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

[Madkidd007]

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

[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

[gottattooz]

I welded in the lower windshield channel and both pillar channels. I was welding the underside of the passenger channel when the welder stopped working again. I think the wire melted to the sheath inside the Stinger. So now that's on order

Josh

[gottattooz]

So my new welder stinger came in today so I finished welding the windshield channel in place. Then I patched a few holes behind the dash and then mixed up some all-metal filler to seal up the pin holes around the windshield channel and below the dash to keep water out of the interior. I need to pick up more all-metal tomorrow, but she's coming along

Josh

[gottattooz]

I've been body working around the windshield. First, a layer of all-metal, then duraglas, followed by featherlight filler. I also did my best to seal any possible pinholes in the wiper cowl to prevent problems later of any leaks behind the dashboard

Josh

[gottattooz]

I ordered a new wiper transmission because the original was seized with rust.

I finished body working the a-pillars.

I made block off plates for inside the ends of the wiper cowl. I'm waiting on epoxy paint to come in to coat the inside of the cowl so I can install the new transmission and seal the cowl to prevent water and debris from getting inside behind the dash.

I took the tail gate apart because everything's rusted shut. I soaked all the mechanicals in pb blaster. The left side tailgate release rod corroded into a few unusable pieces, so I'll have to find new ones

Josh

[Ol Blue K20]

That sounds scary, did everything come back to normal with the pressure off?

[gottattooz]

Yes, it relaxed back to the original dimensions. The rockers were bowed pretty bad under the b-pillar, and might need a little tweaking, but I'll address that later

Josh

[gottattooz]

I removed both front seats. I used a length of scrap 1 inch square tubing to mark my cut line and I removed the passenger rocker panel. I cleaned it up and mocked it in place with clamps and measured to make sure it was exactly an inch shorter, then I welded the top back on. I still have to weld the bottom and make a plate to fill in a gap at the rear, but at least there was enough material and space behind the rocker to make it possible. I also measured front to back to make sure the floor didn't flex when I removed the rocker.

Josh

[3757chevy]

Looks like you are making good progress.

[Madkidd007]

I bet it doesn’t even run anymore