Thread: The Grandma Wagon (New Intake Mani)

my favorite is shamoo the Kicker Caprice Wagon. Actually saw it in Silverdale WA on my honey moon. I will upload my pics later
http://caraudiomag.com/sites/default/files/images/00001/18/89/shamoo.jpg

Nice.


Well I got a bike now (2001 Katana 750) that insurance is super cheap on, and gas is even cheaper.

Soooo....I should (theoretically) be getting some things done to the wagon.

to Dieselsmoke, I own Shammoo. It's no longer on the West Coast. It left Washington and went to Boise Idaho for a few years, I spotted it on Ebay and bought it Seven years ago. It was shipped to Rochester NY. I'm sending you a PM.

Here's proof of my owner ship so You know this is not a spam event. This one's from last year at Watkins Glen with a number of other wagons.You can see the plate on this one.

wagon owners unite

dont mean to thread jack but this is the coolest wagon i ever seen, this guy only lives right across the bridge in NJ a couple of my friends know him and i have met him a few times. he comes to alot of car shows around here.

this is the NUNRUNNER



its a 1962 Dodge Dart. it has a V10 engine from a Dodge Ram and a T56 6 speed trans, and 2004 Z06 Corvette suspension

and no i did not take the picture but have seen the car in person multiple times

buy the way good luck with your wagon i think these cars are awesome and you can do alot with them!

my wagon is on coilovers...

We could go lower.

i have another 1.5 in i could drop while keeping both rings on the shock part.


OP get coilovers haha

So...2.5" drop front and rear with new shocks on the fat kid, and satin black body to come.

satin black body with hi lighter wheels?


..win

I dunno about hilighter wheels...But im looking at a set of white/satin black 18's for cheap.

Since we are showing off wagons. My buddy has a 91 model, Impala SS Clone. 3/4 drop... it doesn't look that low, but it really is.... frame only has a couple inches before it hits and he scrapes on everything with the back end.


He got into a fender bender with a mustang a while back and had to order a new bumper. Most are still available but low in supply and mostly fiberglass. If you like the smoothy style like his let me know and I will get the info, he got in touch with the guy that manufactures them and he still had some of the poly-urethane smoothies still. Buddy got it at a discounted price and shipped directly to him, said it was folded over onto itself and shoved in a box, laid it out for a few days and its perfect.

If you get the extra, also get a rear roll pan, the rear factory bumper is hideous on them and a roll pan that is flush really sets the car.

Yeah, I do love the smoothy front and the roll pan, though the factory rear bumper makes such a good standing platform to help see over traffic when I-95 is a parking lot.

Plans currently are, in order of priority:

Fix the oil filter adapter leak/oil cooler line seals
New shocks and lowering springs
Ford Crown Vic Rear sway bar (no rear sway bar came on these wagons)
Satin black paint
Tint...cause damn it needs it

Just a little update, the intake manifold had a small leak on the back side near the EGR (common issue, the EGR heats the RTV up and causes it to dry and crack, and eventually fail.) So I replaced it with a spare I had laying around that I prettied up a little.
Before

After

Looks pretty now paint the car that color

Lol, If I had the money to do all the body work, shave everything, and get a professional paint job, that's the color I would.

But, since Im cheap, Satin black rustoleum it is!

On a side note, the MAF ends and alternator are getting painted the same copper color. Also, the coolant tank, and washer fluid tank need to be painted black.

Do the valve covers too!

Yep, polished aluminum once I have $150 to blow away.

Originally Posted by lakeffect

Shammoo has had a heart and lung transplant. Breathing is much improved.

Should get one of those FIRST intakes on it!

So whats goin on with the granny wagon?