Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper

[65RHDEER]

The stripper leave you with any surprises?

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fix the bumper



slow process, but it's getting there

stripper left my Buick naked on the beach



etch and protect

messy, but one more step

[SuperBuickGuy]

need to move this to the top of the hill so it's ready for it's Sunday stripper

and there we go, next up is to make it naked

[SuperBuickGuy]

windows protected



chill bar


welded


75% welded

[mike343sharpstick]

I built some of those wooden stands as well. I jacked up the car with my floor jack as high as it would go, (I have a slightly larger than average floor jack) and built them at a height that I could slide them under the tires. I use them all the time!
Mine are not as tall as the ones pictured, but still very useful.
I think the car may spend more time on these than the actual ground.

[STINEY]

I have often thought of building a set of those wooden stands. How exactly do you get the car up on them? Jack of course, but that's pretty high - my new Harbor Freight Daytona won't quite do that in one shot. Do you put it on tall jackstands first then use a large block to extend the reach of your jack?

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to get this up where I can work on it

chill bar behind gap

weld it up


another gap, another chill bar

tack it together


trick is not too much heat.... I still have a ways to go...

[SuperBuickGuy]

i know youre going for sleepy...but i mean, this IS you...

so since its going to be all yours, i vote for the classic
"naked woman riding a fire snorting dragon" mural up
and down both sides, with the name "draggin wagon"
emblazoned across the tailgate.........

on the roof, the truckers would love me

[fatguyzinc]

and for the record - my wife still hates this car it will be mine, all mine

i know youre going for sleepy...but i mean, this IS you...

so since its going to be all yours, i vote for the classic
"naked woman riding a fire snorting dragon" mural up
and down both sides, with the name "draggin wagon"
emblazoned across the tailgate.........

[SuperBuickGuy]

My first response was to start gushing like a fanboy and tell you how cool and that you always get the coolest toys ......

On second thought , I hate you ........



Really cool car .

and for the record - my wife still hates this car it will be mine, all mine

[SuperBuickGuy]

and for the record, I seriously doubt that will be fully welded. once the floor is finished I'm going to ceramic sound deaden the top and undercoat the bottom.... this car will have A/C because... well, it's a Buick and we like comfort with our speed.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Moving along! As far as straight 8 info contact the Salt Cat team - a Buick straight 8 in a Jag sedan and they've been doing it forever. They know what works and what doesn't and are nice folks willing to share. Pretty sure they'll turn up in a Google search. And no, the cylinder walls are NOT too thin!!!!

Dan

when it was said, I was literally in tears laughing so hard.... I get why the guy said it - to make the other guy feel better - after all, IIRC DG didn't charge him for the sh*tton of work he did on that car.... but still, no, they are not thin. lol

[DanStokes]

Moving along! As far as straight 8 info contact the Salt Cat team - a Buick straight 8 in a Jag sedan and they've been doing it forever. They know what works and what doesn't and are nice folks willing to share. Pretty sure they'll turn up in a Google search. And no, the cylinder walls are NOT too thin!!!!

Dan

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fix the flintstone






then the fitting




and lots of tacking

though no weld spoon.... darn it.... time to go out and get some more chill bars

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'd love to see something like a turboed injected straight 8, but I have no idea how much power they can make, or handle. Who knows, it might puke its guts out around 250 horsepower, or it might make 400 HP lolligaging around at 3800 RPM, I just don't know enough about them. It would certainly be unique though.

250 hp 1000 lbs torque... the straight-8 motor is stout - put-in-buses-and-locomotives stout - 5 main cap-stout.... there are LSR with the straight 8, and there is at least one Mega-squirt LSR Straight 8 out there*... you can buy aluminum heads for the 248, 263, and 320.... the only reason I mention it now is I know of a 320 that is mostly built which is available.... and like everything else, there is actually a community who race these motors in LSR

*the person who did this also blew the motor up and that discussion became a memorable fight on here between myself and another.... he claimed the motor blew up because of thin walls on the straight 8.... the motor weighs something like 900 lbs, nothing is light on that motor....