Search:

My friend has two Wagoneers. The bodies on them seem to love to rust. His '87 has had no floors in the back seat for about 10 years now. (Frame is still solid though)

Agreed with 3 season car....

Did you get rid of your barge after the rear end ate itself? (Saw the tow away pic on the '79 thread). If so, I think that only leaves two other barge owners besides myself left on this site (me,...

That's one heck of a nice bumper! I dig the car and the color (though I might be biased having now owned two beige box panthers. :) ). I feel like your rarely see the 79s anymore. Even more so for...

I second this x1000. Nickle Copper lines are the best. The bend stupid easy without kinking and flare really easy as well. I had to do a bunch of lines on my cars last year and went with this stuff...

Yeah finding a nice frame would probably be close to impossible if it didn't already have a car attached to it. At that point, it would make more sense to just fix up the one with the good frame.
...

Poking was a good idea. I took a big screw driver and just started stabbing at suspect places.

Passenger side front by the lower control arm was rock solid. Driver's side didn't look great:
...

That's sort of my thinking as well. Everywhere else, from what I can see, looks okay from the outside but it wouldn't surprise me now if down the road another spot popped up. That said, it sounds...

I just noticed this today while I was patching a hole in the exhaust after jacking the car up. On the passenger's side by the transmission cross member, it looks like my frame is toast. It looked...

Welcome!

Thanks all for the info about swapping out to the newer starter style. If/when I replace the starter I'll most likely go that route.

I finally got around to replacing the solenoid this past...

Haha! That's awesome.

Thanks for the info everyone. I'll see about picking up a new solenoid either today or tomorrow (it's raining out today so I probably wouldn't get to install today anyway). ...

My CV has been starting to have an issue while starting. I haven't had a chance to dig in and really take a look yet but I'm curious if it sounds like it's the solenoid on the fender or the starter...

Welcome aboard!

How hard are parts to come by in Germany?

Yep, I have the same belts in my '78. You get used to pulling them straight out and over instead of just pulling them to the buckle. But yeah, if you don't do it right, one half locks and you have to...

Really nice! I really dig the yellow.

The biggest issue I have with my barge is finding body parts. Panther stuff is still pretty common but a lot of barge parts are getting really rare. (Luckily it has a 351w/c4 so those parts are...

Thanks. I've never heard of those before. (not many Deer in suburbia here. :D )

Glad to hear everything is working out.

If only I could get my wife to be comfortable with my '78 even though it's so far our most reliable car. :)

Awesome! Welcome to the forums!

That Wagoneer looks nice too in your original set of photos!

What are those little light looking things in front of the grill on the bumper of the merc? Don't think I've ever seen that before.

Holy hell that's a nice looking ride! Welcome to the forum!

Welcome!

The 255 in the '81 is definitely an interesting option you never see.

Welcome aboard! Cool to see more "barge" owners on here. :)

Really nice looking ride. Glad you saved it from the derby guys.. that car is in wayyyy too nice of condition for that.