I did a little more car hunting this week...

I told my self I wouldn't go car hunting for a while so I could get some work done on my projects.... I had been doing real good but I fell off the wagon this week. I ended up buying 2 different things, both worth getting, but both totally un nessary to my current builds .... I'll show them to you in the order that I got them.. First is a hay wagon made on a 48-52 F-1 frame. I was able to pull it home , I had to remove a bout 500 lbs of scrap off it and probablly 1000lbs of dirt, Then I removed the decking and took pictures... I then removed all the frame work for the decking.. The way I see it there is the 11" bendix brakes, f-1 spindles, f-1 transmission crossmember, And the best part is The scrap should be enought to pay me back for the purchase price!



Second I bought a car I have been wanting for years but never knew who owned it until recentlly... Turns out it's my nebighor! I have mentioned to him that I would like to have it and he seemed pretty unintrested in selling it, but the today I ran into him and he said he was read to sell! Now I am the proud owner of a 1956 Ford Parklane 2-door wagon! It's windows are all gonw, and roof has been jumped on, the tailgate is rusted out, no motor/ trans , But the fenders, rockers, quarters, hood, and trim are nice! Missing the front seat as well, it's rought to say the least, but from what I've read these were produced in low numbers 15,000 - 17,000 . Either way I'm happy .




OK OK OK I'm gonna try real hard to quit car hunting for a while. Step 1 is admiting I have a problem....

 

looks like the girl next to wagon, your Daughter?, is crying saying No Dad-No! (Ha!). yep there are too many "deals" out there to save them all. have fun in your spare time.

 

Diggin that Ford!!!

 

It's a disease. I've had it for years.

 

It's worse than that - If you look close that's her camera! She has the same disorder I do ! Maybe it's genetic!

 

That Ford is freakin' cool...

 

Awesome score!! Oh and thanks for the diagram you mailed me!! Perfect!!

 

Love the wagon!

 

nice wagon

 

Sweeet wagon!

 

I have the same sickness. Except you live in a rural part of Oklahoma and I bet it's not a huge problem to find places to put them cars

Love the wagon, and yeah, those aren't too common at all.

 

looks like good shit to me lol

 

I've had it for years.

 

The Parklane wagons were one year only and really cool, basically a decked out Ranch wagon with Fairlane trim. I think it was supposed to compete with the Nomad, and in '57 they changed the name to Del Rio.

All the glass is gone anyway, and it needs roof work, so how cool would it be to cut the roof height down to hardtop height and use a hardtop windshield in it, then hardtop doors and the 'basket handle' trim from a Crown Vic over the top of the roof, basically a Crown Victoria wagon? With a glass top roof insert even? That would really be a Nomad-beater.

 

Is it my imagination, or are longroofs getting more desirable?

 

I downloaded the pictures from my daughters camera...

 

I think the picture opf the fender is te picture she is taking in the picture!

 

once again the addiction runs it's course...

 

That Ford wagon is friggin' cool!!!!

Any plans for it yet?

Ed

 

They are gaining in popularity as a lot of us remember riding in the back of these as kids.

The '56 Parklanes are indeed rarely seen wagons and were produced only one year,,you did good! HRP

 

Huntin for cars? Hell i didnt even know they were in season!

 

They're ALWAYS in season!!

 

Don't know about your neck of the woods but car hunting season is year round in the Sunny South! HRP

 

love the parklane 2-door wagons, so many possibilities and the body looks pretty straight, good luck!

 

shit lately they come to me..............it sucks i cant say no

 

Love it... though I would have removed the toilet parts before photographing lol! Cool car!

 

One of my buddies had a wagon like when we were in trade school with a 352 in it. Until he put the 4 speed in it I think Hedders on here may have towed him home several times after he blew one of the many three speeds he tore up in the car.

That framework off the top of that trailer would make a pretty nice frame for a work table.

 

In 56 they were a Nomad beater. Ford 15,186 Chevy 7,886

 

It's always car hunting season here! I just have to be careful and not go over my limit! I recentlly got rid of 6 cars so I have a little space for extras, I don't have any real plans yet.... But I do have a 292, and a nos edelbrock 573 3-duce intake.....

 

Cut roof down to hardtop height: Brilliant! With that beautiful Fairlane trim, it would just be the perfect augment to the styling direction it was 'destined' for.

I love the 'cutwater' grille, (I have had 4 '56 Fords, converts & Vickies, and the lower top is proportional with the '56 body!)