BUILD THREAD 81 Buick/Olds Turbo Wagon 02/15/2024 More Parts!

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Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/17/14

I made a little progress on my rotisserie.

we have some nice weather today in Pennsylvania, so I finished the other base, & I primed and painted everything.

yessir!!! very niCE 8) sorry i dont believe in "build threads" (i just do the B4 and AFTER pic)i didnt get a chance to get any pics of my k5,as i was pre-occupied with scoring a 79mc and a 67 firebird(both of which are in the stable :wink: )ill get some pics up in awhile after i upload them to the comp.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/17/14

I would love to see some pics of you stuff. Also, when I get the rotisserie build done, I want to make a thread for it. I'll measure everything after I am done since alot of this is on the fly as I measure a fit it to my 70 Monte (the biggers car I have) to make sure it will fit and spin.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/17/14

Ordered a few things a few days ago. The flash to pas switch and plug I saw in in FEX3CLONEs thread, thank you! Linky http://tech.oldsgmail.com/eint_flash.html.

My C5 rotors should be here today also. I ordered hood struts for the fiberglass hood.

I bought the Harbor Freight welding cabinet. It was on sale, and with a coupon, I got it for $98.00. Need that to since I bought the Eastwood MIG 135 on sale also (should be here today). I have a Lincoln, but I wanted to keep it flux core, and it only has 4 voltage settings. The Eastwood has infinitely variable temp and wire speed. My brother has it and I used it a good bit on his 71 Chevelle Convertible frame.

I'll add pics when I unbox everything when I get home.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/17/14

I received my C5 rotors and my Eastwood welder, along with some paints and a MIG consumables kit.

Here is one of the rotors, a performance rotor from Centric, with a black coating.

Here is one of the adapters I received from the ghoul. They are perfect. I also already have the shims for the hub he made for me too so I don't need to run the dust shields.

I am just holding the PAB since I don't have the bolts yet.

I ordered some grade 10.9 bolts from McMaster Carr to get it all together. Hope they will be here in a day or two.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

Got my hood struts, the caliper anti rattle clips, and my flash to pass high beam switch and connector. Now I need to buy the ball studs.
To be honest, the struts feel kinda hard to compress, at least just by themselves with no leverage.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

Ordered and received my ml3000 ball studs.

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

A few more pics.

 

[Longroof79]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

Jim,
You have a lot to keep you busy. :lol:

 

[liquidh8]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

Yeah man. Its raining here, so the rotisserie is on hold. But I got all the c5 brakes dry fitted. Thank you to the ghoul for the shims and the adapters. They worked like a charm!

Now some pics...

now I have to sandblast all the parts, and paint them with Eastwood chassis black with ceramic.

 

[Longroof79]

Re: 81 Century/GN Wagon build-up New Pics! Update 3/27/14

It's nice to see that your brake setups came together nicely. Ghoul is the da man for getting your brackets machined, etc. :wink: