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Title: Another project
Post by: good2win22 on February 21 2018, 09:52:27 PM
1966 Ford Ranch Wagon. 57k miles. 289 two barrel. Three on the tree with overdrive. Sold new on 10 December 1965 at Bock Ford in New Braunfels, Texas. It sat out for a while, thus the patina. Pulled the tank and cleaned it out.  Put a kit in the carb and the old girl fired up. Installed new wheel cylinders in all four corners and now it stops. Had to clean the points on the overdrive what I call "governor" and the over drive now works. All the lights function minus the dash lights. Haven't figured out what's going on with the horn yet, it doesn't work. Man, this thing is a highway cruiser!
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Post by: Steve Wood on February 21 2018, 10:27:43 PM
Sounds great to me!
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Post by: Steve Wood on February 21 2018, 10:31:53 PM
file would not open for me...damn it!  As I recall, that was a good looking wagon :)  Yep, Google says it was/is!
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Post by: good2win22 on February 22 2018, 10:56:17 AM
I have tried several different sizes of the pic to load with no luck.  I guess I need to figure out how Rich is doing it
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Post by: TexasT on February 22 2018, 03:49:50 PM
Send em. I'll get em up. Makes me feel useful. Haha
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Post by: good2win22 on April 08 2018, 12:46:58 PM
Still can’t upload pics from iPhone or IPad. Sending pics to Rich
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Post by: good2win22 on April 08 2018, 12:59:28 PM
Ranch wagon... Got the exhaust fab’d up and installed with an old school set of glass packs. Got the brakes bled and car stops pretty decent for drums in all four corners.  Father in law helped me pull the bumpers, trim and interior.  Dropped the seats at upholstery shop. Same guy that did the wagoneer seats. Dropped the car off at the body shop.
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Post by: TexasT on April 08 2018, 04:17:38 PM
(https://s25.postimg.org/er47ackkr/V_184_C.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/er47ackkr/)

(https://s25.postimg.org/a58320eh7/V_FFDB.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/a58320eh7/)

I like some long roof. Gonna be cool.
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Post by: good2win22 on July 05 2018, 11:15:09 PM
Some update pics
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Post by: good2win22 on July 05 2018, 11:16:38 PM
More pics
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Post by: good2win22 on July 05 2018, 11:17:40 PM
Car is currently at Freddy's glass in Waco getting a windshield
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Post by: Steve Wood on July 05 2018, 11:22:16 PM
it's looking really nice!
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Post by: larrym on July 06 2018, 12:07:47 PM
yes sir it is looking nice many man hours spent sanding all that square footage

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Post by: Scoobum on July 06 2018, 03:35:05 PM
Sloppy Mechanics junkyard 6 litre with a chinese turbo?
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Post by: good2win22 on July 06 2018, 06:18:55 PM
Sloppy Mechanics junkyard 6 litre with a chinese turbo?
Maybe... was thinking about putting that 429 together that's been sitting in the barn.  For now, going to get it all put back together and cruise the little 289
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Post by: motorhead on July 08 2018, 02:19:01 PM
Very nice.  Toss a China turbo on the 429 with a Holley Super Sniper EFI kit. Boom... done.  Gain all the extra cool points.
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Post by: good2win22 on July 17 2018, 10:52:37 PM
Picked the seats up from the Upholstry shop. Same guy that did my Wagoneer seats did these. Turned out really nice! Pay no attention to the flies...
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Post by: Steve Wood on July 17 2018, 11:39:48 PM
Nice!
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Post by: good2win22 on August 22 2018, 11:26:46 PM
Almost 3 months after paint, Freddy's glass in Waco finally found a front windshield. Anyway, finally back to the house
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Post by: Steve Wood on August 22 2018, 11:35:55 PM
it looks really nice!
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Post by: Forzfed on August 23 2018, 09:38:33 AM
Turned out great! :cheers:   Nice to see someone bringing the old vehicles back to life! :cool;
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Post by: good2win22 on August 28 2018, 09:44:17 PM
Polishing an reinstalling trim pieces.
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Post by: Steve Wood on August 28 2018, 09:52:41 PM
those came out great!
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Post by: nocooler on August 29 2018, 06:07:38 AM
Looks really nice
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Post by: larrym on August 29 2018, 02:27:08 PM
Nice Work Jason !

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Post by: good2win22 on November 07 2018, 11:28:33 PM
Been piddling in the barn when I get a chance. Blasting interior parts for the wagon. Sanding and painting as well. Got the rear interior floor back in the wagon today. Still have a "few" pieces to go...
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Post by: Grumpy on November 08 2018, 10:22:22 AM
Looking Good !!! Love the ol wagons.. Dad had a new Ford wagon on every other year from 1956 to 64. Then he went to Vans.
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Post by: good2win22 on November 08 2018, 10:19:32 PM
Worked some more today on the interior. Rear carpet went down nicely but the front required lots of finessing. Put the back seat in just to have a glimps of the finish line
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Post by: daveismissing on November 08 2018, 11:11:21 PM
Nice. Did you have to slit it or did it come that way?
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Post by: good2win22 on November 09 2018, 10:11:40 PM
Nice. Did you have to slit it or did it come that way?
I cut it so it would lay down.  Instructions even said so. I guess I do read instrutions
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Post by: Top Speed on November 10 2018, 09:28:32 AM
Looks real nice!
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Post by: good2win22 on November 12 2018, 04:57:22 PM
Minus the headliner and overhauling the dash, the interior is complete. Managed to polish up and install most of the front end.
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Post by: daveismissing on November 12 2018, 11:28:09 PM
I wonder if knead-able epoxy would fill that gap in the steering wheel and hold up
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Post by: good2win22 on November 16 2018, 11:16:54 PM
Headliner is in
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Post by: Steve Wood on November 17 2018, 08:45:46 AM
That looks really nice!
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Post by: good2win22 on November 17 2018, 09:41:37 AM
Thanks! I will pay someone to do it next time
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Post by: Steve Wood on November 17 2018, 11:15:42 AM
My son found a guy working out of a storage building that recovered his seats.  His wagon did not have a headliner in it.  Had the bows but not the backing.  There are no wagon headliners for old Chrysler products available so the guy tried to make one but it would not hold the shape.  In the end, he apparently glued it to the metal which does not look as nice as factory, but, it  looks a lot better than it did with nothing up there.  Seat covers came out very nice.

Headliners can be pretty easy, or they can be really tough.  Wagons are never going to be easy due to the size, if nothing else
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Post by: Forzfed on November 17 2018, 02:25:49 PM
Lookin' Good! :cheers:
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Post by: good2win22 on November 19 2018, 09:19:06 PM
Been wheel window shopping...  I kind of like these
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Post by: TexasT on November 20 2018, 07:25:31 AM
How big are you gonna go? Or how big will fit? I'm guessing the wagon will hold a pretty big wheel.
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Post by: good2win22 on November 20 2018, 09:22:37 AM
I was thinking 18's. Not too big and not too much wheel
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Post by: Steve Wood on November 20 2018, 12:10:14 PM
17-18" is a pretty good size these days.  You can get modern tires and they don't look like wagon wheels or donks
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Post by: good2win22 on November 30 2018, 10:38:20 AM
Swapped the manual brake cylinder for a power assisted one. Swapped out the fron drums for discs. Cleaned and installed new wheel cylinders, new shoes and new drums on the rear. That should be able to stop this boat a little easier
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Post by: Steve Wood on November 30 2018, 02:11:33 PM
That not only looks good, it should work really well.  I had a '66 Fairlane GTA and at 70 mph, the brakes would fade and quit working about the time it had slowed down to 50 mph.  There was no fast stopping until I installed some semi-metallic shoes used on taxi cabs.
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Post by: good2win22 on December 03 2018, 09:43:50 PM
Wheels and tires went on today.  Ended up going with a set of American racing torq-thrust with the matte gray on the spokes as the us mags wheel I chose was backordered. I think it set the car off nice and I'm very pleased. Drove the car this afternoon around town for the first time since March or April, I can't remember.
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Post by: daveismissing on December 03 2018, 10:50:38 PM
Very sharply dressed!
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Post by: nocooler on December 04 2018, 10:24:40 AM
Damn that looks nice
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Post by: Steve Wood on December 04 2018, 11:50:17 AM
being old, I like the Torque thrusts! :D  What diameter are they?
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Post by: good2win22 on December 04 2018, 10:44:10 PM
Thanks fella's!


These are 18's
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Post by: Steve Wood on December 04 2018, 10:48:42 PM
they look just right!
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Post by: Top Speed on December 05 2018, 09:39:25 AM
nice Ranch Wagon!
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