Projects 59 chevy wagon in progress

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^what he said! DOH! got moved to next page! BADASS,Best 59 ever! LOVE the engine!....and all the talent!

 

Im going after my 59 parkwood tomorrow! Mine will be much simpler but I applaud the "mad" skills on this car. 59's are not everywhere like tri 5's so I better jump on it.

 

THanks man , yah I saw your thread on the wagon your going to get looks like a great deal . So yah hurry up and go get it

 

Thanks man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

All this from a guy in his mid 20's..... Skill and vision well beyond your years. You've got passion for your work that inspires us all! Re-inspired I need to get working on my 62 Bel Air Wagon. I hope to learn some fabrication skills along the way. Keep up the excellent work and never loose your passion.

 

Just some weekend progress on the motor getting smoothed out , it's almost a shame to paint this thing

 

cool

 

This car is awsome

 

So today I worked on the rear suspension , in order to run the two link the orgional trailing arm mounts had to be moved more towards the center of the car.

By moving this mount it enabled me to gain about 16" to the trailing arm.
The over all legth of the Arm is now 40"

The orgional location

This Is after it was moved

 

Woodpecker: I sure wish we could've had your wagon in the book I did for CarTech ("America's Coolest Station Wagons"). This is a masterpiece. Congrats on hitting the bullseye! Maybe there'll be a sequel to the book? If so, you're a shoe-in.
Scotty AKA jangleguy

 

what a great looking ride and the talent you have is unbelievable
59 was a great yr for me, senior in high school and join the Navy two weeks after I graduated... thanks for the post and pix...

very very nice work

 

Seems to me that Toyota had some small electrical actuators used to roll some headlight covers. PM Carps he would know for sure and exactly year etc....

 

Thanks man, im glad i could re-inspire you , i dont think this passion will ever die i have way too many idea and builds in my head that needs to get finished .

That would be awesome , thanks for the complement.






And to everyone else thanks you keep me motivated

 

Just some more updates , nothing out of this world , just the simple things I'm finally getting around to .

The start of the inner right rear quarter panal , nothing special .




And some more work on the rear trailing arms I finally got the bushings in the mail from suicidedoor.com so I also installed them today

 

im speechless, that car is a work of art! the 59 wagon in UK youve seen, is the tiki wagon, the flake paint is unreal, a lady named sue owns it.

 

When I grow up, I wanna learn how to stack dimes like that. Hot damn, the welds are a beautiful addition, to all the rest of your work. Bravo!

 

nice welds, and you remembered a grease fitting!! so many people forget these things need grease

 

Thanks man , that is soo cool that a chick ownes that wagon, from the pics its looks awesome .

jay that was on a good day that it turned out like that, im still learning and trying to get as good as some of these other guys on here .

just keep on practing man i know youll get it in no time.

thanks man , i admit ive forgot them too in the pass

 

Looking good Brother!!

 

Just some weekend progress,
So here are the 3 row seat floor side section that were in pretty rough shape there was so many pin hole in the outer peices I decided make some new one instead of fillin all the holes

 

amaaazing work... wow.

 

Some more Monday updates
I c notched the rear part of the frame today


And started putting the 3 row seat side floor sections in

 

So it might not seem like I've been working on the wagon latley but I have been, spending countless apon countless hours on smoothing out the 292 block and metal finishing a lot of other parts to try n cut down the cost on the chrome bill ,

Here I'm just starting to file the waves and inprefection out of the valve cover.

I know this might not look like much
But this was where the orgional breather hole in the top of the mc gurk valve cover was , I filled it from the bottom side and now I have to put in a filler where the fin wasn't . The reason why I'm filling this in is because there is no room under the hood for the breather to go on top of the valve cover .


One side , done in 180 grit

 

where do you plan on putting the rear shocks?..i want to notch my frame, but haven't decided on where to relocate the rear shocks..

 

I'm going to have to put them in front of the rear, thats the only place I have room for them to go. I'll post pic when I get it all set up.

 

I absolutely love that motor!!!!! Dang!!!

 

That's the most beautiful six cylinder engine I have ever seen in my life. That is a true work of art!

 

I think your sheet metal build is bad assed. The motor is killer as well! ........Mike

 

Nice craftsmanship

 

very nice work on the engine, looks like you are entering the home stretch.