1963 Belair Wagon
 

1963 Belair wagon. Me, my wife and my two boys flew to Kentucky and drove it all the way home to Oregon! Has a crate 350 and original 2 speed powerglide tranny. Vintage air, has stock suspension and the coils were cut to lower it and has 20'' salt flat wheels. Repainted at sometime in its life and was flattened out. Just got my CPP catalog so it will have many new parts headed for it soon!! Will post pics as we go along. Enjoy :chevy:

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Few more

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Wow.
Love it!

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Wow looks like a very nice wagon

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Nice! Salt Flats were my first choice wheel. Vintage Air is awesome too. must've been a nice trip.

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It was a great trip, althought the ac was not hooked up correctly and so we got cold and hot air, but when it rained all the windows would fog up because the defrost vents were not connected at all! It was a trip full of suprises.

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omg, I still would take it any day.. little fixes. Great car.

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Super nice car...I'd roll that wagon all day and love it

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Love it. I think you bought it from the place i just sold my c10 to. They saw my 60 chevy wagon and told me they sold a wagon that the new owner drove that far home......Love your new wagon. Would you mind saying what you had to pay for it? and where did you see it advertised.

Taylor

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Yep I bought it in Bowling green and he had lots of nice C10s, Im going to list mine here shortly that we built. Was yours the copper one?

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nice wagon! My dad had a 63 4 door a few years back, 50k miles and all original, drove like a dream!

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Well this one will be getting a CPP complete suspension makeover with coil overs, sway bars, tubular upper and lower a-arms and trailing arms, a new close ratio steering box, drop spindles and disc brake conversion soon, so I hope it drives like its on rails. Then some new seat foam so its a bit better on my rear!

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Beautiful car.
I am sure that ride home will give your family lots of memories and conversations in the future.

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very cool old wagon, I love that you hopped in it with your family and drove it home.

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Progress :devil:

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Nice wagon. :metal::metal:

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Love this wagon!!

Did you keep the original master cyl? or just not done yet.

DO you know if the exhaust is custom from a shop or if its something that can be bought pre bent? i am needing exhaust and wondering which way to go on my 60 wagon

also curious cause your first post said the car had vintage air, but the pic did not show it. Now the latest pic shows the AC. Did you instal it or the guy you bought it from?

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The pics are a week or so old and the new master cylinder was not on yet, not sure about the exaust, pretty sure it is not a kit though, and the vintage air was instaled by the owner before we flew to Kentucky to pick it up. It had to have ac for us to drive it all the way home from Oregon :chevy: Here are more pics!

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Awesome!! Love the pile of junk parts!

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Junk, Thanks art!:metal:

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Glad to see the disc setup. All the old "drum only" cars are really look cool, but w/ 4 wheel drum, are not safe to drive, my opinion. I put front disc on my 67 Bel Air, the parts were off a 70 Impala, they were nothing fancy, but made a 1000% improvement in driveability.

Awesome car!!!

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Hey guys it's Scott's son Wyatt here. Here is the good news, we got the car finished and on the road and it drives AMAZING. Bad news was that we have a cracked block. The old engine has been pulled and the new one is in and we are working on getting it all back together. It's a 350 bored .30 over with a bunch of other goodies. Should be pushing around 340 hp which will be a little but better than the previous 180 or so hp!! The original 2 sped power grouse is staying for now but next summer we might pull it and replace it with a 200r4. I will post some pics when I get home from school today!

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Man, such a cool car...and story! I think a wagon is in my future!

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Man, what a test of faith to drive it all that way on the maiden voyage! Car looks really good.

Wyatt, how about some pix of the new stance?

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Ask and you shall recieve!

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Love your wagon!

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More! :chevy:

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Thats an amazing garage/shop!

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Sweet!!!

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Thanks! Your wagon is looking great too 68Basket! It is amazing how much nicer the wagon rides with the new suspsion and steering upgrades. We also had a carpet made for the rear cargo area and had the front and rear seats re-foamed and they are soo much nicer now. It still is a little slugish with the 2 speed powerglide, but that might change next summer, maybe a 200r4 :burnout:

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Beautiful!

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I like it. I picked up a 63 belair wagon about a year ago just a body and a complete 63 impala 4dr parts car 327/powerglide for parts. I haven't started on it but in a few weeks I plan on removing the parts car from the woods where its been for the last 20 years. I wanted to wait till I was sure snakes weren't crawling to pull it out haha.

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Bad ride man. Full size chev wagons are the best

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A TH350 can be transplanted easily. Driveshaft requires no modifications, yoke is same.... Takes a little craftyness to hook up shift linkage, not much though. A TH350 w/ lockup converter drops revs approximate 350 RPM's. I performed this swap on my 67 Bel Air. That lower first gear made a big difference in driveability. A TH350, whether lockup or not would be a much cheaper option...

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How did I miss this, I love Wagons and this one is sweet!

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Thanks, just finished the new Magnaflow exhaust and finishing the full carpert in the wagon, I will post a few pics when I have a chance

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that is one nice ride , got to love those old wagons . I like it a lot....

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Just got back from a little beach trip, got the new SBC broken in and really enjoyed the Pro-Touring set-up, now me thinks it needs a overdrive transmission!

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Glad to see you putting miles on it! Car is awesome

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Nice!