Damn man it is turning out great I never relized how different the 9 paa cars were what does the Gas tank look like in that car. Did you move the rear back? I had to in my car to lay on the frame.
yes i moved the rear end back 1 " to center the wheels better. the gas tanks are completely different. ill try and get a pic if i remember.
do a search here. there is someone doing a brookwood to kingswood conversion. i don't remember who it was or the thread, but know i saw it.
Hey ryno and ls1wagon im the one doing the 9 pass conversion , btw your car is so bad ass , im glad to see some one else is taking the time and laying these wagon on the ground the right way , i han't goten that far on my project to really deal with the rear end setup and laying the rear of my wagon on the ground yet but i think your the first one i actually see do 9 passanger , and trying to keep everything , since i have the rear floor section for the 9 passanger on mine and its not installed yet i was just going to notch and get everything set up the put the floor sectiong in a higher location to accomadate the rear frame mods. aney ways keep up the great work .
Helen has definitely come a long way in a short period of time. Congratulations on an an outstanding ride.
the only problem with doing it that way is your 3 rd row seat back will be way to high, opposed to the other seat tops. thanks gary. ha i wish man. shooting for the round up. thanks. if all goes as planned ill be following you down south again come April!
Ryno thanks, i totally didnt even think of that , im so wraped up in everything else with the build it totally blew my mind .
I've been still working on getting it all the way down, think i finally reached my goal! frame planted on earth got my rear shock mounts fab'd. i had to move the transmission x member back 3" to use a 700r4. the floor tunnel had to cut out also to clear the transmission housings. I sectioned the stock x-member down to fit inside the stock mounts that where moved rearward. the drive shaft had to be shorted in the front and lengthen in the back. this set up is obliviously temporary. i just needed to get a idea of the angles that the shaft will be at to clearance the x frame top in the rear. allot of frame, about 10" or so had to be cut out and raised to clear the shaft angles. a slip joint will have to be used for the extreme push/pull with billet center support bearing. mounted up the cpp 7" dual booster and vette sytle mc. had good clearance from my stock valve covers.
thanks fellas i had to raise up the top of the x-frame to clear the drive shaft. ill post some pics later, left the camera in the shop!
i shaved the firewall. removed the heater core, fan box, factory wire looms, and a bunch of unnecessary holes and divits. started the body work to smooth it all out i shaved the factory radio,center speaker, heater controls, ash tray, light switch hole and wiper holes.
Bit of a late question, But did you have any problems getting the front quaters of? I'm having troubles getting my front left quater off, due to a rusted out bolt at the bottom of the panel, But before the cowel, Inside the seal i think.
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