Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper

[SuperBuickGuy]

New vette?
Thought your’s was black.

I wish this was mine... it's pretty cool

[Deaf Bob]

New vette?
Thought your’s was black.

[SuperBuickGuy]

spinny time

[silver_bullet]

I like the variety of projects!

[SuperBuickGuy]

I know, I know, I should go back to Corvette only content.... but alas, you need to suffer to really appreciate C3 content.
time to set the car in place

front brackets

assembled

in the back, I'll use the hinge mounts to hold it

welded

it even holds on the back

[SuperBuickGuy]

tonight was planning, mostly... I really don't want to work on this upside down

so I dug out my rotisserie and got to planning


then there was puppy play time.... Luigi's brother came for a fully puppy play date, complete with a full mudding...
That's Luigi, he's almost white when not covered in mud

but fun was had by all

[Monster]

This shot lets me see how cool this longroof is going to be.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to make the safety experts cringe

the goal here is get the sand out (more of the sand), and get the grease off the underside.... this is round 1


also do a bit of spot rust treatment

can't see the difference but a lot better

while the frame waits for remarriage

[SuperBuickGuy]

Nothing to see here, just some old guy in some old Buick wagon....

[DanStokes]

Me too! (see above.....)

Dan

[Monster]

I love this project !

[SuperBuickGuy]

for the next week or so, this gets front burner... I've got to get the floor painted so I can mount the body to the frame....
first, remove harness

remove frame

put on Corvette dolly


I also really need to start planning the details... things like power windows and such.... I think I have most of what I need to make it mobile.... but no gauges - if what I use needs dash mods, now would be a pretty good time to do it.... and on and on... very comfortable, fast, fast, car... one I could race if the vehicle I'm towing becomes incapacitated....

[DanStokes]

I'd go with epoxy and undercoat. This is not likely to become a museum piece so I'd go with fun and functional.

Dan

[silver_bullet]

Epoxy paint and possibly lizardskin?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Now that the '40 is running fine (enough), the Corvette is mostly maintenance, it's time to get this running....
and look, a thing happened

first, some lightening


door free




okay, decision time... do I paint underneath or just epoxy paint and undercoat?

you'll note both Buicks are on the plate (and I may take a suggestion I got about leaving the patina - for now - on the 50 and making it run....

so suggestion about the underneath of the wagon....?