My 83 Wagon

[mikester]

Man that looks sharp. I like the rallies a lot better on yours than what I had on mine.
Do you know what the 3 holes across the back of your floor are for?
Mine has the same holes. I thought some one just drilled them?
Also is there supposed to be vinyl glued to the floor behind the back seat? tucked under the floor bolts.

Thanks for the compliment. As far as the three holes, I thought they were put in by the previous owner. They were for snaps that held the flexible carpet down. When I resprayed the floor over the weekend I filled all of them with a little dab of epoxy. No after seeing it finished I kinda regret doing it. I put a little too much on three of the holes and had to sand the nubs down because it didnt look right. In the process of doing that I guess I filled in the grain of the metal. Too late now. The new carpet will cover it.

Not sure about a piece of vinyl. My car had the same flexible carpet glued to the seat back and the other piece thats hinged to the floor.

 

[motorheadmike]

Looking good.

What is that hinge thingy on the DS of the tailgate?

 

[SSpev]

Well I think mine had carpet originally and the screw holes are from the snaps I didn't know about.
I had a long strip of vinyl under the hinge that had be cut off. It appears that it was originally glued down to the floor behind the seat to hide the bare floor.

 

[mikester]

Looking good.

What is that hinge thingy on the DS of the tailgate?

Im thinking you mean the bracket for the torsion rod ? Dont you have one on your wagon ?

 

[motorheadmike]

Im thinking you mean the bracket for the torsion rod ? Dont you have one on your wagon ?

Nope. I didn't even know it was thing until now. 🙁

 

[mikester]

Nope. I didn't even know it was thing until now. 🙁

If you go looking for one just make sure the end that goes into that bracket isnt bent. The original one from my car got tweaked somehow at the body shop and it was binding up real bad. I was lucky to find one that was nice and straight.

 

[motorheadmike]

If you go looking for one just make sure the end that goes into that bracket isnt bent. The original one from my car got tweaked somehow at the body shop and it was binding up real bad. I was lucky to find one that was nice and straight.

Looks like I am on the hunt now. I do think that this part may not have been installed on my wagon from the factory(?).

 

[zdeckich]

Looks like I am on the hunt now. I do think that this part may not have been installed on my wagon from the factory(?).

My 78 wagon also does not have one. I never noticed till now. Im also going to be on the hunt lol.

 

[mikester]

So your cars arent drilled for the bracket ?

 

[mikester]

Got a little more finished yesterday ! I would have sprayed the other two door panels but I ran out of SEM Soap. Picked up more today but its supposed to rain for the next few days.
Im really happy with the Presedio Grey compared to the old color. I think its going to look real nice with the Dove Grey carpet.