What have you done to your wagon lately? (Let's keep the thread going!)

Oh, So it needed a little extra repair? Thanks.

 

I've never seen a prettier Caprice!
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BTW, if it were my Colony Park, I'd lose the accessory lights.
And I wish it WERE my Colony Park.
Nice car!

 

Thank you. Why did you mention a Chevy Caprice? I'll leave the fog lights on for now.

Also, The car hasn't been wintered according to the original owner. Maybe he opened the garage door and left it idle for a few minutes now and then, but he didn't drive it in the winter. And he had it for nearly 25 years. I think I'll not start wintering it either, in this locality at least - Too much salt/calcium/whatever it is on the roads in PA.

 

101V that is a very nice looking station wagon. I wouldn't want to drive it in snowy winter weather either if possible. Really looks great as is.
I see what you mean about the outer row of trim being slightly farther back.
I don't know if that's correct or not.
I suppose I'd just leave it alone. Appears as if someone added a black screw to help hold the trim in place. Also the vinyl seems to not go fully to the top and bottom like the main part. How's the other front edge?
Still I'd just leave it.:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

Nice Wag for sure! I'd also just leave it alone, just look for a new trim piece with no holes drilled in it

You can tell us better than the pics but to me it looks like at one time that drivers fender has be repaired and re-wooded witch wood explain the dented screwed in trim piece. so if you want to remove the wood that exceeds the trim I'd personally leave it alone, there mite not be paint under it..?

It is a nice looker, but this is why I ask if the wood had been re-done, tint of wood on the fender does not look the same as the rest of the car.....




Now just drive it and enjoy it! And dun't fix nu'tin dat dun't need a fix'n


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Stunning Colony Park, 101, really. I think if you got a new molding and installed it properly, (without that screw), it would probably extend out to the end of the dinoc. It looks like it's position is just a hair back from where it's supposed to be as evidenced that it's kind of crowding the piece behind it. That very same piece of molding has been dented on my CP, along with the right front wheel well one for about the last 10 years. I can live with it, but it does bother me, not enough to the point where I've replaced them, but I can see why you'd want it perfect.

 

I agree with everyone, 101, I have plenty flaws on my Roady but it is presentable so I enjoy it.
Your wagon looks very nice, keep her looking good and enjoy, it's something to be proud of!

 

Parked next to my co worker "Disco Bob's" '94 Lincoln. His Lincoln has around 240,000 miles on it and inside is in beautiful condition. He likes it as much as I like my wagon!

 

The edge on the other side of the car looks factory-normal to me. And yeah, I'm keeping it in a garage during winter months unless I just pull it out to idle it (And the Chevy) for five minutes. Thanks.

It does look like the wood on the front-left fender doesn't quite match the rest of the wood on the doors and rear even in person. There's one other part on the front-passenger's door that doesn't fit in with the rest of the wood-grain, that part looks a bit bubbly underneath and although there are a few bubbly parts, they're far from needing repaired. If you see the other photos I posted in the Garage, the doors on this car look great - not rusted through at all like those on the lower sections like the Chevy Sedan (Which I don't have photos of on here.) Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I'm thinking of doing routine maintenance on the Mercury such as an oil change.

Looks familiar; The man who had the 1996 Roadmaster that I passed on had a 1996 Lincoln of the same finish. Same model too if it's a Town Car.

 

I had a squeaky noise for a while and suspected a balljoint. I removed my control arms today to replace the balljoints and bushings. I'll take it to a shop tomorrow to get the bushings pressed out and in. Both balljoints on the driver's side were in bad shape. It took me much longer than I thought it would. Somehow I thought I could get it apart in a couple hours but it took about 5 hours with a couple breaks from the heat.

 

EagleFreek you did good! My son has done many front ends and usually tells me he's gonna use my drive way a few hours. A day or more later he's finished. Ball joints are not fun and shops seem to be busy when you need them.

 

yea busy or what they did to me once. Said OK bring them in and will do them. Did that and the shop manager sees them and says Oh, We don't work on old Ford stuff too risky. Now your left with finding another way "AFTER" the car is all apart in the driveway. (This happened to me 20 years ago before I had my own press)

 

Yes, had similar things happen. Or they'd just say "we don't do that here" after telling you to bring it in they can do it for $29.95.

 

I thought this would take maybe a day and a half max. This morning, I went to the shop I talked to a few weeks ago about pressing in my bushings. It was advertised as a DIY shop, but they are starting to operate like a regular shop. I asked if I could still do my stuff myself, especially since they had a media blaster and he said it wouldn't be a problem. But that was about 4 weeks ago. Now, they're too busy. I don't trust anyone else to do it. Too many hacks out there. I've been struggling most of the day trying to do the bushings with the old bolt and large socket method. My lower control arms were easy. Old ones out and new ones in without much issue. I started on one of the uppers and it's been a bear. I finally got the old ones out of one of them, but when I went to install a new bushing, I damaged it. I'm taking a break and thinking about heading to Harbor Fraught and getting a press.

 

If I were younger and still messed with cars I'd buy one of their presses too. My son and I did the 55 Chevy front end. Mostly him. Then he did a spare set of A-arms I bought cheap at a swap meet years ago. So have a back up set, as if I will wear out the others.
He uses my fairly large vice and sockets for a lot of it. Depends on the car and ball joints. My Dodge truck needed ball joints at 60,000. Non-greaseable and almost all pavement driving. He didn't do his 1985 Chevy till lately and hard telling how many miles it has.