Projects 59 chevy wagon in progress

Everything is really coming together nice, paint is looking great. Engine sounds super....Jim

 

Jim thanks

 

Man, you know how to flow paint, I can't wait to see her done.

 

just a quick tuesday update , so i went in this mornign and had to get my stuff out of the paint booth so chris could paint , and i had no where to put my doors and talegate so i ended up putting them on , for the most part everything went back the way it was , certin doors need a little adjustment but overall im pretty happy with the way its turning out , and its starting to look like a car again





like i said its close but still needs a little tweek

 

thanks nads , im an amiture , i think the paint flows it self , im just glad i didnt run it like usual i always put paint on wayyyyyy to heavy , i cant wait to see it finished too ,

 

you rule, stunning. My 60 wagon is such a mess right now, I can't believe she got so bad, but she was driven daily for 13 years.

 

Cody, Don't ya' be givin' away my Brazilian contacts!

 

That baby is looking so good, more paint more paint...Jim

 

I'm stoked on your color scheme. This moredoor longroof is gonna be friggin sweet. More pics!

 

Yep, those colours look great! I agree, more paint please!!

 

No you rule nads , that's crazy about your wagon , it's ashame how fast they go when they start going , well just thing you can hop on that as soon as you finish the elki.

sorry mike , that's right you got that off of the Brazilian eBay site right

thanks , soon Jim soon

thanks ,soon

I'm glad you guys like the colors guys I still go back an forth on them every day I see the wagon , I quests I'll feel better when I see the entire body is painted

 

Love the paint color Cody!

 

Colour is great.........don't doubt it!

 

Damn! I go without the intraweb for a few months and you've almost finished the car!! Looking and sounding great!

 

thanks guys im glad you like the color combo

thanks, its looks close to being done but there is still a lot of little stuff thats going to eat up a lot of time , so hopefully by the end of the year i'll have it done.

 

I cant wait to see it done!

 

Meeeeeeeee Tooooooooooooooo

 

Man it just keeps getting better, Im relly impressed at all the attention to detail youve put in the build. Nice work Cody, I couldnt imagine putting in so much work in the amount of time you have ! Inspirational for sure

 

Wow! paint looks sweet and the engine sounds real nice! The upholstery looks amazing great stuff, I will have to check them out when I get there... Excellent job Cody!!

 

Monday update time again , today i worked on a lot of little odds and ends since chris was painting i wasnt trying to make much dust , so i worked on the rear roof molding, allinged the doors and talegate better , worked on the catch for the talelight assambly and it was the end of the day, last night i finished up the horn ring and some other small stuff to get ready to send out for chrome ,all i have left to finish of for chromer is the motor mounts and intake . the body is ready to be final sanded in 320 and painted ,






i know the welds arnt perfect , it seemd like every half inch i was blowing threw due to it being so thin

 

thanks, its deffintley a lobor of love , and its starting to ware me down , but i just keep chuging along and im finally starting to see the light at the end iof the tunnel

thanks again for the kind words

 

Beautiful, can't wait. I started color sanding mine, did the massive hood, now onto the front fenders.

 

Both you and Nads stuff is amazing. Cody, what's that piece you made for the back drip rail area?

 

I like the wagon idea , it's great to get the family involved in the sport.

 

Roof pieces look nice, and so does the steering wheel...Jim

 

Great pics ,i dig the engine bay sheet metal. What type of carbs are those?

 

"i know the welds arnt perfect , it seemd like every half inch i was blowing threw due to it being so thin"
Hi Cody,
they are great, like you noted these are really thin (20 or 22 Ga?) and as many wagon owners have learned they are almost always rusty and hard to find

 

I love that color man, is that like the newer vw green thats the same color im painting my c-10 hope it turns out just half as nice as yours is looking.

 

thanks nads , ill hopefully be doing the same thing in a couple of weeks

dont forget to mention yours as well jj, the peice was actually a rear roof drip rail molding it is steel and is always rusted out or gone on the wagons, so i just redid them , i actuall forgot about it intile the other day i came across them and said o yah i need to get theses done and put on before i paint the roof

that it is

thanks jim

thanks , the carbs are SU's there off of a datsun 240 z , but a lot of eroupean cars ran them as well .

thanks yah they were tought im not sure on the gage but it was like wilding paper together , i had my tig welder on the lowest possible setting and it was still blowing threw , , do you have your ? and what kind of shape are they in if you do.

cool , yah its the vw beetle color well the lighter green that is , its called cyber green matlliac , the color was too yellow so we added blue to it to get it to go with the darker green .

 

I hope you know Cody, your updates really do push me to get stuff done! Your progress is inspiration (and obviously the amazing work you do).
The last few month you have really lighted a fire under my ass!
THANKS!!