Hate

[turbohunter]

No kidding. The geography fits.
My friend Oscar bought this up in your area. I’m in the San Fernando valley.
It sat in his yard for a couple years growing leaves and I shamed him into selling it to me.

[turbohunter]

Looking at your picture makes sense too. It was set up for towing.
Pretty sure that’s it.
What happened to the original 428?
What are the specs of the 390 in it?
So many questions.

[cammerfe]

Update time.
All the parts have been secured and are on the way.
Frame horns were easy to straighten.
I have faux wood moulding coming but it’s broken so needs to be repaired. But that’s better than not having them. There is a place here in LA that does it. If I have the time I may try it myself.
Inner fenders and core support have been straitened and are at the paint shop. Core support is getting powder coated. Inners are getting satin black epoxy.
Yes I’m trying to turn lemons into lemonade but without going into the black hole of “as long as I’m here”.
The front end needed to be freshened up and I may never have done it cause it’s such a good runner. So.........l still hate that s.o.b.............but he/she gave me a good excuse to make my wagon better.

Here’s my shop

At least your shop has good ventilation.

KS

[turbohunter]

Lemonade from lemons Ken. That’s the way to think.

[MeanGene]

Looking at your picture makes sense too. It was set up for towing.
Pretty sure that’s it.
What happened to the original 428?
What are the specs of the 390 in it?
So many questions.

Yep, that's the couple I sold it too, they were in a trailer club. Original owners lived up the street, bought it to tow their horses to shows with 4 kids. A guy in Petaluma had a 7 Litre that matched the date of the engine and just had to have it. I got that 390 over in Marin, just a nice build, could see the 2291 on the pistons with my borescope. Are the 428 fender emblems missing? hehehe... It had been sitting in the horse barn since 1989, had it running in 20 min. It went through at least one more owner up here that I see at Petaluma swap every year. Pretty sure I still have the records since new, the original owner was way past anal about that stuff

[turbohunter]

If you still have that stuff I’d love to have it. No hurry or worry though.
One emblem still there. The other one got blown off in the accident, prolly been run over a thousand times and swept up by now.
Bought a new set.
It still runs good. Nobody will know it’s not a 428.
I lowered it a bit with a Hotchkiss setup. Handles great.
I love that car. Drive it everyday.
Thanks for puttin’ 2 and 2 together Gene. It’s nice to know the history and you had it for a bit.

[Chrisss31]

Any luck tracking down the guy/girl that ran the light?

[turbohunter]

Called LAPD
Nothing yet.

[turbohunter]

Update.
All is well only one problem.
The new paint looks to good. Gotta do the whole car.
Oh yeah, perp still walks free.

[Heo]

Looks realy nice

[turbohunter]

Little bit different.
Still lots to do but it’s back drivable.
And yeah, gonna paint the whole thing.

[KMcCullah]

Looking good, Marc. How does the wood grain get redone? I assume decals?

[FirstEliminator]

https://www.woodgrain4wagons.com/

[turbohunter]

Yes Kevin decals.
And Mark has linked where to get them. Those folks also do repair/restore on the woodgrain fiberglass/wood molding. Though I’m thinking I may give that a shot myself then take the repaired molding to them to get the woodgrain installed on it. It’s a dipping process where you submerge the part then bring it up through a film that adheres to the part. Kinda like camo on a rifle.
The good thing is they are here in LA.
Slow process from here on out. Have to do some rust repair then get the rest of the car painted.

[turbohunter]

BTW Mark, love your wagon.