Malibu Wagon Restroation, Frame off.

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87 GN

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Its good to have it back on track, its been 6 years now and 2 kids later...

Yes thanks I picked on up via ebay
Glad to see you are back at it Ed, sucks you had to sell the T though.

Didn't have allot of options it was procrastinate another few years with the wagon, sell the wagon as a roller after paint and keep the T, or come up with the cash to finish the wagon by selling the T. I'm not one to walk away from things half done so I made the decision to let the T go and finish this through to the end and enjoy it.
 
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abadwillys

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Quite the project, looking forward to seeing it done. Getting geared up to do mine, cant say im actually looking forward to it, i know how big of a job it is!
 

motorheadmike

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87 GN

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Feb 14, 2009
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Philly Area
Haven't updated in awhile but I am back at it again. I ended up starting over on the body mounts. I was not happy with how the body was sitting on the chassis, it was not off by much but I was not happy with it. So we lifted the body a touch to get it perfectly square, then put the bushings in for the final time, torqued down including repairs on one that the threads popped on while torquing.
We spent more time tweaking the alignment of the doors, mounted the core support, and hung the fenders loosely with the header panel on. Next up final test fit, alignment, shimming the new nos fenders for the front clip, including test fitting the hood and bumper...

Long way to go still but I was excited to see it with a front end on it again.








 
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liquidh8

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Great news Ed! I had to mess with my body also, especially to get the wheels and tires square in the wheel wells.

Looks good
 

Longroof79

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Looks good, Ed.
If you can continue the pace, the car will be back together in no time. Keep up the good work.
 

a87ss305

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Almost done boxing the chassis

Drivers side







Passengers side
Just found your build. Awesome job, very informative. Just pulled the body of my G-body. I'm a high school auto shop teacher and we are doing the car as a class project. We would like to box the frame. Did you make your boxing plates from scratch or were they purchased?
 

pontiacgp

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that is going to look great when your done and it must be hard working in a cramped are like that...:)
 
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