64 Chevelle 2-Door Wagon LS-300 Project

[hotrodgary]

I recently sold my 62 Chevy II and have begun my next car.

64 Chevelle Wagon, 2 Door! Its a "300" wagon, with the "LS" engine, hence the LS-300 lol

Picked up a SUPER solid and complete unrestored car to start with, its gonna be nice to start with a solid car and not have to patch and make everything for a change! Only rust is in the front floor pans, few dings and dents but thats no biggie. I'm in the process of collection up parts now to start working on it.

So the plans are so far,
LS engine, Carburated, LQ4 short block, CNC LS3 heads, not sure of cam specs yet.
Overdrive trans, prolly a 2004R, but still have not got that yet.
Moser 9" ford, 3:90 gear
Full air ride suspension I picked up all the suspension from a guy, had less than 500 miles on it all
E3 ride pro system
strong arm front control arms
shockwaves front
hotchkis front and rear sway bars
hotckis steering arms
delphi 600 power steering box
air ride rear lower control arms and bags
hotchkis dbl adj upper arms

Planning to run 17" and 18" wheels

I want to run air conditioning on this one too
Black mountain precision front drive system on the engine

Thats where I am at so far, not sure what all is available for the LS engines since I'm new to them. Same as brakes? I need to get dropped spindles and all the brakes.

-Gary

Heres some pics....
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[hotrodgary]

Heres a pic of my 62 Chevy II I just sold, also a pic of my 66 Chevelle SS I sold awhile ago.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/sucs_0700_02_z1962_chevy_novapassen.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/2238760_1_full.jpg

[HWY Nova]

Welcome Gary!.....

We are in for a treat if your new project is anything like your Nova!!!!!


--Eric

[70rs]

Welcome Gary!.....

We are in for a treat if your new project is anything like your Nova!!!!!


--Eric

X2! Very cool project. Call Tobin at Kore3 about your brakes. He has everything you need.:thumbsup:

[hotrodgary]

Little bit of an update, pics to follow soon.

Got the front floor pans replaced (only rust on the car to patch!!)
countersunk the tail lights flush with the body
cut out the dash, in the process now of grafting in a 62-65 Chevy II dash
Got something in the works with the rear bumper...
I drew up some engine adapters and had em laser cut so now the engine/trans is set in for mock up and I got some headers

Guys at Scoggin Dickey came thru with all the goodies for me to put together a very stout 416 Stroker motor!
Should move the grocery getter down the road pretty well!

Still working on ideas to get rid of that ugly gas fill door, and something different for door handles.

I'm heading down to Goodguys Columbus to see what kinda deals I can find down there and I can start moving foward
with some of the other stuff, steering, brakes, air cond, etc.

-Gary

[MaxHarvard]

Nice project!

[C5 Longroof]

Welcome Gary,

You gotta love those 2 door wagons...I love 'em so much I cut up my '67 4 door wagon to MAKE a 2 door wagon out of it...

Sounds like you got a great start on a cool PT wagon...Keep the updates and pics coming...

Rick

[Ummgawa]

Rick

Post up some pictures of your 67 short wagon, looks cool!:thumbsup:

[pacificustoms]

I love long roofs! I've got a '64 two-door wagon we're working on in our spare time (not very much of it though), we're just torn on which direction to take it and how far to take it! Sounds like you have a good plan, look forward to seeing the updates!

[Hotchkis]

Gary – Cool project! Thanks for including Hotchkis in your list. We love the wagons! What color are you going to paint it?

[waynieZ]

Wow thats a trio of great cars in that picture. That Chevy II is beautiful, you did an awesome job. My first car was a 66 SS so that tells you how much I like that one.
Your new project is going to be a sweet ride when your done. I love the 2 door wagons.

[hotrodgary]

Heres a pic of my other 2 projects too, dont laugh at me!
The yellow 69 is a cruiser/beater.
The other one, volksrod, is about 6 diff years, been tinkering around with it.
And more importantly, the wagon pics...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/volksrod/DSC03176.jpg

Floors patched
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Starting the nova Dash
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Flush fitting the Tail lights
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mock up engine set in place with a 2004R trans
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[skatinjay27]

i love me some air-cooled VWs!
esp the fender-less ones

[SteveMarsa]

wheres the updates? what have you been doing? dosent look like that cars going to build itself!!!!!!

[hotrodgary]

wheres the updates? what have you been doing? dosent look like that cars going to build itself!!!!!!


Its been Christmas in July with all the parts coming for it! Not much to really update till I get everything in and can start putting it together. Few things I got for it now...

4 wheel 4 piston wilwood brakes
moser 9" rearend
radiator
200 4R trans
engine parts on the way
front drive system for the engine
stainless gas tank
vintage air
flaming river column
and a load of misc. stuff

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

Been awhile since anything new... been collecting parts still!

Havent had much time to work on the car, got married recently and refinishing part of my house stopped progress.

A friend of mine offered a helping hand since things were hectic for me last few months, and boxed the frame for me and I should be bringing it home to start putting it together and were gonna build some tube xmembers for it and brace it up some. So should have some pictures soon of it, otherwise it looks like a shelf right now!:(

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

Got the suspension on and mocked up today. Its low... should be cool! The front crossmember is sitting on the ground when you put some weight on it, might end up putting some sort of bump stops on it?

Next gotta get the body back on the frame and start building the tube x-members and make all the engine and trans mounts!

I will probably end up notching the rear floor slightly for the upper rear control arms and to gain a little extra exhaust room.

You can see the frame all boxed in, the rear control arm brackets boxed and a support brace/tube for the upper rear arms.

Finally some pics... -Gary

Also, the big Hotchkiss sway bar didnt fit the factory bracket holes, so we welded a plate to the bottom and drilled and tapped to 3/8" bolts. Using the original front hole location and moving the back ones location. AND you can see how much I had to cut out of the spring pockets for the shockwaves to have enough clearance not to rub!
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[214Chevy]

Nice! :thumbsup: What are the plans for the frame...paint or powdercoat?

[coolwelder62]

Very nice,I think the 2 door wagon's are way cool.Awesome fab.work.:thumbsup:

[Hdesign]

Killer project!:thumbsup: I'm really getting into these wagons recently, the kids are outgrowing the Camaro.

[KSBRKTRACER]

Very neat ....I love the longroofs .. I have 65 chevelle 2dr wagon myself, has a bumper to bumper chassiworks eliminator chassi with a 4-link, fab-9, and aftermarket front suspension with rack and pinion. I also have a 66 chevyII wagon converted to 2-door with long 2-door sedan doors on it.

Any plans for the interior or exterior yet ....?

[hotrodgary]

Thanks for comments!

Got the body back on the frame over the weekend, need to set the engine/trans in next and start building mounts, crossmembers and x-members in frame. Hopefully have that done by the weekend, or at least close!

-Gary

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[hotrodgary]

Very neat ....I love the longroofs .. I have 65 chevelle 2dr wagon myself, has a bumper to bumper chassiworks eliminator chassi with a 4-link, fab-9, and aftermarket front suspension with rack and pinion. I also have a 66 chevyII wagon converted to 2-door with long 2-door sedan doors on it.

Any plans for the interior or exterior yet ....?

I think I have seen your nova wagon before, nice cars!!

I am going to shave the drip rails, fill the cowl louvers, remove door handles, trim/emblems, I countersunk the tail lights, putting a 67 nova rear bumper on it, move the gas fill. And am planning on painting it brown... yes... brown lol.

-Gary

[SteveMarsa]

hey whats with the small statue in the pics of the frame its off to the side of the photos by your fridge??? Is that watermelon???

Car looks good keep plugging away...it wont build itself thats fo sho!!!

[hotrodgary]

Engine mocked up, I made 3 different style adapter plates, the set in the pic is what I went with. And than my buddy made up some frame mounts for me. Also bolted up the accessory drive system from Black Mountain Precision.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/photo122.jpg
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Started cutting up the nova dash and making some new panels for it...
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Another pic of it
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/photo123.jpg

[65_LS1_T56]

Hey Gary, nice project. Looks like we're almost neighbors...Davison area here.
Who's headers are you using? I just picked up a very solid 65 HT to do a LS swap in. Been shopping for headers that have good clearance as I want a pretty low ride height too.
Thanks, we'll have to meet up someday!

[hotrodgary]

Well been cutting up the nova dash some more and made the panels and have it fit pretty good now, got the vintage air unit mounted, havent finished the dash yet cuz I have some more stuff to do under it, make mounts for the coils and fuse panel, etc.

Also finished up my tail lights today, turned out nice, I love em flush, nobody will probably ever notice LOL!

I stuck a set of 17x8 smoothies I had on my daily driver on it to get an idea of fitment.

Anyways, time for some pics!
-Gary
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Here are all the different engine adapter plates I made, I went with the one all the way on the left, then my buddy (SteveMarsa on here) made some mount for the chassis, placed them right in the middle of the front crossmember.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/DSC03706.jpg

[coolwelder62]

Very Cool.Are the 2 door wagon's rare.:thumbsup:

[KSBRKTRACER]

Very Cool.Are the 2 door wagon's rare.:thumbsup:

VERY RARE .....! Around 1450 65's I think and 2700 64's if I remember correctly .

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Cool build, I like wagons I've had a few myself. :thumbsup:

[SteveMarsa]

Lookin Good Homes..... Cant believe how fast its coming together....Do you have a day job or do you live in the garage??

Wheres the drip rail pics

[PASD U]

Oh good, another 64/65 project to follow. I'm starting to REALLY like these wagons. Look forward to seeing this project unfold.

[zleehw]

I am digging the dash work....nice idea to change it up....looks good.

Can I get details on your belt drive assm, I like how it looks like a super charger set up....any details appreciated.

The bug is bad ass!

[hotrodgary]

Havent had any pics that look any different right now, all the little stuff I was doing, havent had time to work on it for the past couple months though.

The belt drive system is from Black Mountain Precision outta CA.

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

So haven't posted in awhile. Had some down time but got back on the car and getting quite a bit done. Finishing up metal work, than going to the media blaster to come home for more metal work lol. SteveMarsa came over and we bent up and made a tubular k-member for the frame, new trans mount etc. so the engine and trans mounts are all done now also.

Figured I post a few pics of what I have gotten done recently.
-Gary

So heres couple pics of the kmember and trans mount
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/kmember.jpg
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62 nova dash, just have to finish the column hole, the console you see is actually a gas tank cover/seat pan off an old kawasaki...
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pretty aluminum driveshaft
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[hotrodgary]

firewall all done, smoothed, steering is all done too
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67 nova rear bumper, widened it, extended the sides also to wrap further around and reshaped quarter panels to match the bumper, made some new bumper brackets, also smoothed the tailgaite and removed the original license plate recess in it and the rear pan
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[hotrodgary]

cut out and raised the spare tire well so it no longer extends past bottom of the quarter panel, will be the new home for the battery
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new door handles, work really well
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still finishing up the gas tank, was going to put the fill behind the license plate but changed my mind, figured this was cooler. flip out tail light with the fill cap behind it, this pic is just mocked up, i'm currently finishing this all up. Also I frenched, or flush fit the tail lights
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[hotrodgary]

Does anyone know if they make an LED conversion for 64-65 el camino station wagon tail lights? I have seen some universal led boards that i could make work possibly, curious if there is anything else out there?
-Gary

[HRBS]

lookin good buddy !
nice progress !

[srh3trinity]

This is a killer build!

[waynieZ]

Nice work, its looking great.

[Rick D]

Very nice fab work, looks great.

[C5 Longroof]

As for the tail lights, you could just put an 1157 LED bulb in it...On my '67 2 Door wagon I did the same thing removing the gas filler from the side of the car...Built a panel in behind the tail light assy and used the gas filler cap off of a VFR750 Interceptor motorcycle tank to seal it off...You have to fill the tank slowly though, even with a vent tube...

Great build with some great ideas...Kepp 'em coming...

[hotrodgary]

Thanks for the info! I am basically doing the same thing just different cap. Do u have any pics of yours, curious to see how it looks!!
-Gary

[syborg tt]

Gary - Looks awesome !!

ps call me when it's done I want to buy it.

[JayR]

Love this project. Super clean build with all kinds of clean touches! Subscribed!

[coolwelder62]

Awesome build.Really coming along great.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[C5 Longroof]

The car is in paint jail right now almost 2 states away from me, so I cant get any pics...I'll look thru my photos and see if I took a shot of it...

Were you gonna sprin load it?...How do you plan on latching it?...I used a set of rare earth magnets on mine...It will never pop out...

Rick

[hotrodgary]

I had two ideas, one of which was making a small spring loaded lever latch, spring load the light in the housing.

the other idea was a magnet.. and i couldnt remember what those magnet were called till you just reminded me lol! So I might look at that method now....

-Gary

[hotrodgary]

Got the body back off the frame, get it ready for the media blaster. You can see the frame all boxed in and the tube x-member we made up for it.

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The floor pans & new trans tunnel

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Body back from the media blaster, only found a couple small surprises, nothing big though, turned out good


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The 62 Nova dash (whats left of it lol) looks good in there, I'm glad I used it

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starting to put it all back together again so i can start fitting and reworking all the panel gaps, etc.

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The widened 67 Nova bumper fits pretty good, still needs some tweaking but looks like it belongs

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Looking like a whole car again!

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[WSSix]

I agree on the Nova dash. Good choice.

[Gordz32]

That thing is looking sweet! Makes me want a hotwagon bad!

[65_LS1_T56]

Looking good Gary!
Did you use a local source for media blast? Mind sharing? Did they put the primer on too?

Looks pretty solid, cool project.

[hotrodgary]

Yes he is local, owners name is Jeff, great guy.

Multiblast, Montrose, MI
http://www.michiganblastking.com/Home_Page_2FK8.html

I had him seal all the parts also for me also yes

-Gary

[65_LS1_T56]

Thanks Gary!

[Musclerodz]

Cool project, not sure how I have missed it.:thumbsup:

[waynieZ]

Nice idea on the dash. The car is looking good!

[hotrodgary]

I have been massaging dents out and fitting all the door and fender gaps, etc. got it looking pretty good. Patched up the couple rust spots found after the blaster. Bout ready to start some body work! I pulled the inner fenders out... prolly gonna end up making my own cuz I hate how they fit and they are hard to make look good. Also will be modifying the grill and surround next.
-Gary

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[Z06Joe]

Awesome build for sure!!!!!

[slipknawt]

what did your door handles come off of?

[hotrodgary]

what did your door handles come off of?

The door handles are from an 80's Fiat Spyder
-Gary

[hotrodgary]

From the depths... I still have the wagon, I let one friends car get in my garage and havent gotten time to work on the wagon in awhile... Not to mention I have had other projects of my own that ended up getting in front of it too. The exhaust is all done now and the steel cowl is welded on the hood, thats about it haha.

Considering ditching the air ride system and going with coil overs instead. Seeing what options and info there is out there on it right now.

Will hope to get the car back home very soon and get some more updates!

-Gary

[gnx7]

Love wagons!

Dig that Chevy II you sold also! Nice work so far on this project.

[waynieZ]

I like the idea of the gas fill behind the light. Looking good!

[hotrodgary]

Car is back home and time to get to work! Been sitting in my buddies garage for damn near a year.

I am going to get rid of the air ride and switch to coil overs and am working with the guys from ABC Performance in getting the right set up for the car. Great guys to deal with.

Few pics of it...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-3.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-3.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-1.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-1.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-7.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-7.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-4.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-4.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-5.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-5.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-10.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-10.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-9.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-9.jpeg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/image-11.jpeg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/image-11.jpeg.html)

[coolwelder62]

Looking pretty cool.Exhaust turned out nice.

[hotrodgary]

From the depths... been awhile since I posted anything! I am still working on my wagon lol... been side tracked with so many other projects and friends cars!

I got the body work "roughed" in on the car now, and started mounting all the stuff under the hood and making inner fender panels and filler panels, etc.
Hope to be posting more pics soon of some good progress... I got back from GoodGuys Columbus and got a dose of motivation seeing so many nice cars and getting new ideas!
-Gary

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/7BFFFCBB-96A7-425A-8A2B-B667A4D44A0A.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/7BFFFCBB-96A7-425A-8A2B-B667A4D44A0A.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/68782D8F-E7C3-4B39-A62D-477DCED4A8B9.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/68782D8F-E7C3-4B39-A62D-477DCED4A8B9.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/F22DDE60-EDAC-4B13-AB29-E86EAE09F207.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/F22DDE60-EDAC-4B13-AB29-E86EAE09F207.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/F9913803-38D5-491D-A085-53491F0BE198.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/F9913803-38D5-491D-A085-53491F0BE198.jpg.html)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/hotrodgary/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/A4A226DB-E244-4916-85E2-BEA4E0ED4E39.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/hotrodgary/media/1964%20Chevelle%20Wagon%202%20Door/A4A226DB-E244-4916-85E2-BEA4E0ED4E39.jpg.html)

[syborg tt]

Glad to see you are back and more glad to see pics of the car.