my old partners after we sold our business in 2012. I am still working on my rear top window hatch design for the Wagon. If I can get this right, the rest of the body work and paint can begin. This was a running, driving car with some new mechanicals when I bought it. I do want to install a disc brake conversion and go through everything before it eventually hits the road. Ironically my brain works faster than I do. I have another vision of Wagon conversion I might like to do and have already been searching the web, taking measurements and may eventually build a model to see if it is something I would really like to do.
Ray, It sounds like the proverbial wheels(or gears) are always turning. That's a good thing. The fact that your creative juices are still flowing and your mind is still functioning well. I know Chevy didn't build a 2-dr '66 Chevelle 300 wagon. I like the one that Chuck Hansen had. That was a nice car, and well executed. In fact, a member of this forum currently owns it...if I'm not mistaken. A while back, I was planning to do the 2-dr conversion to my Malibu wagon. I researched it and figured what parts and modifications were needed. I gave up due to time constraints, it was also my daily driver and I couldn't find nice coupe doors. It was quite doable, though. BTW, you guys had one heck of a winter up there. My brother lives near Watertown, he said it was one of the worst winter's he had encountered in the 20 or so years that they lived up there. That's the main reason I'm living in Florida. I'm glad you were able to escape to Florida temporarily. Jack
Plans call for a big block engine swap, 6 speed transmission, air ride suspension, some minor body mods,two tone paint with a custom mix orange pearl over either cream pearl or pearl silver. Nothing crazy just a daily driver.
The 66 Nova was done 12 years ago and sold a year or 2 after that, customer walked in saw it and just had to have it, cash talks can always build another.
