1967 buick special wagon

[gottattooz]

I picked up an all original 1967 buick special station wagon last year with the plan to body swap it onto something cool. Well I picked up a sweet donor car last Thursday.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I picked up a wrecked 2009 pontiac g8 gt with a host of modifications and upgrades. Coil over shocks, headers and full stainless exhaust, and a bunch of other goodies. Upon initial inspecting, the left rear lower control arm is bent, the radiator is cracked and an a/c line that no one makes anymore is broken off at The condenser.

The wheel bases are 115 inches on both vehicles, so cutting away everything in the way on getting the wagon to slip over the g8 is all that's left to do.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I removed all the bolt ons and Started measuring to a where the wagon will find its new home. The blue t-square is where the windshield frame might end up. Everything under and in front of the t-square will technically be outside and will need to be plated and sealed up.

Josh

[mongocanfly]

Nice looking wagon....your a glutton for body swaps..!!!!

[jjzepplin]

Watchin this!

[gottattooz]

I replaced both lower rear control arms. The left one was bent from the wreck.

I got two 6 foot lengths of 2x2x1/4" angle iron and made sub frame connectors to minimize flex when I cut the roof off. I welded nuts to some old lawn mower blades and slid them into the front sub frames to secure the angle iron

Josh

[gottattooz]

I measured from the back seat frame to just under the a-pillar and marked it. Then I cut out the b-pillar and the roof and remeasured. The picture I posted is after the cut. So far, nothing has moved. I'm happy with that.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I spent the morning rummaging through a few local junk yards. I found an a/c line that no one makes anymore, a few brackets and a pair of 2010 cadillac cts tail lights. They're close enough to the size and shape of the quarter panel.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I replaced the radiator and both upper and lower hoses. I also replaced the a/c line from the condenser to the evaporator that was broken in the crash.

I finished removing the trunk sheet metal and the driver's side Rocker panel. Now to cut the floor out of the wagon

Josh

[gottattooz]

I started tearing into the wagon. Someone caulked all around the windshield and then stuck the stainless trim back on. The whole windshield frame is rotted out. Luckily, since it's the same parts on a chevelle, they make replacement pieces to repair it.

I pulled the grille and front bumper with no issues.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I went back to the junk yard and found some different cadillac tail lights that fit the profile of the quarter panel of the wagon better. These are dts lights.

I pulled the front clip and set if on the g8 to see what is in the way and what works

Josh

[gottattooz]

I pulled the brake booster, wiper motor, a/c blower box, evaporator box and dash assembly.

Josh

[youngrodder]

Quite a project. Following along to see how this one turns out.

Marc

[gottattooz]

I pulled the heater core box off the fire wall and removed both bench seats. The floor is totally trashed. When I was kneeling on the floor to remove the back lower bench seat, both my knees punched through what was left of the sheet metal and I was kneeling on the shop floor! I cut the studs off that held the rear seat back, because the nuts were so corroded, I couldn't get a wrench or socket to fit.

Once I get it over to the lift, I'll make the braces to pick the car up by the rocket panels and I'll cut the floor out

Josh

[gottattooz]

I pulled the pontiac away from the lift and put the wagon up to remove the rear bumper and rear body mount bolts. Then I made a rail bracket out of one inch square tubing to lift the body off once I cut the floor out

Josh

[Madkidd007]

Ok now I’m here for the **** show. Wait I’ll just swing by next weekend

[gottattooz]

I cut the floor out of the wagon and raised it off the chassis

Josh

[gottattooz]

I cleaned up the rocker panels on the wagon and painted the inside black (no picture). I bought some 11gauge steel to box in the rockers on the pontiac. The outer rocker panels of the wagon will attach to the same panel

Josh

[gottattooz]

I measured and trimmed the new rocker panel and drilled what feels like a thousand holes. I painted the inside with epoxy paint and plug welded it to the car.

Josh

[Ol Blue K20]

I'm liking this project!!!

[gottattooz]

Well, after getting the proclaimers stuck in my head, singing " I would drill 500 holes, and I would drill 500 more......" I got the driver's side all set up and I started plug welding and I ran out of mig wire.....To be continued

Josh

[gottattooz]

Yesterday, I removed the dash pad while I was waiting on the welding wire. Today I finished plug welding the driver's side rocker panel

Josh

[gottattooz]

I rolled the pontiac under the wagon body and started the process of lowering the body until something hits, cut away obstructions, repeat. I know there's a lot more work to do before I mate the body to the floor pan (windshield channel repair, wiper motor placement, etc.), but I'm really excited seeing where and how things are lining up. The outer rocker panel looks like it'll end up centered in the rocker panel I just welded on, and the rear section of the wagon floor is pretty damn close to where the pontiac trunk floor is.

Josh

[3757chevy]

Peaked my interest.

[gottattooz]

I adapted the pontiac wiper motor to the buick linkage. I modified the buick linkage to fit the pontiac splined motor. I welded brackets inside the wiper cowl and articulated the linkage to check for clearance. It touched at the very bottom of the coal, but since it's angled, I shimmed it with a few washers until it cleared.

Josh