Hello everyone!  Here is some info about my wagon:




I've owned this "long roof" since 1998, and I'm not sure what owner number I am (I'm guessing # 5). The odometer shows "07110", but it's likely rolled over 100K. I don't have any service records so much of the car's history is a mystery to me.

Since finding adequate room to work on such a beast isn't easy, it has pretty much been in storage the whole time I've owner her. Since I now have the space, I'm hoping to start work on her in the spring.

From what I can gather, it has always been a Regina car. It was assembled at the GM plant in Oshawa, Ontario and shipped to the Mid-West Motors dealership in Regina (now known as Capital Pontiac). It came with a 283, 2-speed Powerglide, the only power options were brakes and steering. The paint is Palomar Red.

I traded the previous owner straight across for an old 82 Dodge Colt I was bagging around.  The wagon wasn't running when I got it. The stock 283 was shot, and he was half way through dropping in a low-mileage SBC 305 by the time I came around. I finished getting it running, but since the entire brake system needed to be replaced, she was put into storage until I could find the cash to do it. Aside from this, I've done nothing more to it since I got it (yes, I am escaping all blame for any of the modifications).







The body has a variety of bruises, but overall it is in decent shape with minimal rust. As you can tell, the paint on the hood has some bad oxidization.  Sourcing the body parts I needed was a challenge, but I now have everything to make it 100%.  All the windows have the cheap window tint (I imaging not-so-cheap when there is an acre of glass to cover). The tailgate window is a manual crank, and some of the teeth are shot so the window slips down a few inches. The rims are 15 inch "Snowflake" off a Trans-Am with the insets painted to match the body (someone had time on their hands). 



The interior is mostly there. The front bench is worn and torn, the arm rests are shot, and the edging of roof liner if frayed (one owner installed "dingle balls", other tore them off). The carpet in the back is torn in places, and the vinyl is faded. There is a huge hole cut into the dash to accommodate a DIN-sized car stereo, but I have parts from a complete dash assembly I scavenged from a 64 Laurentian at the local pick-n-pull.

That same Laurentian also gave me a near-perfect windshield, but it was broken when some thieves hit the wagon when it was in an outdoor storage compound a few years ago. My car cover and some tools were stolen, and despite my efforts to preserve the glass on foam in the back, it was no match for the weight of someone crawling across it. You can imagine my levels of disappointment, since a piece of glass like that is worth over $400 around here.

It sat uncovered in the compound for another year.  Had I known that a refinery in the area would emit a paint-damaging type dust in the air, I would have made the effort to cover it up. It left a fine gritty feel to the paint, almost like sand paper. After expressing my disappointment to the compound manager, he produced my storage contract and highlighted the fine print: "...not responsible for theft or damages occurred while...".

To make a short story long, I've gone through the emotions of abandonment for 11 years, dealing with theft, damage, storage dilemmas, tempting offers from dozens of people, and some folks expressing a strong dislike for the body style (mainly the wife - "it looks like a hearse").

Personally, I like the style. And since this has become somewhat of a rare vehicle (especially around here) it has become even more appealing to me. I plan to make it a cruiser and daily driver, so hopefully one day soon you'll see me at your local show-n-shine while I'm on tour.


I'll post the vehicle info in the registry when I get things together.  Thanks for reading!