Re: Pic Thread: Station Wagons
"Nice wagon. That had the new 2-way tailgate, didn't it? Probably why it made it to be a hearse in it's former life. Belgium, ey?"
Cool Cop-cars ! Would like finding one of those with a 440 under the hood !
Yes, the 2-way tailgate was nifty getting stuff easy in the back.
Was rust in all 4 doors & quarter panels + tailgate, couldn't find any good used doors so made new outer lower pieces + repaired the bottom.
Tailgate was a challenge.. not flat as you would think, but a small curve from left to right, didn't have a english wheel in the shop, so first attempt became a fail.
Had to cut it all off and start over, all welding seams I covered with lead afterwards before filler.
Both quarter panels long windows had to be taken out because of rust in both corners, that was scary but went fine with sharp knife and go slow cutting thru the old urethane.
Back then I had a body-shop so "spare time" and weekends became my project.
