1967 buick special wagon

[gottattooz]

So I went and bought paint for the wagon. The more I looked at the magnetic grey metallic that came on the pontiac, the more I felt like it was too dark for my taste. And, if I'm being honest, lighter colors hide bad bodywork better. So I looked through the color swatches at the paint store and I went with the old reliable gm gunmetal grey. It's a timeless color and I think it'll look great.

Josh

[Ol Blue K20]

Gonna be bad @$$

[gottattooz]

I finished the main structure of the air dam. I took it off the car so I could weld up all the seams and brackets. Then my headlights and fog lights came in!

Josh

[gottattooz]

I cut out the windows for the fog lights and then boxed in the bottom and sides. I painted the back and bottom with epoxy paint. I'll use all-metal filler to dress the welds and smooth the edges

Josh

[gottattooz]

And the tedious process of bodywork continues. I'm pretty amazed at how smooth its looking. I'm on the final glaze stage, filling in little low spots and pinholes. Hopefully I'll primer it and have paint on it by the weekend

Also, I ordered front and rear sway bars as well as a strut tower brace from bmr suspension and they showed up today.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I epoxy primered the air dam. After work I installed it, along with the fog lights and new headlights

Josh

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks good, great job!!

[gottattooz]

I didn't like the sharp corners on the leading edge of the air dam, so I cut them out and welded in a radiused edge from a section of a stainless steel truck bumper my dad had laying around. I'm much happier with the way it looks now.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I'm trying to figure out how to install a battery cutoff switch and utilize the fuel filler door since I can't seem to find a patch panel to delete it. I ordered a fuel tank cap and battery cutoff switch, drilled a hole in the cap and, to my surprise, the cap is secure enough to toggle on and off without any other modifications. Now I have to figure out the mounting and running of the battery negative to and from the switch.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I bodyworked and primered the air dam again. While I was at it, I primered the side skirts and rear skirts that I made out of the 67-68 camaro air dam. It was hard to see how things looked with the darker colors

Josh

[gottattooz]

I put the air dam back on so I could see how the side skirts would look. My dilemma is how do I run the tapered skirts? Big end up front, tapering to the rear or small end up front, getting bigger toward the back?

Josh

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks good, I like radiused corners the best.

[4u2nv]

Good choice on the rear fender cutout , nice custom touch .

[Ol Blue K20]

I like the radiused corners, it's looking good!

[gottattooz]

No real progress on the wagon. Been fixing other projects, and to be honest, I've been at a stand still about the wheels. So my overly obsessive brain started looking at c6 corvette wheels. My friend Josh has a set on a project, and I vaguely remember putting them on and then rubbing the inner fenders well. Mathematically they fit, so I borrowed a wheel and tried again. Turns out, there's a little bump by the strut that pokes out just enough to rub the inner sidewall. I checked the passenger side first because that's where the fuel filler neck pipe runs behind the wheel, so if that rubs, there's no point. But on the driver's side, I massaged that bump with a hammer and the tire clears. Plus it's got more backspacing which gives me another 1/2 inch from the outer fender lip, which is exactly what I wanted. The tires on these wheels are 285/35r19. I'm going to run 275/40r19, which gives me another 1/4 of clearance from what you see in the pictures. The first picture is the style of rim I'm looking at for sale locally, but the guy is out of town until the 19th. Well see what happens

Josh

[gottattooz]

I hate how open the rear wheel well is behind the tire. I was playing around, thinking about making a side exit exhaust tip to fill in the space. I revisited the front fender idea, but I didn't like having the tear drop sweep on the front and not the back. Then I started measuring and cutting the front fender dogleg for the rear wheel well. The yellow fenders are trash, so I played around with them first. Then I transferred what I learned on to a pair of 66 front fenders I have. I painted them white for continuity and I think I just solved my dilemma. The next dilemma is finding a door skin I can use to cut up and finish the body line all the way to the rear bumper. I do have some rocker panels that might work. I'll keep you posted

Josh

[3757chevy]

I like it

[gottattooz]

I finally got my hands on a pair of 2010 cadillac srx tail lights. They've got the tail, brake, turn and reverse lights all in one housing. I made a tape template, transferred it to cardboard and reassembled the "mold" with more tape. This was to see if this was the right look before doing any serious cutting on the body

Josh

[gottattooz]

And so at the point of no return, I cut the pointed end off to better situate the template I made and mark the quarter panel for cutting. I trimmed the tail light bucket to fit inside the quarter panel. I secured everything with self tapers and painted it white for continuity. I'm liking it

Josh

[yuccales]

Great build so far! Gotta say your defrost "manifold" looks like it will move some air. No excuse for that windshield to ice up!

[gottattooz]

I cut out sections of an old driver's door to make up the rest if the quarter panel. The other missing patch closer to the door handle is to delete the fuel filler door. Once I got the door skin in place, I cut off a section of outer rocker panel to fill in the bottom. Personally, I'm very impressed on how is looking.

Josh

[joesscamaro]

I'm a fan of the center mount exhaust idea! Agree with it looking a little wonky with it offset, like you mentioned.

[gottattooz]

While I'm waiting on parts, I decided that I want to detail the wheels. When I saw them online, I thought they were machined with silver paint, but they're all silver. One thing I learned to do is polish aluminum so it looks like chrome. I sanded the face and outer lip with 80 grit, 180, 320 and then 400 grit. Then I polished everything to a mirror shine. I was going to paint the silver parts gun metal grey like the car, but I think they'll stand out in bronze against the grey. I know it's not going to be a popular opinion to go bronze, but if I don't like it, I can always repaint it.

Josh

[gottattooz]

I taped off the polished areas and scuffed the grey parts with 400 grit. I put about 4 or 5 light coats on it to get it even. I like it so far

Josh

[3757chevy]

IMO it looks good. But it's all up to you.