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RE: Old Wagon Pics


rabbit64cs wrote:

pics of the 56 wagon I 'may ' some day get to,,,, 


anybody want a project?>>>??

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Oh my, how tempting ... I cannot now, but when my sedan is done ...

Dave

 



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56Pontiac  1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod

  1964 Acadian Beaumont SD convert, 283 - factory 195 hp, Powerglide, 3.08 10-bolt - Cruiser

  2012 US-built crew cab truck - Daily Driver and Boat Trailering

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i have too many projects already, this was my first wagon, now
i cant get enough!!

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What a good project to start with. My 55 wagon now under construction was nowhere as solid as your 56. These Pathfinder wagons are as scare as
"hen's teeth". Low production numbers and extremely low survivor rate. I hope someone decides to take on this project. and save another piece of Canadian automotive history.
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Hey, I can help pollute the Poncho site with Chevrolet's. biggrin

Kind of a unique wagon. Over all in nice shape steel wise, the interior was redone before I bought the car. The guy who owned it before me worked in a upholstery shop, did a wicked job. The car does need a off frame restore to tidy it up, just collecting a pile of parts before I start. It's in the factory colour, but screams to be black with the red guts and and fresh trim.











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Wow ,those are some nice Impalas ,where do you store the anchore?biggrin

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Hey Mike thats one sweet looking impala! are you sure you want to go black, black shows every mark,spider webs from washing,dust. lots of upkeep.

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Agree - I owned one black car, 1959 Ford convertible, IMPOSSIBLE to keep it clean, I swore
never again to have a black car. (This was even before moving to Florida, where it is stupid
to have a black car because of the intense sun.)

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  1964 Acadian Beaumont SD convert, 283 - factory 195 hp, Powerglide, 3.08 10-bolt - Cruiser

  2012 US-built crew cab truck - Daily Driver and Boat Trailering

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that 67 is awesome!! ummm and a 427 ? would that be original to the car??

too crazy!!

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Beautiful 67 wagon. Interior in red is terrific looking.

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Thanks for the complements guys. Yup, it's a boat, it's still riding on the oem springs with wore out air shocks and lines ripped off.....but it does sit nice. The car is from the south and came to Ont. in '82 with several owners before me. Chris (aka Arcadian) and I were having tea one day and mentioned he knew of this wagon that he was sure was a big block, I checked it out and bought it. So it is a 427/385hp, 400th, 12 bolt, I think 3.31. Unfortunately it has suffered the same fate as many big block wagons...........it's been raped. Someone cannibalized the drive train and left it with a small block??/350th and a 10 bolt. And fairly Mcgivered. disbelief

I should of got a pic of the trim tag, but it's in storage. Here's part of the line sheet.





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Are you sure you want it Black???

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ARCADIAN wrote:

Are you sure you want it Black???



Al said he would do a much better job on the black paint then yours.

All the dust and crap wont stick to it. biggrin

 



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Sent you a pm.

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the stock colour is great, i wish mine was red!

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american car?

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Here ya go!

First 2 are from May 1979 at Brainerd, before I picked up and installed a roof rack.
You can see how the lower half of the wagon was "woodgrain" with a nice chrome
trim strip that came up over the wheel openings. Note that the racecar is in class
B Production, I ran a 355, big blocks were in A Production back then.

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Last 2 are after I had the racecar painted, still BP (later they merged the A Sedan
Camaros with the Corvettes into one class, GT-1). Sorry, not too much of the
Vistacruiser shows, but in the first picture you can see (I lightened up that part of
the picture, eh?) my top box just inside the tailgate for ready access to tools, and
the jack on the tailgate to keep it out from underfoot. I don't know who those
people are, must be with the car next to me in the paddock.

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In the last picture you can see the baby moons I had on it and you can see that
the back is full of spare parts and tools. The taller guy in the middle is me, hard to
believe I was once skinny and had all that dark hair smile.gif

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That's about it for my 1969 Vistacruiser photos.

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-- Edited by davelacourse on Thursday 11th of March 2010 03:09:32 PM

I missed your pics Dave.That wagon was a real workhorse,doing what they do best,hauling racecars.Those are sure vintage eh,look at the pimped out vans in the background.The wheels on the Vette are perfect for the car too.Thanks for posting.Oh and the scallopes I was mentioning were from the Buick.

 



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67 GP 396, TH400, power windows, factory air, 12 bolt 3.07 posi, speedwarning, AM/FM radio, headrests





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Carl,that was a beauty.Hideaways are mean looking.

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I miss that car. It sure pulled my car trailer very nicely. Eventually I put a 2.56 12 bolt posi in it and a later generation pollution Qjet. I had it pretty lean but it would easily get over 20mpg on trips that way. I once weighed it at a farm fertilizer scale and it was a hair over 5000 pounds but many people told me that it's impossible that it was that heavy so I'm not sure.

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rabbit64cs wrote:

a 65 my friend did last year, I restored the vintage wheels for him. sporting a fuel injected 350/700R4 posi combo.  It was a dry low mile car. previous owner kept the 327 for his camaro.


sorry it's a chevy!!!! but it is SWEEEET !!

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-- Edited by rabbit64cs on Friday 12th of March 2010 09:01:37 PM

Awesome Wagon there Rog, Some day I hope to add 1 just like it to my 65 Impala collection.

 



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rabbit64cs wrote:

a 65 my friend did last year, I restored the vintage wheels for him. sporting a fuel injected 350/700R4 posi combo.  It was a dry low mile car. previous owner kept the 327 for his camaro.


sorry it's a chevy!!!! but it is SWEEEET !!

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-- Edited by rabbit64cs on Friday 12th of March 2010 09:01:37 PM

Awesome Wagon there Rog, Some day I hope to add 1 just like it to my 65 Impala collection.

 

 



definitely Dan, and you would look good behind the wheel!

 



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some heads up between two old beasts the wagon was running a snoty 327 3gear at the time the rag a 396 4gear. first run the wagon spun its tires over halfway up the track with the rag getting me over two lenghts. second run the wagon hooked hard and cross the line at 105 in second gear to the tune of 13.8

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13.8 at a 105 are some good numbers for a big old wagon with a 327. You got to love those small blocks.

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Thanks for the complements guys. Yup, it's a boat, it's still riding on the oem springs with wore out air shocks and lines ripped off.....but it does sit nice. The car is from the south and came to Ont. in '82 with several owners before me. Chris (aka Arcadian) and I were having tea one day and mentioned he knew of this wagon that he was sure was a big block, I checked it out and bought it. So it is a 427/385hp, 400th, 12 bolt, I think 3.31. Unfortunately it has suffered the same fate as many big block wagons...........it's been raped. Someone cannibalized the drive train and left it with a small block??/350th and a 10 bolt. And fairly Mcgivered. disbelief

I should of got a pic of the trim tag, but it's in storage. Here's part of the line sheet.





This car was very well optioned from the factory. Back in about 82 or 83 there was a 67 427 Impala wagon advertised in the Old Car Trader. I wonder if this was it.

 



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