My 57 Pontiac Safari: "From RUST to GLORY"

Pat yourself on the back! Looks beautiful.

 

Oh yeah! Those are the pictures I've been waiting for. Well done!

 

Looks really good !!

 

That's fantasitic! Beautiful job, you deserve every compliment you get on it Makes me want one!

Brian

 

Oh Hell Yeah !!! Now thats what I'm talking about !! Awesome workmanship...Kickass....Double D Tits !!

 

Nice work!

 

What a beautiful car. Don't care for the 55-56 so much, but you have done yourself proud with that 57. Really nice. Congratulations.

 

To me, wagons are the coolest cars out there and the 57 Pontiac is at the top of my list, so to say I am jealous is an understatement. Awesome. Hell, I liked it even before you started working on it !!!

 

Man super nice work, very very nice car you've inspired me on my project. I have to ask you two things you mentioned missing side trim I saw what appeared to be a complete set of side trim on the car when it was on the trailer, why not polish up the original stainless? From what I've been told a lot of guys are chroming the stainless and it looks killer nice. Also why didn't you put the glass back in the car before you painted it? I would be scared shitless of scratching that beautiful paint job. Did you have any problems getting your side glass out like I did? Every freaking screw and clip was rusted in place.

 

By 'missing stainless' I meant to say I hadn't put all the orig. side trim back on after the paint job at that point- Its almost all back on there now. I polished it by hand with semichrome and steel wool. The car was missing the chrome rocker molding trim, so I bought a repro set, and I've got one side on (see last pics) so far.

The complete upper liftgate was removed when the car was painted. The glass stayed in the liftgate. Because the gate is potmetal its warped and pitted. I need to get it straightened and chromed, and then the top edge (which forms the rain gutter above the back window) will need to be painted the roof color again.

 

Great wagon! I was stoked to see it in Santa Maria. Looks real good!

 

man that thing is gorgeous!!! very well done!!!

 

Yeah I know all about that pot-metal my Nomad has exactly the same stuff as your Safari. Did you have alignment problems with the rain gutter on the liftgate? Mine was way out and every guy I spoke to told me to 86 the torsion bars and replace them with lift pistons. I thought I had a lot of rust to fix on my roof but man you had your hands full and did a magnificent job

 

Slick, not that I dig Pontiac or anything!

 

this car is insane, perfect everything