I've wanted a wagon for a long time

[Loren At 65GS]

Thanks Edouard.

  Loren

[Loren At 65GS]

Hi All,
 Got back to Nebraska less than three weeks ago, been to Minnesota for a family matter and now in Colorado for a couple of days to pick up a’64 Sport wagon parts car. Oh fun! Hopefully get it loaded tomorrow morning and back on the road, home to Nebraska.

Loren

[65GSConv]

Loren, does this parts car from Nebraska provide you with all the parts you still need from that previous list you sent to this community?

[GS66]

Have a safe and productive trip Loren!

[Loren At 65GS]

The parts car is in Colorado.
From the pictures the current owner sent me, I think it will. The parts wagon has the right side vista glass and some other parts too. Harvest the parts I need and try to part out the rest. Sadly it has very rusty quarters. Luckily I don’t need any sheet metal.

Loren

[Loren At 65GS]

Have a safe and productive trip Loren!

Thanks Jim.
  On the way through Kansas I passed a’65 GS hardtop. Looked like it may be for sale.

   Loren

[GS66]

Have a safe and productive trip Loren!

Thanks Jim.
  On the way through Kansas I passed a’65 GS hardtop. Looked like it may be for sale.

   Loren

Quick, turn around!!

[Loren At 65GS]

Yes, it was a quick turn around. It's not too often you see a '65 in the wild. lol

  Loren

[Loren At 65GS]

 Spent the day tearing the parts wagon apart. Saving parts that I need and will use for the '65. Hopefully someone else can use some '64 parts.
I have no idea how many miles are on it, but it starts right up and runs pretty well.

  Loren

[Loren At 65GS]

I've found a new owner for the engine and tranny from the '64, along with a few other pieces that have new homes.
I have removed everything that I can before loading it on a trailer headed to the recycler. Once it is loaded, out come the rear end and tilt column. Sadly the rear bumper is a not as nice as the pictures made it look, so still searching for that and also a left tail light lens.

  Loren

[elagache]

Thanks Loren for the status report on your wagon caper.

Sorry that you are having problems getting the parts you want in the condition you find acceptable.  These cars are over 55 years old and parts are indeed getting scarce!

Cheers, Edouard

[Loren At 65GS]

Thanks Loren for the status report on your wagon caper.

Sorry that you are having problems getting the parts you want in the condition you find acceptable.  These cars are over 55 years old and parts are indeed getting scarce!

Cheers, Edouard

 Wow does time fly. The '64 parts wagon is long gone now. The rear end is not the original and I don't know what it came from. So the jury is out on keeping it . Luckily for me , the only piece of vista glass not cracked on the parts wagon is the only piece I need for the '65. Salvaged a lot of interior parts from the '64 that I hadn't realized I needed.
 It's tucked away for winter now.

  Loren

[gssizzler]

The good and bad!? Is it a ten or twelve bolt!? nine inche Ford!? Sometimes with parts cars you get surprised like a trunk full of trim or in one case dead critters ugh! All buttoned up for winter and ready to head out!?

[elagache]

Dear Loren, Jon, and mid-60s Buick restorers,

Wow does time fly. . . . . . .

Yes indeed!  It sure has been a busy year!

Luckily for me , the only piece of vista glass not cracked on the parts wagon is the only piece I need for the '65. Salvaged a lot of interior parts from the '64 that I hadn't realized I needed.

Sounds like the project is progressing as well as could be hoped for!  Indeed time for it to hibernate for the winter and you'll be in good shape to continue in the spring!  In the meantime you can ponder things like which rear end to use.

Cheers, Edouard