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[The Stickman]

FINALLY!!!!!  I have all 4 seats in and mounted.  Finally.  And I have to say it makes the interior look great.  I still need to put new carpet in and fix the headliner as well as other things but the seats and the way they are in the car really look cool.  It has a theater style arrangement.

[The Stickman]

Ok time for a tiny update as I haven't done much. But I did a very simple cheap mod that I thought I should pass on. I thought the rear sat a touch higher than I liked and someone from another forum let me in on a secret. Seems G-Body rear springs work in a B-Body and lower it quite nicely. It gave me anoth inch drop over my Eibachs. Not only that but it slightly softened up the ride on the front suspension. I thought they would be too weak to hold the rear up and not bounce. But it worked quite nicely. Still have to see how it corners but the ride seems great.

[StoveBolt]

You are doin some CRAZY work to that wagon, CRAZY work!! Nice!!

[DVierstra]

Lots of cool stuff being done here! Yeah, I know this thread is a few weeks old, but had to comment.
Any new custom adds to your wagon Stickman?

[The Stickman]

  I am getting ready to relocate the battery to the rear where the spare used to be.  Other than that I need to start working on the interior.  I have also taken off the Batwing aircleaner.  Seems my carb didn't like it.  I had a stumble if I floored it esspecially at low speeds.  I still have it off the line but if the rev's are up then it goes now that I am using an open element air cleaner.  I may go to some kind of cold air intake.   Future upgrades include EFI, BIG brakes, and maybe aftermarket front suspension.  I will post all updates here.

[The Stickman]

Well I finally put my Rocket Racing valve covers on.  They are way heavy though which I hate but they do look good.  They will probably go on the wife's car when we get an Olds engine for her car.  Do mind the fact that they are all spotted, and the plug wires are all over the place.  I took the pics after my carb fire.

[DVierstra]

The valve covers do look good. A little "Brasso" would clean them up nicely.

[The Stickman]

Well I am bored and my carb won't be done till monday so I figured why not get something done.  SO I worked on getting some of the paint off of my aluminum hood.  Take a look and judge for yourselves.



 To bad I am light sensitive so I couldn't drive with it stripped.  It would probably blind anyone.  Now this hood is 5 foot by 5 1/2 foot but is seriously lightweight.  As are the hinges.  These I will leave polished



When My car is running again I think I'll throw the hood on and see what she weighs.

[DVierstra]

Looks like you were very bored! Looks like brand new sheet metal. 

[The Stickman]

Well Christmas came early this year for me.  My new swaybars arrived today.  They are made by Hellwig and the front bar is from the catalog but the rear bar is a custom bend based of the old Herb Adams design but is special for the B-Body wagons.  The front bar is 1 5/16th and the rear bar is 1 1/2 inches.  Here are some comparison pics of the bars that were on it and the new ones.  These are the rears.











And the fronts







And I had to install them right away.  Here are some shots of the rear while it was still up in the air.















And the front.







The rear on the ground.

[The Stickman]

Looky what I just got in the mail.  It's a new MegaSquirt II v3.57 with wiring pigtail.  I am so excited.  I have been looking at their site and some of the info and videos and it seems like this will be a fairly easy conversion.  Now I just need to clean up my intake to get it sent off to have the bungs welded on and drilled out for injectors and the fuel rails put on. 

[DVierstra]

Nice work. Lots of nice goods.

[StoveBolt]

Damn Stickman, you are a robot!!

[DVierstra]

Post Christmas joy!