1982 Chevy Malibu Nomad Wagon

Looks like the motor and interior are pretty stock. Exterior is a kit ( prbably from Lauren )

http://www.laureneng.com/1290071.html

There's two ways to do it. The first is that you can cut the B-pillar out and relocate it back and then fit in the doors from a 2-door, and then fill in the rest with parts from a 2-door.
The best way to do it would be to start with a 2-door car, and cut and weld the station wagon rear clip on to the 2-door body.

There's a lot more to it than most people think. For one, the roof height at the windshield from wagon/sedan to coupe is as I recall, over an inch difference. The wagon/sedan windshield is not laid back as far as the coupe. Then there's the whole curved side glass issue (I have a guy that says he can get it made).

I would absolutely NOT put flat glass in it, there's a welded-rear-doors wagon for sale here in OK done into a sedan delivery...the area immediately behind the door glass looks terrible...almost flush in the middle, with deep recesses at the top and bottom.

IMO, best bet is to have a coupe donor, use the doors and B pillars from the coupe, and the forward portion of the quarters, sectioning in the wheel opening. I would leave the roof alone, and use the wagon door uppers to build a window frame for the coupe doors.


I had both a coupe and wagon for the project, but sold the coupe (too good a driver to whack up), and have not yet found another reasonably-priced coupe to use as a donor.

There has been one for sale in TX that was spliced as suggested in the post above, but the roof had a hump in it because of the height difference...killed the flow of the roofline, and made it look amateurish, despite supposedly having been done by a long time bodyman.

Different one...here's the one in Bartlesville

I think the one in GP403's post looks head & shoulders over the one you posted, mainly because the drip rail is intact. It doesn't look complete without it imo on the other one. I also think it would be interesting to see one with 2-door doors and El Camino windows.

Here's one I had taken a picture of several years ago.
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Here's one that was a work in progress...don't know what ever became of it and how it progressed


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