64 Chevelle 2-Door Wagon LS-300 Project

[waynieZ]

Wow thats a trio of great cars in that picture. That Chevy II is beautiful, you did an awesome job. My first car was a 66 SS so that tells you how much I like that one.
Your new project is going to be a sweet ride when your done. I love the 2 door wagons.

[hotrodgary]

Heres a pic of my other 2 projects too, dont laugh at me!
The yellow 69 is a cruiser/beater.
The other one, volksrod, is about 6 diff years, been tinkering around with it.
And more importantly, the wagon pics...



Floors patched




Starting the nova Dash


Flush fitting the Tail lights





mock up engine set in place with a 2004R trans

[skatinjay27]

i love me some air-cooled VWs!
esp the fender-less ones

[SteveMarsa]

wheres the updates? what have you been doing? dosent look like that cars going to build itself!!!!!!

[hotrodgary]

Originally Posted by SteveMarsa

wheres the updates? what have you been doing? dosent look like that cars going to build itself!!!!!!

Its been Christmas in July with all the parts coming for it! Not much to really update till I get everything in and can start putting it together. Few things I got for it now...

4 wheel 4 piston wilwood brakes
moser 9" rearend
radiator
200 4R trans
engine parts on the way
front drive system for the engine
stainless gas tank
vintage air
flaming river column
and a load of misc. stuff

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

Been awhile since anything new... been collecting parts still!

Havent had much time to work on the car, got married recently and refinishing part of my house stopped progress.

A friend of mine offered a helping hand since things were hectic for me last few months, and boxed the frame for me and I should be bringing it home to start putting it together and were gonna build some tube xmembers for it and brace it up some. So should have some pictures soon of it, otherwise it looks like a shelf right now!

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

Got the suspension on and mocked up today. Its low... should be cool! The front crossmember is sitting on the ground when you put some weight on it, might end up putting some sort of bump stops on it?

Next gotta get the body back on the frame and start building the tube x-members and make all the engine and trans mounts!

I will probably end up notching the rear floor slightly for the upper rear control arms and to gain a little extra exhaust room.

You can see the frame all boxed in, the rear control arm brackets boxed and a support brace/tube for the upper rear arms.

Finally some pics... -Gary

Also, the big Hotchkiss sway bar didnt fit the factory bracket holes, so we welded a plate to the bottom and drilled and tapped to 3/8" bolts. Using the original front hole location and moving the back ones location. AND you can see how much I had to cut out of the spring pockets for the shockwaves to have enough clearance not to rub!

[214Chevy]

Nice! What are the plans for the frame...paint or powdercoat?

[coolwelder62]

Very nice,I think the 2 door wagon's are way cool.Awesome fab.work.

[Hdesign]

Killer project! I'm really getting into these wagons recently, the kids are outgrowing the Camaro.