On the road

Good Day to all:
It has been quite a while since my last post after acquiring the 1965 Mercury Commuter wagon from San Diego. Most of you will probably remember my "before" pictures including the 1966 Colony Park donor car. I have been silently toiling away in hopes of enjoying it this summer. With the advice and helping hands from my good friends, Lee Harrison, Dan Diebert and Barry Obermeyer, suggestions from many of you and Mick Hoglund of woodgrainforwagons.com who provided the excellent new dy-noc woodgrain vinyl. He provides an excellent product which is very forgiving and easy to install. The fun is mostly focused on driving now. You will see that I transferred and refinished the wood from the Colony Park. Likewise the interior, including tilt column, power windows, power seats, roof rack and the upgraded Colony Park stuff. Currently rebuilding the tilt column and waiting for front seat upholstery. Will share more complete photos once everything is finished. In the meantime, here are some photos of the exterior so far for your viewing pleasure. Thanks again to everyone for their help and support. Henry

 

Seems like you've been doing a lot of work and it is paying off. That is a very nice wagon. Stop being quiet and post these progress reports as they happen.
I'm also facinated by your garage. Looks like it is really a heavy duty structure.
Good luck on your future changes and start enjoying the wagon.:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

Wow, that is looking really nice. I look forward to more photos!

 

Nice job! That Colony Park is really nice. Can you recall where the before pictures are as I'd love to take a look.
Keep up the good work and go enjoy it
Oh, I found them. Here they are:
http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/browseimages.php?do=member&imageuser=9562

 

Beautiful car!!! (OK, the wheels and the surf boards aren't my style but the work is primo) Congratulations.

mike

 

Very pretty...

 

Gorgeous woody!

 

It is a very pretty wagon. I like the wheel/tire combo and how they work with the rest of the wagon. The wood is really nice, the whole wagon just all comes together very nicely. Not surprised at how nicely it has turned out given how particular Henry is with everything he takes on.

 

What's the story on the wheels? I like that setup.

 

The wheels

Thanks for all of your kind comments. In response to the question concerning the wheels, they came on the donor 1966 Colony Park. Originally, I thought they were OEM as they were covered with full wheel disc hub caps. After further investigation I found they were "apparently" a very early (late 60's early 70's) Keystone aftermarket wheel. I have never seen a set before so decided to use them. I was planning to use the spider caps on regular steel wheels which normally have a rather unsightly hub cap retainer ring. These Keystone wheels are smooth and lend themselves well to the spider cap treatment. H

 

Can you provide a close-up pic of the wheel?

 

Close up picture of wheel

Here is a shot of the wheel.

 

Awesome wagon, nice job

 

I like this wheel/tire. It would look nice on a lot of vehicles.

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I think it'd be cool with a set of redline tires. But I do like the wheels.