Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Still loving it! As a younger guy I overlooked the wagons but I've seen so many cool ones in the last 10 years if I had more room, time, and $$ I'd be looking for one. Guy down the road from me has a 69 malibu wagon that is cooler than the other side of the pillow.

What you are building will turn the heads of the motor crowd everywhere you go.

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

40 years ago I bought a '67 Chevelle wagon. It was a 283 with a power glide and had been the delivery car for the first parts store I worked for. I put Corvette rally wheels on the back and Nova wheels up front with baby moons. I miss it but that was before wagons got so popular.

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Well good news and bad news. I got another windshield installed. They covered it as warranty. I cut off all the pins and screws for the trim clips and told the guy installing the glass to fill in the gaps with the urethane like a birthday cake. I told them about the dimensions of the channel I installed being incorrect and they trimmed the glass for clearance where it was a little tight, so it wouldn't get pinched if the body flexes for any reason.

When I left the windshield shop, I drove to greg Smith equipment sales and picked up a 4-post lift for the shop. (My dad's friend met me there with his car trailer) On the way up there, it rained and having no wipers, wiper arms, rear glass or rear wheel tubs, it was raining inside the car as well as outside.

On the ride home, I saw a puff of smoke and thought it from the exhaust of the car in front of me. But then I saw another puff, and it clearly came from under the hood, and I could smell burning plastic. I pulled over and the clip for the abs module was burning. It turns out the engine cover I put on was pushing the spark plug wire up against the oil dipstick bracket. The plug wire caught fire and caught the abs module on fire. I removed the engine cover and put it the fire and drove home on 7 cylinders. So now I need plug wires.

Josh

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Not really an update, but I did make it on a car show poster for the father's day show coming up. So far, the local guys loved seeing the car under construction, and all said they're looking forward to seeing real time in person progress each month as I make changes.

Josh

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

I hated the thought of not using the c6 wheels, so I got one of those sledge hammers with the pointed wedge on one side and beat it up and in where it was making contact. Then I put 2 full turns on each coil over to raise the car up evenly. Then my dad and I drove around hitting every bump and dip we could find and it didn't scrape once. I also measured the clearance under the front air dam and it's up from 4 1/4 inches to 5 inches. I'm beyond happy!!

Josh

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

I tried my best to use the g8 seat belts, but apparently they jam up if the air bags deploy. So I ran across a 3 point setup from jegs.com. I bought one side initially to make sure it would work before buying the passenger side. I'm happy with the fit, and I'm very skeptical that it'll do anything except keep the body inside the car if anything serious happens. But the wagon came with lap belts, and the shoulder belt should keep me from getting a ticket.

Josh

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

The door panels I ordered last year were on back order. I guess no one really fixes up 4 doors and wagons, so they had to make them per request. I just opted for the cheap black panels with no chrome or frills. But I was excited to see on the back of the panel they have predesignated cut outs for the arm rest, door handle and window cranks. Since I'm running the power window motors, I won't have to patch a hole for the crank handle.

Josh

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Nice!! They look great.

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Nice.

Re: 1967 buick special wagon
 

Not much of an update. I mounted the passenger seat belt. I took vacation and, in my travels, picked up some matching rims for spares. With the matching rear spare, I won't have to modify the rear wheel openings to fit the front wheels that stick out another 1/2 inch or so.

Josh