Building the Wagon

[Old Hippie]

I saw a 59 Chevy 2-door wagon rotting in a field the other day. I think I'd like to convert the Plodge wagon to a 2-door wagon.

More photos of the 60, after my visit on 1/29/10

[texoutsider]

Steering column and lower bushing fabbed and fitted...Hey Unka Dave...send me a steering wheel that you want to run................

Master cyl purchased and fitted to bracket..........heat shield made and mounted........

Will find a proper belt for the vac pump and get it on tomorrow...........water pump is installed, working on oil lines to pump also............all is well.........

M.

[poppaj]

Hey Mark, Those headers look very nice Are those 2-3/8 ?? Is that a Hooker fab up set may I ask. Fantastic job on the car it should be a great racer. poppaj

[texoutsider]

2 1/4 and were a u fab for a roadster. Flanges special for the 572 Indys.
M.

[Old Hippie]

Originally Posted by texoutsider

Steering column and lower bushing fabbed and fitted...Hey Unka Dave...send me a steering wheel that you want to run................

Master cyl purchased and fitted to bracket..........heat shield made and mounted........

Will find a proper belt for the vac pump and get it on tomorrow...........water pump is installed, working on oil lines to pump also............all is well.........

M.

Dallas sending UPS today

[Mad Torquer]

I have always loved 2 door wagons. Buick didn't make one in 67 or I would be running one. About the neatest I ever remember is a local guy had an Edsel 2 door wagon with I think a 410 and 3 speed. It was just stock other than mufflers, but he raised -ell around town with it. He traded it for a new Ford of some kind and my father was having work done to his Y-Block 57 and had to leave it over night. They gave us the Edsel to drive home. Needless to say I had to "test" it up and down the road in front of the house.
Good luck with this project Dave,
Jim N.

[texoutsider]

underside sealed, all oil lines routed/shortened/different fittings installed, finished...vac pump mounted, custom spacer/mount made, lines custom fitted/fittings, 30 inch v belt worked fine and puke tank mounted...done. A few small spacers made for misc parts and finished the day prepping the hood scoop for final glassing and prep for paint.

..and the Pontiac engine /trans is ready to go in the Firebird.......

good day...lot of those "undesirable hangeronners" around, some brought thier own beer, others brought ME beer.............

very nice day indeed

M.

[RTC]

lot of those "undesirable hangeronners"
M.[/QUOTE]


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[Old Hippie]

Originally Posted by Dago Red

I'll admit it!!! But like any good Conservative, I figured a little fact checking and research first. Pretty interesting stuff. The 2 door was built for government and municipal applications like police, government/military transport, correctional facilities etc. (not much of a chance of opening the door and jumping out without a door...). Civilians could special order them, and they were very popular with tradesmen like electricians, plumbers and, not surprisingly, funeral homes.

And it was in these types of special order rigs where many of the high performance big block parts got their shakedown under names like "police interceptor package" or "severe use option".

You know me and station wagons. I'm really looking forward to seeing it "haul"

DAGO

I don't know that they were just special order for the government. While I haven't seen as many 2 door wagons than 4 door wagons for the 60s -- I've seen a few. My dad worked at Avis Rent-a-Car in the late 50s and early 60s -- and I remember him bringing home a 2-door wagon -- but can't remember if it was a 59 or 60. As far different as they are -- I thought they looked pretty similar back when I was a little kid. It was a car advertised in the Plymouth brochure.

[TrannyMan]

Originally Posted by RTC

lot of those "undesirable hangeronners"
M.

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He should have painted that thing orange with baby blue checkers.....