My new ride - 67 Sport wagon

[chuckfmtexas]

I am the proud owner of a 1967 Sport Wagon I bought out of Nebraska one month ago today. I found the car online and over a period of several months chatted online and by phone with the owner. The car was owned by a Nebraska family and then sold at an estate sale, then the owner I bought it from has had it about 7 years.

 

The previous owner is a car guy and his business is a resto/rod shop. The wagon is a factory black car and he stripped it to bare metal, found no rust and gave it a $10-15 K PPG single stage black with clear paint job. 

The wagon is loaded with options including: 

· Power steering

  Power Brakes 
· Power windows, 
· Power tailgate window, 
· Power seats. 
· AM/FM radio, 
· rear seat speaker, 
· custom seatbelts, 
· carpet savers and handy mats. 
· ICE COLD A/C converted to 134, 
· tinted glass, 
· electric clock, 
· luggage locker with lock, 
· full original wheel covers,(I changed to 67 rally wheels)
· tilt steering column, 
· 3rd row seat, 
· roof rack, 
· 10 bolt positraction rear end, 
· protecto plate. 
· Rare double black car. Professional repaint of a very clean rust free car. 
· Original black interior in good condition that can use some work
· 340 4 barrel engine with the super turbine 400 transmission.


The wagon came with a set of new Firestone radials, drives like a new car, and glides over the bumps in the road. I have had an itch for a wagon every since I had Chevelles and saw guys convert Chevelle wagons to SuperSport clones. I am thinking of putting a GS grille in the car as the red horizontal stripe would look awesome with the black paint.  I also have a couple of GS 400 complete engines and since the 340 in the wagon is not numbers matching I have been thinking about rebuilding one of the 400's and dropping it in the wagon, star-wars air cleaner and all.

I am looking forward to bringing the interior up to the quality of the exterior this summer. The front seat has been redone and is really nice with the original pleats duplicated and the previous owner even had the embossed trim cut out of the originally seat covers and sewn into the new covering and it looks great. I need to get the back seat and third seat re-done like the front. It also needs new carpet from back of front seat to tail gate and seat hinges and hardware cleaned and painted but that is all minor and I will have fun this summer getting it done. 

The two things that don't work is the clock (duh) and the self-leveling system which has the components in the rear but no compressor under the hood. It has coil over shocks in the rear which work nicely but I could always add adjustable air shocks.

 

I have made the decision to sell the 73 Riviera as soon as I get the dash back in and will now also sell the 89 Reatta as we are not driving it and there is a market for low mileage Reatta's in great shape which this car is.

 

I have only had the wagon out on the street three times and have gotten all kinds of thumbs up and comments like " we had a wagon growing up, great car" Others want to know what make and year the wagon is.  The black paint is stunning and I am thinking of a double red pin stripe along the side that would look classy on the shiny black paint. 

 

Fun and games ahead and he car is actually practical for running to Home Depot, picnics, etc.

 

Have a great weekend,

Chuck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

Edited May 17, 2015 by chuckfmtexas (see edit history)

[Guest my3buicks]

Very nice Chuck!!!!!   About the only major option it is missing is cruise control and some Buick accessory ad ons like 8 track player, very nice find!!   It's your car, but I sure would want to leave such a fantastic car stock.  Btw, hard to tell from those pictures, but the wheels appear to be later than 67.

 

Edited May 17, 2015 by my3buicks (see edit history)

[JZRIV]

WOW! - That is a killer car! Turn-Key ready to enjoy. Congratulations

[JohnD1956]

Oh man! You found an exceptional machine. I love those wagons. Are you bringing that to Springfield? it will surely be a big hit there.

[MrEarl]

WOW! That is one sweet wagon! Great find, congrat!!!

[parkertom]

Nice find! I really like these wagons!

[chuckfmtexas]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, in fact the wheels are 14 x 6 rallys identical to the rallys on my  67 GS 400.  I bought them new with center caps from OPGI.

 

I would really like to bring the car to Springfield but the interior needs work and it does not come close to the quality of the exterior.  I need new seat covers on the back seat and third seat plus the folding hardware for both seats needs to be removed, prepped and repainted black.  The headliner, dash, door panels, etc are all very nice.  I have the original steering wheel that is probably unrepairable it has so many cracks but I have the original wheel off my 67 GS 400 that only has a couple of cracks and I might repair it, repaint it and install it in the wagon.

 

My plan is anything I do to the car other than stock will be bolt on and could be removed and the car put back to stock.

 

I am coming to Springfield but will probably bring the 1932 Buick.  

 

Chuck 

Edited May 18, 2015 by chuckfmtexas (see edit history)

[Guest my3buicks]

As I said Chuck it was hard to tell from the pictures, the offset didn't look right for the 67's.  That is only the 2nd black Sportwagon I have seen, the other on had the gold interior & wood grain.  I usually prefer the wood grain, but with the black on black the no wood grain really works well.

[JohnD1956]

 

I would really like to bring the car to Springfield but the interior needs work and it does not come close to the quality of the exterior. ...I am coming to Springfield but will probably bring the 1932 Buick.  

 

Chuck 

 

I am sure the 32 will be a great addition to the show.  But, just as a teaser, I'd like to remind you of this previous entry on this thread:  ICE COLD A/C converted to 134,   

[chuckfmtexas]

As I said Chuck it was hard to tell from the pictures, the offset didn't look right for the 67's.  That is only the 2nd black Sportwagon I have seen, the other on had the gold interior & wood grain.  I usually prefer the wood grain, but with the black on black the no wood grain really works well.

And here is a nice 67 Sport Wagon for sale but it does not have nearly the options the one I bought has.  I do like the red color but the black is awesome.

 

Chuck

 

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/buick/sport_wagon/1648478.html

[Guest my3buicks]

I have been into the 67's for 35 years now, and I do not believe I have come across a Sport Wagon as well equipped as yours.  The closest was an oddball one I almost bought 15 years ago - it was light aqua with a white roof and a dark red interior - it was almost as well equipped.  The red one is a beauty, I had seen it before, but it is pretty standard.