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  1. MercBobcat80

    MercBobcat80 New Member

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    Hi all! Name is Rusty and I recently acquired a 1980 Mercury Bobcat Wagon. It is in great, original condition. It currently has the original 2.3L and C3 automatic transmission, red bucket seat interior, no A/C and radio delete.

    While we are currently enjoying it in its stock form, this winter the car will go through a sneaky transformation. While keeping the interior and exterior of the car as close to stock at possible, I will be performing a 2.0L Ecoboost and 4r75w driveline swap! You can follow along on my Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=917953094951393

    Thanks for the welcome!
    -Rusty

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    wagonmaster Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    Welcome and thanks for posting pics of your awesome wagon. I love silver wagons!
     
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    Welcome MercBobcat80!
     
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    :welcomewagon:Welcome from Florida. That looks like a new wagon. Great shape and great ideas to make it fun.
    Appears you have the perfect place to play with it.
     
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    Greetings from CA! Nice looking wagon, don't see these too often! Thanks for joining us!
     
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    Thanks! Yep, our toy shop is pretty sweet!

    Thanks! Once I saw it and noticed the impeccable shape it was in, it had to come home!
     
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    GREAT project! Such a beautifully kept example is well worth the upgrade. Will be watching with interest.
     
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    :wave: Hello and welcome to SWF. Your little Bobcat looks amazing. Congratulations! I would like to say that we have a few Griswold Vista Cruisers around here but I think this is the first of the next generation.

    Welcome aboard Rusty. ;)
     
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    Welcome mate, lovely looking wagon! Look forward to seeing the changes the new seasons bring!
     
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    :Welcome: to the wagon train, Rusty!
     
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    Thanks!
    Thanks, me too!
    Thanks!
     
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    Welcome! Your Bobcat looks great! So nice and clean. Looking forward to your upgrade and progress.
     
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    Thanks! Yes, it is very clean. The carpet is stained from some old floor mats. Im going to try and shampoo it, but worst case is I will get new carpet. The driver's seat has some wearing on the patterned vinyl, but SMS already sent me some samples of the exact replacement, so I will be doing some vinyl seat repair. You can barely see the wear in this photo:

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    Welcome to the group!
    Nice wagon - looking forward to following the swap,
     
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    Sounds like a great swap, welcome aboard!
     
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