My Wagons Caprice and Olds C.C.

Shop deals on ebay
BOXKARS
Bike Wall
Rat Rod Bikes Bicycle Forum

Help Support Rat Rod Bikes Bicycle Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Well might be getting ahead after all, my nephew is buying my blazer and hopefully if all goes according to plan I'm building a rat rod wrecker I'm just going to forget 9c1 suspension for this year. found a project too good to pass up, a $500 stack of parts that add up to this

 
Falstaff said:
I'd try junk yards too, nothing against LMC. But you never know what you'll find in an old yard.
Click to expand...
Yeah, I'm excited to do my first rat rod.
 
UPDATE... I got the other two new tires for the Battle Wagon and they look great but the front rims won't bolt on... The center bore needs opened up a few millimeters to clear the center hub. Next paycheck I get to drop $100 at the machine shop getting all 4 rims drilled out a bit to fit the front hubs... and of coarse the tires have to come off to fix the rims, then re-installed... re-balanced... all $$$. The rears fit fine but I want the ability to rotate my tires later down the road. The pains of "Built not Bought".:headbang:
 
Been there, done that... I had some nice XY 12 slot Ford GT rims back in the day, tried to fit them on to my later XC Falcon and they ran bigger bearings and bigger hub centres...

Luke.
 
Well the deal on the rat rod truck fell through, taxes didn't come soon enough and it was sold. I have my eyes on something else though. Waiting on the title for the blazer to come in, then trading up, selling the trade up, then buying the one I have my eye on. And now the hardest part of all... the waiting and praying it all goes like clockwork.
 
Well I finally got my new Impala grille for the wagon, just waiting to get it painted and ready to put on. Also found a nice blue Chevy bow tie badge for it to match the interior so having that ordered.
 
Ok so I couldn't wait and so I got a temporary badge from the junkyard just so I could install this grille. looks great.

Before
12363074_1264639216895844_5059664275765572845_o.jpg

IMG_20160211_102147.jpg


After
12716165_1312864775406621_3021461880844657618_o.jpg

12719546_1312864802073285_2789229530408166841_o.jpg
 
Kinda thinking of shaving the hood ornament now...



Also forgot to mention I got the rims getting done as we speak should be ready Monday morning so getting the new rims on the front. I'm going to do the other 2 when it gets closer to time to rotate my tires.
 
Well I picked up my rims from the machine shop this morning, got the tires re-mounted and balanced, went home and installed them, and ran her through the car wash. It's been a long road with a few headaches along the way but it feels good to have phase 1 of my build finally finished.

IMG_20160220_135555.jpg

IMG_20160222_102606.jpg

IMG_20160222_102551.jpg

IMG_20160222_102633.jpg
 
Looking good!

I agree on shaving the badge, would make it flow much smoother!

capricebadge.jpg


I couldn't resist adding more low and some tint to the side on pic to keep you inspired!

caprice low.jpg


Keep up the good work, love this thing!

Luke.
 
keep your fingers crossed and say a little prayer, I might be getting another vehicle come payday. Something I've wanted for a long time. That's all I will say for now.
 

Latest posts

Back
Top