Author Topic: My Cruiser Wagon Project..... (Read 46975 times)

bigh4th · « **Reply #60 on:** February 26, 2007, 07:16:34 AM »

Sounds to me like your cowl area is leaking. I hope its not as there's no easy way to fix that, as I'm sure you know.

I'll never understand why ford didn't use some kind of rust-proofing in their cowls. Mustangs, maverics, and pintos all suffer from this and its a major PITA to fix.

-Harry

77turbopinto · « **Reply #61 on:** February 26, 2007, 08:49:22 AM »

Quote from: bigh4th on February 26, 2007, 07:16:34 AM

Sounds to me like your cowl area is leaking. I hope its not as there's no easy way to fix that, as I'm sure you know.

I'll never understand why ford didn't use some kind of rust-proofing in their cowls. Mustangs, maverics, and pintos all suffer from this and its a major PITA to fix.

-Harry

All my Pintos and early Mustangs that I did paint work to, or had paint issues near the cowl, had galvanized cowls.

Bill

douglasskemp · « **Reply #62 on:** February 26, 2007, 10:55:13 PM »

I am sticking by my windshield gasket guess.

TIGGER · « **Reply #63 on:** February 27, 2007, 01:25:48 AM »

I got home for work tonight kind of late. I just went out and took a look in the car. There is hardly anything on the passenger side floor board, maybe a trickle. Infact it is hard to tell because I think it is frozen. However the drivers side is different story, there was more water there than I expected. There is a trail of water coming from the pinch weld under the fender, near the windshield. I am not sure if that is the only one or not yet. The same thing that I found on my 67 Mustang. Looks like I will be pulling the fender in the near future if I cannot get to it from below.

TIGGER · « **Reply #64 on:** July 29, 2007, 01:12:10 AM »

Well, the last couple months I have not done much to the crusing wagon. I have been working on my jet boat mainly rebuilding the pump. I trimmed the rear floor board and tack welded it in a couple months ago but that has been about it till lately. Last weekend I ran into a snag on the boat so I decided to weld in the rear panel. It is not best weld job but it will do. I think I will overlap the front section instead of doing butt welds as I think it will be easier for me to weld.

One of the things that has been keeping me from getting the car smogged was the exhaust. The wagon had the original exhaust on it when I bought it. Ford muffler and all. It was all rotted out so, yesterday I swapped out the cat back for another used one I had from a past parts car. The used one was in decent shape so I decided to use it instead of spending the $200-$300 for a new exhaust system. The car is so quite now, and does not pop when you let off the gas

Today, I pulled out the patch floor pan and drilled out all the spot welds from the old bracing and frame rail. It was not too bad of a job. I think it took me a couple hours to get everything off. Then I cut out all the rust from the front floor of the crusing wagon. The next job is to trim the patch. Not sure if I will have time tomorrow, this may be a next weekend project. Here are some pics.....

Once I get the front floor welded in and everything sealed and painted, the plan is to go get the car smogged and licensed. At that point, I will start to drive it

TIGGER · « **Reply #65 on:** September 04, 2007, 01:44:57 AM »

I have had the floor trimmed for some time now but have not had a chance to weld it till today. I did not get far as I ran out of shielding gas for my welder

Since I was SOL on that, I decided to clean out the cargo area a little and straighten up some of the parts that I had in the back. I vacuumed up the carpet. Someone replaced the carpet at some point as it is in real good shape. The cargo mat cleaned up quite well also. I had to sew the vinyl back on along one half of it. The only thing that is in bad shape is the piece of carpet that goes behind the seat back. It is disintegrated. I will have to find one somewhere.

TIGGER · « **Reply #66 on:** September 04, 2007, 02:00:41 AM »

Once I was done with the carpet, I started to clean the cargo area and spare tire well. The cargo panels are in fair shape but once I am done with the floors I plan on removing them and painting them so that are all one color.

TIGGER · « **Reply #67 on:** September 04, 2007, 02:11:43 AM »

I then replaced the dry hatch seal with a nice used one I had put away. Then came the cleaning of the spare tire. It looks to be the original one

I also got a jack and lug wrench for it since they were both missing. The fiber board spare tire cover was in pretty bad shape so it was tossed in the garbage. I came across this plastic spare tire cover from an early wagon a few years ago that I decided to install to keep the cargo area flat.

TIGGER · « **Reply #68 on:** September 04, 2007, 02:14:27 AM »

Here is what it looks like put together. I am hoping to get some more time on the car this week. Hopefully I can get the floors done this week.

turbowagonman · « **Reply #69 on:** September 10, 2007, 04:54:10 PM »

Hey Tigger, what kind of Wagon is that Spare Tire cover out of?

turbowagonman

TIGGER · « **Reply #70 on:** September 11, 2007, 01:04:20 AM »

I got this one out of a 73 Pinto Wagon a couple years back.

TIGGER · « **Reply #71 on:** September 16, 2007, 01:04:53 AM »

Today I finished welding the front floor pan. I ground down all the welds and seam sealed both panels. I still have to clean up the bottom and undercoat them. I did not feel like doing it today so I removed the passenger side fender and seam sealed the cowl. I got it back on and quit for the day. I will paint the floor tomorrow. Here are some pics.

Pintony · « **Reply #72 on:** September 16, 2007, 01:49:23 AM »

Hey Tigger,
Looks like you R doing it right!
Will be a NICE ride when U R finished.
What R your plans for paint? Interior color???
From Pintony
Here is part of what I did today

TIGGER · « **Reply #73 on:** September 16, 2007, 02:24:53 PM »

Thanks Tony, I am trying to do it right

For now, I plan on leaving the car orange on orange and black. The interior is not too bad of shape. I replaced the trashed door panels and armrests. I have a mint dash pad for it. I just need to do something with the front seats and paint the cargo panels and the interior should look pretty sharp.

Your door sills came out nice. I have yet to dig thru my collection to find a nice set for the CW. The original ones were corroded so in the garbage they went.

Years ago I bought some NOS door sills for my 67 Mustang because my original ones were all dull. Instead of using them, I buffed out my original ones and to my amazement they came out almost perfect. To this day the NOS ones are put away and worth 3X what I paid for them. I only wish I would have bought more Ford trim and stashed it away as the prices for some of that stuff have gone thru the roof.

Pintony · « **Reply #74 on:** September 16, 2007, 02:40:19 PM »

Hey Tigger,
Keep UP the GREAT work and keep sending the photos of your progress.
Your Mustang story is Y I am reluctant to sell my NOS Pinto parts now...
I have a BIG investment in these parts and I'd like to se a return on my investment.
I sell used Pinto parts cheep.. I just do not have the time to send them out much.
From Pintony

TIGGER · « **Reply #75 on:** September 17, 2007, 01:26:51 AM »

I hear ya Tony. I think there are a few of us that would pay dearly for the parts we need. There are a few items that I have been looking for for years now and I am almost to the point that I would pay just get them. For me, I would want the NOS Mustang parts to have in case something happens to my car. In your case I imagine you have spares of certain things that you will not sell for the very same reason. I bought all NOS trim when I restored my Mustang in the early 90's. At the time, it was not much more than repro stuff. Now some items are 10X to what the repro stuff is. NOS rocker panel moldings are $750 a pair, I paid around $150. It's crazy..... I really need to get my car appraised. If anything were to happen to it, there is no way the insurance will give me money to fix the car using NOS parts

Anyway, back to the wagon.... I got the passeger side floor board painted and most of the underside welds cleaned up before the rain started. I wanted to get some seam sealer on the outside welds but it just got too wet. It looks like the rain will be here for most of the week so it will be a good time to find some leaks! I didn't take any pictures today.

TIGGER · « **Reply #76 on:** September 17, 2007, 02:44:21 AM »

Since we had a good rain this evening, I took a peak in the wagon and noticed a small puddle. Now that the floor board is not all nasty I can lay on it and peek under the dash. It looks like the passenger side wiper post is causing the puddle. l can see where it is dripping from. The weather lady said we should be getting some good rains on Tuesday so I will keep a watch on the car and see if any more pop up.

TIGGER · « **Reply #77 on:** September 17, 2007, 02:58:27 AM »

Saw these on Ebay. What do you guys think?

Cookieboystoys · « **Reply #78 on:** September 17, 2007, 08:45:51 AM »

look just like a set I bought and then gave away... hard and unconfortable, I didn't like the way I sat in the seat but did get used to it after awhile. No seat release for people to get in the back seat... had a manual seat adjustment that you could turn to move the seat back forward but you had to turn, turn and turn the manual adjustment and was still a tight fit to get in the rear. The shoulder pads that stick out.... get in the way when looking over the shoulder. And finally they were Large... looked to big in the pinto.

77turbopinto · « **Reply #79 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:22:01 AM »

I took the time and effort to make custom mounts for a pair of Saturn seats. I installed them both as low as I could get the right side one, because the floor has the bulge for the cat. converter. Had them installed, level, perfectly even, with the same seat height as the stock ones; they LOOKED great and everything went smooth UNTIL I sat in the car (head hitting the roof). The Pinto seats are thick and soft where the Saturn seats are thin and firm. If it were not for that bulge, they might have worked.

I plan to get a pair of my stock hi-backs re-covered. It cost us less than $200. per seat in labor to have Connie's re-done, and the place said it would be about that inluding black vinyl to have mine done because they are much simpler.

Bill

Pintony · « **Reply #80 on:** September 17, 2007, 01:02:15 PM »

Quote from: TIGGER on September 17, 2007, 02:58:27 AM

Saw these on Ebay. What do you guys think?

Hey Tigger,
If the side bulge will clear the door I say... Y-NOT try them?

From Pintony
P.S I hope U find the leak and can get it sealed...

TIGGER · « **Reply #81 on:** September 23, 2007, 01:32:53 AM »

I spent some time working on the car today. I sealed the passenger side wiper arm. I also seam sealed the underside welds and seams. I also undercoated the passenger side floor board once the seam sealer dried. Here are some pics of the painted floor board as well as the drivers side floor board. I had to weld a small patch where the punctures were as I was not able to weld them up without blowing holes thru the floor. I seam sealed the patch as well as some other areas. I still have to wire wheel some areas before I paint it. While I was waiting for the seam sealer to dry, I decided to install my lowering blocks. I finished one side but did not finish the other side. Not sure if I will have time to finish the other....

Pintony · « **Reply #82 on:** September 23, 2007, 12:18:26 PM »

Hey Tigger,
Those look like the old Racer Walsh lowering blocks???\
Again nice work!!!!!
From Pintony

TIGGER · « **Reply #83 on:** September 23, 2007, 02:23:24 PM »

Thanks Pintony. Yes, they are old Racer Walsh blocks. I feel they are the best blocks for the Pinto. I am not a big fan of using the the rubber isolators and normal lowering blocks.

TIGGER · « **Reply #84 on:** October 07, 2007, 01:32:22 AM »

I finally got some time to work on the car today. I finished my lowering block install. I wire wheeled the drivers side floor board and painted it. I also seam sealed the underside of the patch I welded on the drivers side. Tomorrow I will under coat the area and drop the car down on the ground. Here are some pics....

TIGGER · « **Reply #85 on:** October 07, 2007, 01:36:15 AM »

Here are a couple more pics....

TIGGER · « **Reply #86 on:** October 07, 2007, 11:05:16 PM »

Today I had some more time to work on the car. I started by undercoating the patch in the underside of the drivers floor board. I then decided to fix my wipers. My intermittent wipers were not working properly. Luckily it was only the box that needed to be changed. Since I had half the dash apart already, I decided now was the time to swap out the dash pad for my mint one. That took about an hour. I got most of the dash back together with exception to the instrument cluter. The idiot lights (brake, oil, seat belt ) have not worked since I bought the car. I tried to debug them a little today. All the bulbs are new. I cleaned all the contacts on back of the cluster. That did not help. I also swapped the cluster out for another one that I have no history on. That one acted the same. I have a known good one in my Bobcat but I think it will net the same results. For fun, I changed out the switch on the parking brake to see if that would help the brake light. It did not change anything either

This looks like it will not be an easy fix. Has anyone had problems with their idiot lights not working?

Here are some pics...

TIGGER · « **Reply #87 on:** October 07, 2007, 11:06:44 PM »

I also installed what was left of the underlayment I had. The front was in bad shape so I had to chuck it. I will have to figure something out for that.

douglasskemp · « **Reply #88 on:** October 07, 2007, 11:28:52 PM »

Quote from: TIGGER on October 07, 2007, 11:06:44 PM

I also installed what was left of the underlayment I had. The front was in bad shape so I had to chuck it. I will have to figure something out for that.

One word:
Dynamat

--Doug

TIGGER · « **Reply #89 on:** October 08, 2007, 02:50:31 AM »

I used it when I restored my 67 Mustang. It is good stuff but expensive

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