1972 Estate Wagon Limited Coupe

That is a beauty! I have been lusting over that '73 for the month...it shows up on ebay over and over. I love it!

No, that wonderful coupe will stay untouched! But a junkyard dog is what you should seek out.

Actually, I think your wagon would look great as a four-door hardtop wagon.

I have a possible method floating around in my feverish little mind for doing one of these utilizing the original outer doors of the wagon, and altering the inner shell to accept the four-door hardtop glass, regulators and tracks.
This would be of particular use on a woodgrained wagon. All that would need to be changed on the wagon shell would be the center pillar, and the roofline area from the sedan.

I will probably do a four-door hardtop wagon next.

David

 

yeah I emailed that guy "keep me in mind" but I guess I should have said "when you're tired of eBay" but I guess he didn't get it or he's not tired.

I love that 73. Do I recall correctly that it has a COLD light on the dash? Does yours?

I think I have enough cars at the moment.

Did I miss the plans for the interior too? Is it all in this thread? Sorry for the dead brain cells, happened long ago when my wagon was new

 

Ah yes, that was an oldie but goody from my imfamous " My 1972 Buick Estate Wagon...finally took some pics" thread.
I started out just showing my new wagon, and it took a turn for the worse.
I hijacked my own thread!

One of my many less than shining moments on here!

David

 

I'll really try not to hijack your 'progress' thread anymore, promise. It's almost like quitting smoking, but I'll try.

 

My 98 doesn't have a COLD light that I recall, but it does have a fun option called NITE WATCH. It is a simple form of Twilight Sentinel. It is a switch that just has an on/off setting, but if it is switched on, and you drive at night, when you turn off the lights and turn off the ignition, the headlights stay on for 45 to 60 seconds. I don't trust it at all. My luck, I would return to a dead battery.

My plans for the wagon interior will use the luxurious Limited seats from my coupe parts car. They are cream/Sandalwood, and need work, but I will redo them with SMS original fabric, and they will be beautiful.

David

 

Hey Norm, hijack away! This thread is all over the place, just as most threads are. It is all fun, and free-form. :Blasting_anim:
Don't try to hold back...you won't have to "white knuckle" it.

David

 

I saw NITE WATCH once last year at a BOPC in a 70 88. He said it works by the oil pressure slowly dropping in a tube that throws a circuit.

Sounds like Mousetrap to me

 

Ha Ha! I remember that game!

Yeah, I think Rube Goldberg worked on Nite Watch.
I have tried it a few times, but always kind of chicken out leaving my 98 with it's lights on, just hoping that this crazy gizmo will work.
It doesn't inspire confidence, to say the least.

David

 

David, I completely forgot about posting this site, a couple years ago. They make replica plastic body components for GM and Mopar cars.
http://www.replica-plastics.com/

It might give you some design flexibility in your next adventure.

 

My thanks to Rob (75RivGS) for Photobucketing my pics for me.

I have revised my posts and put much better, enlargements in, to better illustrate this project.

Rob, you are the greatest!

David

 

Wow...that's too cool. Way to go, 75RivGS! Wix's build is certainly worthy!

 

Better explanation than I gave you. It's for small parts, but the process is the same. Only this one, you can do at home:
http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/electrolytic-rust-removal.cfm

 

Thanks, Norm. Oddly enough, I have been to that site before.

 

David, this is what I thought you used to cut out your rear gate panels, or something like it - the second item...:
http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/nibbler-flanger-review.cfm

Your end result looks much cleaner though.

 

Hey Norm,
I do have an air nibbler, but don't use it much. It cuts nicely, and doesn't distort the metal as it cuts.
The big downside is that it produces these vicious little crescent-shaped shards of metal that are so sharp and numerous.
They go everywhere, and get imbedded in my shoes, and I track them in and then step on them with bare feet.

I prefer to just use my wheelie cutter, or my sawzall.

I have been working on my tailgate, but it's been such crummy weather, that it's slow goin'.

David