Pontiacanada wrote:

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Good stuff Mike! I'll see it on PEI?

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 I am not sure you will see it there, My wife and daughter plan to pass through, I am stuck overseeing major renovations at work so I cannot come out this time around

It's been a while, but I must say it was nice revisiting the entire epic build thread. I love everything about this car.

Finally another few details done for the wagon.

1. Tach Finally back up and working after who knows how many years. 

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I finally found a nice set of rubber floor mats in the correct colour

Next is to restore the bumper step.

Dash Jewelry that completes the look.

I have not been on here much in the last couple years as I have been busy getting my small business going.  I did manage to finally find a pair of 9 passenger wagon steps for the Safari and was able to get them on today.

weather is not great here right now but I cant wait to see how it looks from ground level. 

I've been following this build from the beginning, and it's been incredibly inspiring. I also have a 64 Parisienne Safari, which has been in storage (mostly) for the past 25 years. I just recently brought it home again to tinker on over the winter (I'll start a new thread about it) but I thought I'd just say thank you for posting all your progress an updates on this amazing build.

Mike, Allison, What an absolutely epic documentary on your rebuild/restore of this amazing wagon - as a newbie, absolutely incredible to watch the transformation - thanks for the inspiration. What a spectacular car. Wow.

While retiring from running our local cruise night we have been able to get out and about some. Mrs. Urban_Suburban has caught some attention. Mr. Kindig loved her wagon and stopped for a few photos after we declined to sell him the car. 

This past July we packed up and headed to Butler PA. for the annual ISWC club meet and show where we attracted some attention. Allison took home People choice "Best 60's Car' and later took second place "Stock". She also found herself and her car in the local Newspaper. 

Photo credit: The Butler Eagle

We never built it to chase awards but its nice to be recognized... especially in the USA with a Canadian Pontiac!

You know those things that you say you will get to and then never do? I have made that my goal to get some of those done this year. When we built the wagon our kids were younger (our son is so tall now we would have to fold him to get him back there now) so we never hooked up some of the interior rear controls inside the cargo area for the gate... I always said I would get the splash shields for the inner fenders installed next year, as rechrome the front bumper.

So far I can cross one of those off... Only 6 years later. When we built the car we chromed everything but the front bumper. The one we had wasn't great. By the time we found a good one we wanted to get the car to an upcoming show and said next winter for far too long. I am determined to get the rest done this season and a few on the other cars.