1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I got tipped by a forum member that I don't need to leave this forum to make
a new project thread even if it isn't a truck. Thumbs up!

This is about my newly acquired '68 Chevy Wagon, originaly manufactured in
Tonawanda (New York), April 16th 1968. Well, that might be the date of the
manufacture of the engine, but it's pretty close, I assume.

Power is provided by a 327 v-8 Turbo Fire, coupled to a Turbo Hydramatic
TH-400 transmission. This wagon came from California to Finland (in the north
of Europe) in 2014, and has been used as a daily driver by its previous owner,
and I bought it the very last days of October 2018.

My daily driver is a 1980 Caprice (previously a hearse), and for summer wheels
a 1957 Pontiac (not a wagon), and I had been looking to get a sixties wagon
for some time and when I happened to get hold on some cash, the result was
this gray beauty.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair001.jpg

It drives and runs pretty nicely, and will be a good driver with a bit of service
to the carb and ignition. And some other small stuff. This is not a restoration,
it's about making an old shabby wagon look (and sound) nice.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

The wagon was bought in the middle of a trip to the southern parts of our
country, and I bought it without checking it much. I was in a hurry, and the
previous owner seemed nice enough. I drove the wagon about 500 miles the
first couple days, and it ran ok, save for a few stalls at stop lights. It runs
good, but stalls when it idles for a bit. Might be the fuel level is too high.

After driving the ugly wagon for a while, I decided it was time to get it tidied
up a bit for next summer, and drove it into my garage. It's always nice to
have a new project.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair002.jpg

The idea was to tidy it up a bit, get rid of all the warped side trim, do some
kind of patina job, new double exhausts, and a bit of service. When I started
checking the body out, it turned up to be rusted and patched badly, in all
senses of both words. Also, close to where I live, a young guy has bought a
'67 patina wagon, and I prefer not to be mistaken for him *grins*. Actually
mostly because I didn't get a wagon to be like everybody else.
So, a real paint job is in the plan now. The paint is not the origianl paint, nor
color,and it's flaking, so there will be some elbow grease involved in making
this problem go away.
Oh, and sheesh, those 14" wheels with tiny radials look ridiculously small!

A kind of plan or goal for the project was whipped up in photoshop. New
wheels, lowering the front for a bit of rake, and a cream colored paint job
would make it look a lot nicer. New, suitably loud pipes too.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belairplan.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Cool project and I will be tagging along.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Nice! My parents owned a 67 Belair wagon way back.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I started out with the fun stuff, and ordered some new rubber and a couple
new wheels.
Lookwise, the wheels and stance are important factors and can totally make it or break it.
I got 225/70-15" tires with white letters for the fronts, and 255s for the rears.
New 8" wide aluminum rims, very closely resembliing the widened 10" GM wheels I happened to have in my garage.
I tried the tires on the wheels, to be sure they would fit. The rears were a tight fit.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair003.jpg

After checking that they would fit both front and rear, the rear rims were
sandblasted, epoxied, and filled. Then epoxied again, painted black,
masked off, painted silver, and cleared. A weeks worth of labour. At least
they came out costing less than the aluminum ones :)

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair004.jpg

Finally, with the tires mounted, we can have a good look. The
silver idoesn't exactly look like the polished aluminum, but it's a mile
of dirt road before I hit the tarmac, so it'll probably be okay by then.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair009.jpg

Just the little wheel caps to do. The fronts have new ones, but the originals
for the rears are missing. Maybe we can invent something that fits...

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you Advanced Design for showing interest. I hope to be able to keep you
following this thread.

Same goes for you Clyde65. I'm envious of such memories from the past.
Not many American cars around when I was a kid, save for a 1967ish Valiant
that our neighbour owned in the early seventies. I guess I'm working on providing my
surroundings with new memories of old American cars.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Always like those type wheels.
They look good on that wagon.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you Getter-Done, I think the wagon will look great with those
wheels. To me this is also one of the best wagon body styles by Chevrolet, love
the side view.

So, the wagon's in the garage, and the grinder is out for some old repair hunting.
When I noticed the badly done repairs on the various body panels, I knew I had more work ahead than nagotiated.
Sure enough, this is what the repairs look like:

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair005.jpg

Yup. A big enough piece of Sheet metal, in this case also just bent under the
front fender, the result being that no panels seem to align whatsoever.
All these repairs are being cut off, new patch panels made, and those, in turn,
are welded in flush.

As you might be able to see in this pic, the bottom of the fender is now in line
with the rocker panel, and all of the patch sitting flush, it will need much less
filler to look that much better. At least in theory :)

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair006.jpg

Behind the rear wheel, at the bottom of the rear fender, a long piece was done in the same manner.
There also was a dent right above the exhaust pipe, so that got tidied up smartly.

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair007.jpg

After taking care of a few more old repairs, all welds ground, the car was
turned around, and work can comence on the right hand side of the vehicle.

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair008.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

On the right hand side of the car the problems were a bit worse than expected.
I had noticed something about the shape of the rear pillar, and these patches
were a bit worse to get out than the previous ones. The new patches were
made a bit smaller than the old ones, and cutting those off left some score
marks in the sheetmetal. Some filler will remedy that. Someday I might try
lead...

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair008b.jpg

A few of these patches have been made, and it still makes me wonder how a
California car can be this rotted. It was made in Tonawanda, New York, so it
might have spent part of its life there. Funny thing is that the bottoms of the
doors are in better shape than the rear pillars. That's new to me. Wonder if it
has been sitting under some kind of tarp? The hood was very badly rusted
too, and some bright previous owner has sand blasted it from the inside,
which has warped the outside skin severely. Good thinking... Duh.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I like your work.
If only cars could talk.
Where was it parked?
Who? What?
I Got some lead smearing Wooden spoons at a
garage sale last year. I have thought about filling
seams like that also.
Keep up the good work.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Nice wagon , you dont waste any time do you ,you dove right in .

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I love the wagon. I may be partial as I have owned more wagons than regular cars.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thanks Getter-Done, and yes, if only...

I didn't want to waste much time, flashed, since the fall was coming fast,
and it had this effect on other people:

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair001b.jpg

When we came back to the wagon after shopping, cars on both sides had vanished, and nobody had dared park there again.
I like to feel a bit of pride when driving my car, and this wasn't cutting it :)

I hear you Warrens69GMC, I've always loved wagons, and had my fair share:

1965 Ford Taunus Turnier 17m 1700 V4
1970 Ford Taunus 17m Turnier V6 2000S Van
1971 Ford Taunus 17m Turnier V6 2000S Van
1972 Ford Taunus estate
1966 Ford Cortina Estate
1982 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser
1980 Volkswagen Passat Kombi
1970 Toyota Crown Wagon
1984 Ford Crown Victoria Wagon
1980 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
1971 Pontiac Grand Safari 455
1983 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
1980 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
1990 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
and
1968 Chevrolet Bel Air Wagon

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I've loved wagons ever since I was a kid when we had a 41 Ford woodie. I've had three Dodges along the way but have a Suburban now. I guess you could say it's the follow up to an actual station wagon. I like the way you are going so I'll be following along.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Count me in for a Bel Air Wagon build!!! I daily drive 'Wanda' my '65 Bel Air Wagon (thread is also here in Alternate Tinkerings).

Repairs are looking great so far - carry on!:chevy:

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Welcome aboard, Russell Ashley and BossHogg69! The love for
wagons is something you either have, or you don't. I always drive my wagons with the rear
seat down, which to me always has been a cool thing, and it's not often I need
to haul more than two passengers anyway.
"Wanda" is a nice name for a wagon. Mine was called "Bella" by its previous
owner. It didn't stick with me, since A good friend of mine has had a Bella of his
own for many years, a '56 BelAir coupe.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

So, it's been a bit of a break here, with Christmas, New Years and everything.
Happy New Year all!

Back to business:
This wagon has been in Finland for some four years, and from the relatively fresh
look of the paint, the hood was sand blasted from the inside by the previous
owner. If you ever thought of sand blasting a car: Don't!
The '68 Chevy hood has a substantial inner structure, with two big triangle
shaped holes. When blasting, the sand has thumped the sheet metal in these
areas so hard, that it stretched considerably.
I trailered the hood to a good friend's body shop, and he showed me how to
shrink the stretched metal. Here's how I did it with an electric spot welder of
sorts, equipped with a graphite rod.

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair010.jpg

The metal is heated in a slow circular motion, and when the center of the
area is reached, the middle has a dull glow to it, and the area is rapidly cooled
with a long blast of compressed air. It's slow work, and gives you an urge,
and an itch to go faster and... Well it's time consuming.
One of those circular thingys takes quite some time to do, so this is the result
of a few hours of work, counting in some hammer and dolly work and lots of
planning, and hesitating. This shrinking is all new to me

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair011.jpg

After all this work, the hood seemed about as crooked as it was to begin with,
only it looked a lot worse. Luckily my pal came to the rescue, and did his
magic with hammers and dollies, and the result is so good, that it seems like
an awesome amount of body filler might make the hood like a hood again.

The hood is back in my own shop (just a heated garage, really), and put aside
for now. This kind of work really makes it feel the project is at a standstill.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

As this car is so badly rusted, you'd think the wheel arches would be really bad,
but surprisingly enough, they're not. Only one spot was rusted, and it was here,
in to the front of the right hand side rear wheelwell.

http://waasadata.com/belair/img/belair015.jpg

The holes are for rosette welds, to make it sit and look like the original spot
welds. It's functional too. I like to drill the holes pretty big, to get a good weld
to the inner fender. This is all welded by now, but I don't have any pics of it at
this time.

Notice the smart ground lead from the welder in the previous post of mine. A
powerful magnet does the grounding, I really like the idea, and might use it some
day.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Never seen a shrinking method like you used...I thought I researched it all...a shrinking disc turned out to be the best method for me...its works amazing...

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Hi, mongocanfly, I've read about those shrinking discs, but never seen
one in use.
When I built a rod in the early two thousands, I didn't know that I could attach
a graphite rod to my mig welder, and shrunk sheet metal by welding on the
inside, and cooling it off with water from the outside. It works, but it's pretty
unpredictable.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Nice work Flatbed. That shrinking process is one I haven’t used and it looks like it did the job. Mostly I’ve been exposed to a shrinking disc use. Here is an overview.

https://youtu.be/X8cruauERmI

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you Advanced Design, for the link. The shrinking disc seems to
work very nicely, and I'll get one some day. Seems like it's a fast way to do it
too.
In this very case, though, it would have been a bit harder to do with the disc,
since the sheet metal had stretched in a way that had made it buckle down. No
high spots to "grind" with the disc. You could also heat the sheet metal with a
welding torch, but I think that might require some expertise to get it right.
Another problem in this case was, that you couldn't work the sheet metal in any
place you wanted or needed, because of the hood's inner structure.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Hey BossHogg69, did you see what I wrote in your '65 wagon thread
about the tail lights?
I always liked the way the tail light are close to eachother to Chevrolets from
1965 and older. When Chevrolet came back to separate lights in 1968, they put
them farther away from eachother. On the Kingswood this was further
exaggerated. This is illustrated in this pic:

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair016.jpg

My wagon has been hit in the rear left corner, and the tail light lenses are all
in dire need of getting changed for new ones. It's not really easy to find
tail light lenses for the 1968 wagon, so I came up with the idea of costomizing
my ride by mounting three pairs of 1950 Pontiac tail lights with sequential turn
signals. Ever since I was a kid, I have dreamed of having that kind of turn
signals on my car.
This would also let me tuck the tail lights a little bit closer to eachother, than
they're originally on an impala or caprice wagon.
I tried to photoshop Pontiac lights onto the tail of a '68 wagon, and I think
this would look so okay, that people who don't know classic cars probably
wouldn't notice that it's not an original look.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair014.jpg

Yup, I pasted in my own register plate too .

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

In my last post I mentioned that my wagon has been hit in the rear left hand
corner. Somebody apparently backed into something, Should be a pretty
straightforward repair.
First the bumper came off. Not an easy task, as some nutcase had welded the
bumper brackets to the frame!
Anyway, this is what it looks like to start with:

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair017.jpg

The outer part of the rear should follow the same line as the tail gate, so it's almost in inch too far in.
I have borrowed a slide hammer with a claw that grips thin sheet metal. Just
spot weld in a piece of scrap cheet metal, and start hammering (pulling) away.
Well, first the paint has to come off.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair019.jpg

Oh shoot!
Not something I had expected. The fender bender was actually repaired to
this state!
My flabber was trulyly gasted.
I heated the parts with lots of lead on, and let it run to the floor. I did a few
releif cuts where the sheet metal was badly wrinkled and started pulling from
different pieces that i had spot welded to the car.
Looks much better already, but the outer corner is still a bit too far to the
right, and nothing happens when I pull to the side. I called it a day, and will
continue on tuesday night.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair018.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Those round Pontiac taillights you photoshopped in would look bada$$!!!! And then if you made them with sequential turn signals??? YES! I say go for it. :metal:

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I'm in! I owned a 68 396 4 speed wagon 35 years ago lol.
Looking forward to how this one turns out.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you BossHogg69 for the encouraging words :)
Nice to have you on board, mingoman, I hope you won't be disappointed.
Once again, this is a repair project, not a restoration. I work on a budget, and
am an amateur just trying to make do with my limited tools and skills.

So, on with it. I worked some with the tail en since my last post. First i
welded some scrap pieces to the outermost corner of the tail, and tried pulling
to the side. No matter how hard I hammered away with the heavy slide
hammer, nothing gave. In the end I gave up, and cut it all away:

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair020.jpg

Then I drew a template from the right hand side, and welded in the new tail strip.
After a few spot welds I chacked the fit, and all was good, so I welded it all
and ground the welds. Now it looked good, and I called it a night.

The next day, when showing the pics to a buddy, I noticed that it really didn't
look that good, so when I got home I checked with the template I had made
before.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair023.jpg

I was right. Apparently the whole thing had warped badly as I was welding
it. The green part shows how far off the curve was and the white arrow
shows where the little sharpie V should point at.
Luckily it was pretty pliable,and i got it sorted. I cut out som pieces for the
bottom part to fix it all. After I had welded a four or five spots I chacked
again, and... Rats! it had moved again.
I was close to giving up for the night, but hated the thought of being at work
knowing I hadn't figured this one out yet, and started over. Cut out the few
spot welds, and hammered away until I was satisified with the fit. Then lying
under the rear of the car, cut pieces to fit, and slowly spotwelded them in,
checking the alignment and all after almost every spot was welded.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair022.jpg

Rear corner seen from below. Also visible in this shot is the scrap pieces of
sheet metal spotwelded to the corner, that I pulled with the slide hammer and
used for grounding the welder.

This rear corner is welded now,and just waits for grinding.
As usual, this dented corner took a lot more work than anticipated to get it done. About four times. I should remember that ;)

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

I am impressed with the dedication to get the shape correct. Well done!

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Now that's what I call dedication!!!

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you Advanced Design and BossHogg69, I aim to do it
right. No use botching this job as it's going to get painted afterwards, and it's
not fun if it looks all crooked when painted.

Got some time to finish the work on the rear of the wagon this weekend. I was
going to start grinding the welds saturday, when I discovered two huge rust
holes in the tail gate.
A deep sigh, and a thought that this will take me a couple weeks to do hit me.
On with it.
I measured the big patch inte middle, and cut it out. Then made a bend on the
sheet metal brake. Some persuasion later, I had a part that fit nicely. I cut
away the rust, and adjusted until I could start welding. A few tacks in this pic.
On the other side the sheet metal was hammered and dollied flush with the
original folded skin, and rosette welded through holes that I had drilled previously.
The green arrow points at some more rust.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair024b.jpg

It was a busy saturday, so I only got this patch welded and partly ground. I
barely looked at the other rust hole, and even thought of using fiberglass
filler, it was in such an awkward place behind the hinge.

Sunday I looked at the problematic hole, and decided to give it a try. I cut as
much as I could with my small angle grinder with a worn down cutting wheel,
and then cut the rest with a rotating file. It worked perfectly, albeit a bit
slowly. I measured and cut a patch piece for it, again hammered to a nice
shape, and welded it in. Grinding the welds was as hard as cutting the hole,
but the same grinder with another file made grinding the welds pretty easy. I
sanded the coarse-ish surface with my not-a-dremel and a sanding flap wheel
of sorts. Those are toys when it comes to this kind of work, but it made a
difference, and my hourly rate is very low :)

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair025.jpg

Here the welds are ground. There's also a little patch on the rear quarter,
partly behind the hinge. This all was time consuming, but the result is okay, and I'm very happy to have it done.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Some time has passed since I last posted any progress. I'm doing this project in real time, so sometimes less happen.
After the tail gate had been welded and ground, it was time to turn to the
bumper. It too was a bit deforemed, the drivers side outer part was bent
forward. The inner structure is pretty sturdy, so I cut it to have an easier job
bending the end part backwards. This worked, as the bumper wasn't too hard
to bend now. After test mounting the bumper on the car, it looked much better, but
was too far to the left. Moving it over to the right forced me to move the left
hand side bumper mount about 1/4" to the left. The arrow points at the most
ovious place to see this.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair026.jpg

With the mount welded, the bumper fit much better to the rear of the wagon.
After this pic was taken, the bumper has been slightly straightened as it's a
bit crooked in the middle here.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair027.jpg

The ends also fit very nicely to the indentations in the rear quarters, so I
consider this repair a success so far.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair028.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Since it's colder at the door, and also because my garage is a bit too short, the
car was turned around for working on the front.
The front of this car is all askew, the lower part of the grille is almost an inch
too far to the driver's side, and the lights of that side are too far set back by
about 3/4". This car has had more than its fair share of fender benders and
mishaps. The result is not nice, and it's hard to tell where to start. So I just
took a deep breath and dived right in.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair029.jpg

The front bumper came off pretty easily. The bottom part of the grille is
attached to the bumper, some hammering remedied it not being centered.
Funny enough, this was all but impossible to accomplish with the bumper
mounted on the car, but with everthing unbolted it was a cinch.
With things hammered and adjusted, I was almost chocked at how off the left
hand side bumper end looked. It wasn't like this before.... Was it?

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair031.jpg

At this time measures were taken, and the whole thing removed again. A few
tries later the bumper fits much better.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair032.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Some little tinkering was done along with the bumper work. I tried polishing the lower grille,
and the results look pretty promising. Not good by a far cry, but better than rattle can
silver for sure. I can always paint the bright stuff later if I get tired of it, but it's harder to
unpaint bumpers and grille once it's done.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair030.jpg

Having a real bad "before" situation helps :)

Most of the trim and emblems are removed for polishing or sanding.

Some new bits have been clicked home off the net, like new front turn lights,
pedals, arm rests, window cranks etc. Those bits will make the car look well
maintained, even if the bright work is a bit on the shabby side.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

As the gray paint is flaking off petty badly in places, most of it will be removed. I
was going to have the body soda blasted, but I'm too cheap, and am paying in
elbow grease now. The roof and pillars are done, as is the right hand side front
and rear fenders. Still just scratching the surface... Pun intended.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair033.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Looking good flatbed....if your removing all your paint have you tried a 3M bristle disc...they're not cheap, but they sure do remove paint good...almost like just wiping the paint off....and no metal damage..they make them in the roloks and for hand grinders...sure beats hand sanding

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Nice work Flatbed. How did you polish the grill?

Handy recommendation Greg. I’ve never used one though would be handy.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

only downside to the bristle brush is cost and life of use...but it works like magic...

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Thank you mongocanfly, for the tip. The paint is chipping badly on this
car, and is coming off pretty easily. I just sand it off with an oscillating grinder
with 80 grit sanding discs. I tried 40 grit too, but it doesn't help much, as any
paint left is so deeply scratched that a lot of sanding has to go into getting
those scratches out. I then sand it all smooth with 180, so that the epoxy primer will
adhere, and hopfully not shrink into the scratches. The roof seems to be
pretty good, so it was mostly just sanded for adhesion.
I plan to spray on a nice coat of epoxy first, then block it and fill as needed
with poyester filler ( much like bondo I guess), block and fill, block and fill,
then epoxy again, block it down and then final paint and clear. I'll paint the
final paint in a nearby paintshop, where I worked for a year a few years ago.
It's well worth the cost to get the car painted in a dust free environment,
with a good spray gun, mine is cheap, and not good for finer work.

Thank you Advanced Design, I have an abrasive nylong bristle bruch like
this one...

https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1xPDZH...pg_350x350.jpg

... to knock off the worst pitting, and then I polish with a buffer on a powerdrill
using Autosol polish. Speaking of which, Autosol for Aluminum works pretty well
on chrome, and doesn't dull it as coarser versions will.

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Slow work, this paint stripping. It took some time to make a hole in the garage
wall and build a system for evacuating the dust too.
The drivers side is done when it comes to paint stripping. Most is sanded down
to the bare metal, and finished with 180 grit for perfect paint adhesion without
risk of shrinkage into the gritgrooves.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair034.jpg

The front fender is dented, and this will be adressed before the epoxy goes on.
The severely dented, shrunk and hammered hood is also ready for epoxy.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair036.jpg

I'm assuming a lot of filler will have to be used in order to make the hood look
like it's supposed to...
Detail work is done according to inspiration. My aim to make the wagon look a
bit nicer than just your usual respray, so details like nice paint inside the filler
door feels important.
The chrome is pretty much shot on this car, but I hope to be able make it
look tidy anyway.

http://www.waasadata.com/belair/img/belair035.jpg

Re: 1968 Chevy Bel Air Wagon Project
 

Subscribing to watch....I love the wagons....