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Post Info TOPIC: 1960 Strato Chief Wagon rejuvenation


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RE: 1960 Strato Chief Wagon rejuvenation


Joey Joe Joe: Both the Power Steering and Power Brakes are from CPP however Steve is using a March Pulley front drive.  I got my manuals from Vintage Vehicle services in Oshawa, they may have more?!  He is back at working on that now, had been waiting for parts.



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Sandy Gray

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Our current garage: 1964 Acadian Beaumont Custom Wagon

1960 Pontiac StratoChief 4 door Wagon

Three - Oldsmobile F85 Jetfire factory Turbos 2 door hardtops

65 Buick Riviera, 63 Chevy C-10, 76 Camaro LT



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Interior work continues! Making the wall panels in the wagon cargo area plus removal of the window tint that was damaged as well as way too dark.  

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Headliner blues!  When removing window trim we were being showered with nut shells, cherry pits & other obvious signs of mouse presence.  There was also a number of tears and so we decided we had to take it down the headliner.  Very dry and brittle, total trash.  I will restore the steel bows but will likely have the liner done for us as neither of us can handle reach up work for long with our aging shoulders. 

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Can't be a car collector with only ONE car!

Our current garage: 1964 Acadian Beaumont Custom Wagon

1960 Pontiac StratoChief 4 door Wagon

Three - Oldsmobile F85 Jetfire factory Turbos 2 door hardtops

65 Buick Riviera, 63 Chevy C-10, 76 Camaro LT

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Loving this thread guys!

Keep up the good work...........talk about motivation.

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1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)



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Thanks Sandy, I was leaning towards cpp for both as well but Borgeson was an option for steering, and wilwood was an option for brakes. I like that ccp has a kit where the rotors are separate from the hubs like most modern vehicles. I've already upgraded to cpp roller hubs so it makes sense.

 

I need a dual master asap too but will have to replace the booster too I guess? It's the same 4 bolt one you have and there are no retrofit masters that fit the oem booster so l guess I'm changing everything? Unless of course, you have some insight?

 

I found that manual on ebay but realized it's basically the supplement for 1960. I already have the 59 maintenance manual so I'm good. A 59 assemby manual would be nice.

 

Keep on keepin on Sandy, good stuff

 

 



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I may have a restored brake booster for this car-will check if interested

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What a great read!  Very nice work so far. Unlike the amateur hack stuff I've been doing on my 64 Safari. biggrin

I'm a bit late to the party, but I also had the same issue with the sprocket on my tailgate window crank. I did a "zero dollar" fix with some spot welds and a Dremel.  Not anywhere near the quality your shop did, but it's been working great for over a year now. 

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More details how I did it on my progress thread, page 2 about 1/3 down:

https://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t69143067/1964-parisienne-safari/?page=2 

 

Looking forward to more updates!    

 



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