Pro touring foxbody wagon [Archive]

nelzturingwagin

04-28-2017, 05:15 PM

If you know foxbodies then you know there were other Ford vehicles built on the same chassis as the fox mustang. The 1985 Ford LTD midsized station wagon I have is one of those "other" cars. I am in the process of building this wagon into an awesome daily driving, 351 windsor, fuel injected, tremec 3550 5 speed, independent rear suspension, wagon. That is the plan anyway. The wagon is on a couple of other forums already but I feel it really will fit into the pro-touring concept, so a build thread in here seems appropriate.

RMMiller

04-28-2017, 06:03 PM

I'm going to try to nab a four door sedan (also an 85) this weekend for a Lemons rally put on by some local college kids. Three days touring the region hoping your junk males it! Once I'm done I'll kill it for some parts unless I like driving it.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 12:12 AM

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 01:14 AM

double post

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 01:16 AM

I bought it for $500 from a charitable donation used car lot back in 2010.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/0118001054.357271/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 02:16 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/0118001054.357271/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:07 AM

I call it the Daddywagon. I bought it for $500 on a charity used car lot. I had a mustang with a busted engine sitting at home. I was aware of the chassis compatibility when I purchased the station wagon. This was and is my plan from the beginning. I'm no pioneer. Many others have already done this conversion. This is just my take on it. It is pretty much a bolt on proposition. No fabrication necessary.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:12 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/suspension-and-brakes-donor.357202/)

This was the busted engine mustang. A p-600-b supercharger snapped the crankshaft. The brakes on this car were upgraded to cobra brakes. It also had ford racing springs and caster/camber plates.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:19 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/powertrain-donor.357203/)

A 1986 mustang gt convertible would supply the engine which would be backed by a tremec 3550. The convertible had been hit in the past and was rusting away. Should I have saved it? Maybe.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:21 AM

No. I don't have a garage.
Yes. The neighbors loved me.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:07 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-4.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25622.357207/)

Surgery.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:09 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-5.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25591.357208/)

More.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:10 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-6.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25632.357206/)

More.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:11 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-7.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25743.357212/)

More.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:12 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-8.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25774.357211/)

More.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:14 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-9.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25873.357210/)

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-10.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25883.357215/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:19 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-11.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_25902.357214/)

The cobra brakes and suspension for my Daddywagon!

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:25 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-12.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26141.357218/)

The 1986 gt engine was the first year with sequential electronic fuel injection. The pistons are forged flat tops with NO valve reliefs. Not the most powerful mustang engine for sure, but I remember the noise, the torque, and the smell, and I love it.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:28 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-13.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26162.357216/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:34 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-14.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26181.357217/)

This picture has me thinking how easy it would be to build an engine stand to test mustang engines using an old k-member.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:36 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-15.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2620.357221/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:38 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-16.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26232.357219/)

CliffsBlueCamaro

04-29-2017, 05:45 AM

No. I don't have a garage.
Yes. The neighbors loved me.

Haha! This thread is awesome! I can't wait to see the finished product.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:08 AM

Haha! This thread is awesome! I can't wait to see the finished product.
Alas, the wagon is not completed. But I am making a big push this spring and I still have quite a bit to post up to get everyone up to speed, so please stay tuned!

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:27 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-17.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26431.357220/)

It was time for the Daddywagon to go under the knife.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:31 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-18.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26525.357224/)

In 1985 your largest engine option for the station wagon was the 3.8 liter v6. If you bought the sedan you could get the v8 in the LTD LX or the special service package for police vehicles.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:35 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-19.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26554.357222/)

The best way to remove the powertrain for me has been to drop the subframe.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:37 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-20.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26545.357223/)

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-21.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26574.357225/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:42 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-22.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_26682.357227/)

Everything that preceded was done on 2 weeks of vacation time by one person...me. Yes. I'm tooting my own horn a little bit. The truth is a real garage doesn't have the time to dedicate to just my project. If they did it would cost so much it wouldn't be worth it.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:48 AM

I could imagine the conversation... "Can you take the suspension and brakes out of this car, then take the engine and transmission out of this car, then take both of those things out of this station wagon, and replace them with the parts you pulled from the 2 mustangs? That's all I want, and I don't have a lot of money and I need it done in 2 weeks."

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 07:00 AM

I should mention there is 1 major difference between the foxbody mustang chassis and the foxbody LTD station wagon chassis...wheelbase. Meaning all that connects front to back has to be longer. Driveshaft, brake lines, wiring...all a little bit longer.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 07:03 AM

Well, that's how it sat for a year until the following summer when I found an independent rear suspension on craigslist. So I bought it and took a week of vacation to install that.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 07:22 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-23.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_27995.357226/)

In the back of my truck, for about a month, sat the independent rear suspension from a 2004 cobra mustang.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 07:24 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-24.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_28083.357229/)

Cobra IRS!

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 07:30 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-25.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_29761.357236/)

Before installation bushings needed to be upgraded.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 08:15 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-26.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_29831.357228/)

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-28.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_30282.357235/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 09:46 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-29.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_30347.357232/)

So out came the solid axle and in went the cobra irs.

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-30.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_30935.357240/)

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-33.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_31002.357244/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:00 AM

Once I got this far I had run out of steam and I didn't have that initial focus and vision. I still wanted to complete the wagon, but I hadn't planned it all the way through. I didn't like the look of all the old mustang wiring and I had to do plumbing, modify steering column, add cluth pedal, etc. The problem was I didn't have it all, Over the next couple of years progress slowed. I took apart the steering column but couldn't put it back without adding the clutch pedal, cobra brake booster and new instrument cluster out of a v8 car. I want a 351 under the hood, so there's that too! Basically the car sits while I buy parts for it.

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-34.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_31014.357243/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:01 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-35.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_34963.374216/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:19 AM

I am just gonna throw the rest of the pics out there so y'all can see what I've done so far.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:22 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-36.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54911.418522/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-37.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_55021.419710/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:40 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-38.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_55002.419030/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:44 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-39.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_55142.419711/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:45 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-40.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_55031.419708/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:47 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-41.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_5510.419709/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 10:48 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-42.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140620_191832.415399/)

One of my favorite pics of the Daddywagon!

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:20 PM

While the Daddywagon sat for the last couple of years it was always in the back of my mind. What follows is stuff that I bought in order to finish the wagon the way I want it.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:24 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-43.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_28951.357230/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-44.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_28037.357233/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:27 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-45.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_33362.361020/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-46.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_38803.376679/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:29 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-47.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_39253.377285/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-48.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_39323.377286/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:31 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-49.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_4592.383531/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-50.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_45903.383538/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:33 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-51.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_4677.389806/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-52.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_46744.389808/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:35 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-53.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_47162.392553/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-54.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_47732.393994/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:37 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-55.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_48993.399348/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-56.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_4896.399349/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:39 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-57.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_49473.399351/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-58.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_4949.399353/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:41 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-59.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_49523.399354/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-60.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_50462.402464/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:42 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-61.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_50431.402466/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-62.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_50332.402468/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:45 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-63.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54741.415397/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-64.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54754.415396/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:48 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-65.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54811.418219/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-66.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54833.418217/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:51 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-67.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54861.418521/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-68.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54871.418524/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-69.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_54882.418523/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:53 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-70.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_55181.420261/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-71.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_5519.420262/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:54 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-72.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140824_125010.422549/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-73.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140822_164627.422550/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:57 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-74.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140822_164336.422551/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-75.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140906_123110.424978/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 04:58 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-76.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140909_095133.424977/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-77.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140909_145850.424979/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:00 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-78.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140909_132957.424981/)

Going from automatic to stick shift.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:03 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-79.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20140912_125651.425473/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-80.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_5705.454293/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:04 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-81.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_7443.540293/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-82.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_7444.540294/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:07 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-83.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2113.556677/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-84.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/20160202_052709.502177/)

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:16 PM

About 2 weeks ago I bought a 1993 mustang lx, 5.0, 5 speed. Driving and shifting a 5.0 foxbody has inspired me to get the Daddywagon on the road. Much of what I bought was for a long rod 351 engine build. I decided to just get it rollin' with the 302 and have my 351 built while I enjoy it as is.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 05:20 PM

The wheel above is a deeply backspaced steel wheel from the 2006-2011 ford crown victoria. I plastidipped a couple white to see if I like it; and I do! I am gonna have a set of these common police wheels powder coated white.

nelzturingwagin

04-29-2017, 06:06 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-85.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2210.562346/)

The plastidip is a shade bright but I definitely like the white.

nelzturingwagin

04-30-2017, 03:57 AM

Well, that pretty much sums up where I am. I have been working on it pretty steady the past couple of weekends. I have an optimistic goal of attending fords at carlisle which is the first week of June. Only minutes ago I ordered a new fuel tank to house my 255 lph walbro. I am gonna teach myself bodywork and replace a panel in the engine bay. Thanks for checking out my Daddywagon! More updates coming as I progress.

blade

04-30-2017, 09:23 AM

Cool build! Keep it going.

nelzturingwagin

04-30-2017, 09:59 AM

Cool build! Keep it going.
Thanks! Believe it or not I am wrenching now! Haha! There is now a gt40 tubular intake on top of that 1986 gt engine.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/04/full-86.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2298.564484/)

nelzturingwagin

05-01-2017, 03:11 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2289.564332/)

Workin' on it.

67cougnut

05-02-2017, 11:11 AM

This project should be named "the family truckster"

love the project!

wfo guy

05-02-2017, 03:14 PM

I like your project. This should be great fun and useful. About the time you wax some young guy in a Mustang, he's going to wonder what happened. :)

nelzturingwagin

05-02-2017, 04:05 PM

Thanks!^^ To you both!

nelzturingwagin

05-03-2017, 02:06 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2307.564931/)

New fuel tank.

RMMiller

05-03-2017, 05:26 PM

Those wheels are perfect for that car!

nelzturingwagin

05-04-2017, 04:51 AM

Those wheels are perfect for that car!
Thanks! I think so too! I may run them in black for a while until I can get them powder coated.

SonomaZ

05-04-2017, 06:46 AM

Very cool build, love the wagons!
I can't imagine doing what you've done in a driveway. You sir are a badass.
(I'll admit I'm spoiled working in a garage.)

DualQuadDave

05-04-2017, 08:42 PM

DualQuadDave

05-04-2017, 08:54 PM

Love the wheels, btw. Totally nailed the look. Just a motor tip, as cool as it looks, that GT40 intake is slowing you down. The flow on them is crap, even ported. Find a used Holley Systemax II intake and run a 75mm tbody/75mm mass air and stock 5.0 air box that seals to fender. Will support about 450hp at crank, no problem.

nelzturingwagin

05-05-2017, 05:42 AM

Very cool build, love the wagons!
I can't imagine doing what you've done in a driveway. You sir are a badass.
(I'll admit I'm spoiled working in a garage.)
Thanks! Maybe someday I'll have a garage. I probably should have moved on from here 10 years ago, but I really can't complain. I like the stability. I'm not struggling to get by and I get to play a little. I don't like credit. I tell my kids when you use credit you are spending tomorrow's money today. I don't owe anything on the wagon! Haha! If I had a garage the family would hardly ever see me!

nelzturingwagin

05-05-2017, 08:26 AM

Totally reminds me of late 90's/early 2000's in my driveway. I even had a fairmont wagon which i ended up giving away. My Fox body weapon of choice was a 91 Lincoln Mark VII which terrorized the streets in so flo for a few years. Miss those days. You cant have more fun cheaper than a Fox body. If you have any Ford build questions, feel free to PM me. Not much I haven't done back in the day with these.

Love the wheels, btw. Totally nailed the look. Just a motor tip, as cool as it looks, that GT40 intake is slowing you down. The flow on them is crap, even ported. Find a used Holley Systemax II intake and run a 75mm tbody/75mm mass air and stock 5.0 air box that seals to fender. Will support about 450hp at crank, no problem.
I will definitely look into the intake! Thanks! My plan is to run a stock airbox, so we're good there! Thanks again!

nelzturingwagin

05-11-2017, 03:36 AM

I was peeling off the plastidip and stumbled on this look!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2343.565795/)

ryeguy2006a

05-11-2017, 06:23 AM

Very cool build. It's pretty amazing to me that you can just swap in the IRS with little modifications. FWIW, I like the all white wheels the best.

Zspoiler

05-11-2017, 06:58 AM

Nice sleeper

DualQuadDave

05-12-2017, 05:27 AM

Send me your motor build spec-heads/cam/size/compression. I will tell you what tricks that will wake it up. You can make big power out of a SBF if you know what you are doing, for cheap.

nelzturingwagin

05-12-2017, 11:05 AM

Send me your motor build spec-heads/cam/size/compression. I will tell you what tricks that will wake it up. You can make big power out of a SBF if you know what you are doing, for cheap.

I was planning on the controversial long rod 351 windsor. I have all the pieces and will probably put that in to motion once I have a running car. Even if it proves to be a load of bull I intend to have the motor built up in the near future.

nelzturingwagin

05-14-2017, 02:21 PM

I decided to replace the spare tire considering the one in the back is 14" in diameter and 4 lug. Once again craigslist comes through with a 2015 spare that is 5 lug and should clear cobra 13" front brakes.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-4.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2355.566102/)
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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-6.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2359.566103/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-7.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2364.566104/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-8.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2361.566105/)

nelzturingwagin

05-14-2017, 02:46 PM

I also put the Daddywagon up on jack stands to work on the fuel system. However today is a special day and the Daddywagon has to wait.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/05/full-9.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_2388.566106/)

LERM

05-14-2017, 03:01 PM

Awesome project! Looking forward to progress.

frink84

05-14-2017, 03:20 PM

Awesome build! My dad has done a few similar swaps, but no irs. He chose to swap the mustang dash, pedals, and column to make the wiring simpler.140253

nelzturingwagin

05-14-2017, 03:35 PM

Awesome build! My dad has done a few similar swaps, but no irs. He chose to swap the mustang dash, pedals, and column to make the wiring simpler.140253

I know! Haha! I know you from foureyedpride, silly!

frink84

05-14-2017, 07:41 PM

I know! Haha! I know you from foureyedpride, silly!

ahh, nice. i havent been on that site in a while!

DualQuadDave

05-18-2017, 06:53 PM

I was planning on the controversial long rod 351 windsor. I have all the pieces and will probably put that in to motion once I have a running car. Even if it proves to be a load of bull I intend to have the motor built up in the near future.

The whole "long rod windsor" was hot stuff in the early 90's(i think i still have the Super Ford article on it), but is a non-point these days. The science behind the long rod concept was to help crutch a crappy flowing head(Ford) for more overall power(piston dwell). Fast forward to today, you have tons of cyl head choices and airflow is flat out king. Tell me the budget and I will try to help build you a topend for the 351. You can keep the long rods if you want, but will not make any real difference in the end either way.

nelzturingwagin

05-19-2017, 01:47 PM

The whole "long rod windsor" was hot stuff in the early 90's(i think i still have the Super Ford article on it), but is a non-point these days. The science behind the long rod concept was to help crutch a crappy flowing head(Ford) for more overall power(piston dwell). Fast forward to today, you have tons of cyl head choices and airflow is flat out king. Tell me the budget and I will try to help build you a topend for the 351. You can keep the long rods if you want, but will not make any real difference in the end either way.
That is a very generous offer! Thank you! Let me ask you this, I want a 100% street car / daily driver. I want normally aspirated, and quiet, idles like a camry, but pulls like a freight train. If I really want the noise I will do electric dumps. How would you build that motor? For me the obvious would be 351, but then what?

DualQuadDave

05-19-2017, 06:24 PM

No prob! PM me if it's easier to talk. I need specifics about what parts you have and some questions about the car.

nelzturingwagin

05-20-2017, 12:46 PM

Yeah, I pretty much went with commonly available parts. Because I want a smooth street idle I picked stock cams. I have a speed density cam within the 1986 gt motor that is in the wagon right now. I also picked up a camshaft out of a 93-95 mustang cobra. I have gt40 iron heads from a ford lightning which have been upgraded with crane/cobra 1.7 : 1 ratio roller rockers. I've got an e-303 just sitting around but I am not gonna use it. I acquired an svo extender to help with initial tuning. Pro flow meter calibrated to the 24lb. injectors. Obviously gt40 lower in 302 & 351 variations. I have a supercharger box upper, the tubular, and the explorer.

nelzturingwagin

09-03-2017, 06:21 PM

Well after thrashing on the Daddywagon over the past month including a week of staycation I got it to start today. It won't stay running unless I keep my foot on the accelerator. Not sure why yet but hopefully I can figure it out.

813Demon340

09-03-2017, 08:19 PM

I love your wagon build and what you have gotten done so far. Glad to hear its close to running! Keep up the progress and the updates!

nelzturingwagin

10-03-2017, 01:19 PM

Update! It is off the jackstands! It still has some issues, but it is a running and driving project for the time being!! I love the sound of the v8 with flowmasters coming from a station wagon. The wheels are sleeper and hide the cobra brakes nicely! There is some smoke I think it needs valve seals. It could use a tune but once it's warm it idles perfectly with a pushrod v8 rumble while you are sitting at a light! I have jumped on it and it pulls nicely and will spin both rear tires if I stay in it. The car tracks straight and feels pretty solid. Because it was a lowly 6 cylinder family car the chassis was never really stressed. I think that's why it's so solid. When I drive it there is a big grin on my face. I have my arm out the window, I rev it like an idiot at lights (stick shift) as if I'm on a motorcycle (why do we do that?), and I heel-toe every downshift like a wanna-be race car driver (I was, I am, and always will be a wanna-be race car driver)! It's not finished, but i got to drive it!144767

RMMiller

10-03-2017, 06:08 PM

That's awesome!

813Demon340

10-03-2017, 07:36 PM

Very cool, glad to see you're driving it and having fun!! Thats what its all about!

nelzturingwagin

10-04-2017, 07:23 AM

Thanks! Still a whole lot I wanna do, aside from the little things. The big things are 351w, t56, torsen t2 geared at 3.27:1, and cobra r (brembo) front brakes! I already have most of the parts for the 351w swap. The t56 is gonna take some doing or a sudden influx of cash. The torsen is within the realm of possibility, but I have yet to setup differential gears for wear pattern. The Brembo fronts are $1200-$1400! All of that adds up to quite a bit of overtime. There is also the lottery build with a coyote or voodoo engine

Ben@SpeedTech

10-05-2017, 09:47 AM

ProTouring442

10-05-2017, 11:02 AM

1968CamaroSS_Sam

10-05-2017, 11:11 AM

I wish there was a simple like button on here somewhere. Love it.

nelzturingwagin

10-05-2017, 05:07 PM

I love it! Just don't show it on Lateral-G, they'll tell you how dumb you are, how you wasted your money, and how all you have is an ugly Fairmont. At least, that's what they told me when I said I wanted to build a Fox-LTD as a daily driver. :screwy:

How easy was the IRS? I want to put one under my LTD project.
The IRS is relatively simple. There is no fabrication involved. You bolt the front subframe horns where the the solid axle control arms were and you swing the the back of it up. Then you mark the four holes you have to drill for the rear bracket. once you drill for the bracket you just have to cut access holes in the trunk floor so you can install nuts and washers. The worst of it is probably the brake lines. You have to split at rear junction into left and right hard lines that meet up with hoses to calipers. I used what I believe were stock springs and the wagon looks lowered.

nelzturingwagin

10-07-2017, 12:31 PM

I ended up cruising in it last night. Even though it still needs a lot of work; I can’t help myself!
http://https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/10/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/fa71c6bb-28ce-4b26-b0d6-f0202875f411.583602/)

Kimonoskunk

10-08-2017, 01:02 PM

nelzturingwagin

10-09-2017, 06:51 PM

I love your wagon build, as I feel these wagons should have been marketed far better by Fórd. I had the same wagon, just painted blue I purchased for $100.00 in 2001.

I drove it the following weekend from Lewes Delaware to Jacksonville, NC (almost an 8 hour trip) and met my g/f, soon to be fiance` then wife in 2003. It made the 8 hour trip back and forth 3 more times before the trans died due to almost 240,000 miles.

Wish I still had the car as I have a family now. (Wife and daughter also love musclecars as much as I do. ) I have an SSDI claim thats running for years that hasn't been approved yet. But when it does, i'll be looking for an LTD II or Mercury Marquis wagon again. Let me know if you ever like to sell yours.

Following the thread...
Kimonoskunk <><
1 Corinthians 15 : 1-4, 51-52
I hope you find one someday. This one however is part of the family now and I would hope that my family treats it that way. It sounds like the one you had was instrumental in starting your family. The Daddywagon was just a plan in my head when I started my family. My daughter was fourteen when I finally found one and my son was two. Maybe one of them will enjoy it when I’m gone. That is my hope anyway. They have to learn how to drive stick shift first!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/10/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/3f6079f6-8fe5-458e-8789-224fa1f931bc.583717/)

nelzturingwagin

10-11-2017, 04:38 PM

Yes! Very cool. Sounds similar to my long back build that went through upgrades as I drove it. It has been a fun time being the anti- pony car driver and a great experience making upgrades as I went along and seeing how things improved along the way. Not sure it really ends, just keeps getting better. As with the rest of us wagon groupies we look forward to you posting a pic like this... Have fun with it and keep posting progress!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/09/THwAZIf-1.jpg
That looks like so much fun! New Jersey Motorsports Park isn’t that far. Do you think they would let me run it? They all offer open track days, right? I did the Skip Barber 3 day in 1996 along with a day of shifter karting. It was the “last hurrah, I am about to become a father vacation”.

nelzturingwagin

10-15-2017, 02:03 PM

My first racing sticker!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/10/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/4d642379-a2f2-4d47-8619-76b80300c5ac.584289/)

RMMiller

10-15-2017, 07:51 PM

nelzturingwagin

11-16-2017, 06:19 PM

I decided that I am gonna replace the 302 with a 351. Maybe next week if I have the time.

nelzturingwagin

11-25-2017, 07:03 AM

I took the gt40 heads off of the 351 lightning motor to inspect pistons, cylinders and such. The piston tops are caked with carbon buildup. The chambers themselves look pretty good. Valves look ok! I used a golf club cleaning brush and some soap and water to clean the pistons.

nelzturingwagin

11-25-2017, 07:06 AM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/11/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/6e8f8250-6d8b-4313-8335-29305e695e09.588556/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/11/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/9af32d2d-ccf2-4184-86e3-1c0a2edb307b.588675/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/11/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/d319b287-03ec-46f7-a203-3f23f410ace1.588676/)

CCW67

11-25-2017, 07:03 PM

nelzturingwagin

12-06-2017, 05:07 PM

Love this build and thread. Cool to see the creative use of OEM parts and using architectures to make something cool. This is what fueled our hot rod ancestors! Inspiring build that shatters all my excuses for not getting my project on the road. Great work!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I am not a pioneer. I copied others if I’m being truthful. But yes, the creativity is the use of a wagon. I am and have been thoroughly enjoying myself with this build. I got the car pretty sideways today... on purpose! Haha! And the car isn’t even running right!

nelzturingwagin

12-10-2017, 05:26 PM

I washed the snow off of it.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/12/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/c227630e-5293-4088-a1e7-0c3444578ee3.590208/)

nelzturingwagin

12-12-2017, 09:16 AM

Who will win?
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/12/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/183cc622-d460-4532-aee4-7ed40acae3b6.590295/)

1tuff68

12-12-2017, 10:00 AM

Both :)

ryeguy2006a

12-14-2017, 06:51 AM

So cool. Great project.

nelzturingwagin

12-14-2017, 07:51 AM

So cool. Great project.
Thanks! Hopefully I can swing this 351 in there this weekend and keep this ball rolling.

nelzturingwagin

12-15-2017, 09:07 AM

I had to helicoil a cylinder head bolt.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/12/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/0ef46f43-7e61-4a04-98e6-810965464f26.590553/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/12/full-4.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/e460d4d8-3d4f-45a0-9a56-e7b81cf0d83a.590701/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2017/12/full-5.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/f7765e7c-4ac0-4cb0-a559-ed034e3d3f39.590704/)

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Actually a cylinder head bolt hole for an intake manifold bolt.

nelzturingwagin

12-22-2017, 03:26 PM

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Out with the old 302.

grendel

12-22-2017, 04:27 PM

Along for the ride. I want to do a Vista Cruiser wagon.

nelzturingwagin

12-22-2017, 04:54 PM

Along for the ride. I want to do a Vista Cruiser wagon.
That sounds challenging! The daddywagon is basically all mustang bolt ons. That minimizes the need for fabrication. But I love the idea of all performance wagons!

nelzturingwagin

01-11-2018, 07:18 PM

The 351 windsor engine is in place and the hood will need to be clearanced somehow.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/01/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/fa67532b-532a-4e21-999d-441d26fc5dfe.593070/)

nitroracer

01-15-2018, 04:21 PM

Will removing the bracing be enough to clear the intake?

nelzturingwagin

01-16-2018, 05:42 PM

The 351W engine started. I converted it to mustang H.O. roller cam and it runs! I can’t wait to get it sorted out!

nelzturingwagin

01-16-2018, 05:44 PM

Will removing the bracing be enough to clear the intake?
No. I cut the bracing out and it is not gonna close. I need to hammer or cut or both.

nelzturingwagin

01-29-2018, 09:14 AM

The 351W engine started. I converted it to mustang H.O. roller cam and it runs! I can’t wait to get it sorted out!
Water pump leaks and I have an exhaust leak between the passenger side header and the h-pipe. I made an attempt to correct both to no avail. So I ended up ordering a new h-pipe and Ford water pump instead of the local auto parts reman pump. I really want to drive the Daddywagon again soon. Haha!

Drewstang

01-30-2018, 01:03 PM

Instead of cutting the hood, why not drop the K member to help clear the intake?

nelzturingwagin

01-30-2018, 05:39 PM

Instead of cutting the hood, why not drop the K member to help clear the intake?
I had thought about that and I have the spacers to drop the k-member 1/2 inch. I guess I am lazy and anxious. I got to drive it and can’t wait to drive it again. Haha! Plus lowering the k member leads to other things like fan touching shroud and engine touching sway bar etc. I can accomodate the changes with drop sway bar mounts etc. But I don’t want to take all that time right now. The hood was dented already anyway.

Drewstang

02-02-2018, 06:21 AM

The fan never crossed my mind, I switched to electric on my foxes. SN95 swaybar mounts will drop it enough to clear also. I remember watching this build over on foureyedpride, you've come a long way. Keep up the good work.

nelzturingwagin

02-11-2018, 03:40 AM

I’ve been driving the Daddywagon all week. With every mile I get more comfortable driving it. I don’t baby the car at all. I am working on upgrading to video footage to share my experiences. Pro touring is definitely how I would label the Daddywagon. It’s a street car. It idles nice and smooth once it’s warmed up. The exhaust is loud but not ear splitting. The 351 pulls pretty hard. I still have so much to do and so much planned for the wagon. Stay tuned.

grendel

02-11-2018, 05:55 AM

That sounds challenging! The daddywagon is basically all mustang bolt ons. That minimizes the need for fabrication. But I love the idea of all performance wagons!

I generally don't mind fab work, but A Vista Wagon is basically the Chevelle version of your Daddywagon. Thing is, all my kids are growing up. May not need a wagon.

nelzturingwagin

02-12-2018, 04:47 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JAJGgc014

nelzturingwagin

02-12-2018, 05:10 PM

It’s not very impressive. I will work on getting better video. The audio sucks and without an external mic option there isn’t a lot I can do to improve it, but we’ll see.

LERM

02-12-2018, 07:38 PM

Oh this looks far too damn cool. Strong work.

nelzturingwagin

02-13-2018, 04:25 AM

I generally don't mind fab work, but A Vista Wagon is basically the Chevelle version of your Daddywagon. Thing is, all my kids are growing up. May not need a wagon.
Haha! I don’t really need a wagon either! My oldest is about to graduate from Villanova and my fourth grader doesn’t really want t be seen in Daddy’s wagon. LOL!

nelzturingwagin

02-13-2018, 06:44 AM

Oh this looks far too damn cool. Strong work.
Thank you much! I am starting to think about autox or track day type stuff. I’m gonna check out your thread. Brembo R’s are on the list of wants before I do that though.

nelzturingwagin

02-14-2018, 03:33 AM

I guess the guys at WeldingWeb will have to come to this thread to see any video of the Daddywagon. I seem to have lost access to my thread on there Haha!

nelzturingwagin

03-01-2018, 02:51 PM

On my commute home today I tried to keep up with a Hellcat Challenger. Wish I had my camera hooked up, even though traffic was moderately heavy and there was no real room to play I got to open it up a little bit.

nelzturingwagin

03-05-2018, 02:11 PM

It’s blowin’ blue smoke again. Valve seals, maybe this weekend.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/03/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/dcc72ab9-95eb-4503-850a-b5d92c2b85f2.598400/)

nelzturingwagin

03-18-2018, 03:38 PM

https://youtu.be/BViKKO3qb8o

nelzturingwagin

03-21-2018, 05:11 AM

https://youtu.be/J_P_gYBkW7Y

SPLATT71MC

03-28-2018, 07:10 PM

While I'm not a Ford fan this is a pretty cool project. I don't know why but I've always had a weird attraction to hot rodded wagons.

nelzturingwagin

04-01-2018, 04:57 PM

While I'm not a Ford fan this is a pretty cool project. I don't know why but I've always had a weird attraction to hot rodded wagons.
I can tell you what the attraction is... they’re awesome! I drive the Daddywagon just to drive it! It’s no sleeper thanks to the flowmasters, but it is a crowd-pleaser. A hot-rodded station wagon turns heads because it’s unexpected! Mustangs, camaros, challengers, vettes, full size pickups are all over the place with that v8 rumble, regardless of whether they’re fast or not. I am drawing a lot of attention with the Daddywagon. A big part of it is how I am driving the car. Let us just say you can hear me coming and going when I drive the Daddywagon. The cruising / car show season is just about here, and I just hope the Daddywagon keeps running strong. I am having fun!

nelzturingwagin

05-25-2018, 05:33 PM

The Daddywagon made the opening cars and coffee lehigh valley. It went largely unnoticed until I started it to leave... then it was thumbs up and praise all the way around!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/05/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/img_7804.603356/)

nelzturingwagin

07-28-2018, 05:49 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/07/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/c3e852c2-ea6a-4d10-8c88-3427fd2e5261.612051/)

DualQuadDave

07-28-2018, 06:47 PM

Love it! LS swap would make it perfect. I had an 83 Fairmont wagon, wish I had kept it.

nelzturingwagin

09-19-2018, 03:06 PM

I have a desk job currently.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/09/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/a5d486b7-4d5a-4178-9811-5cd4787faa54.616451/)

nelzturingwagin

10-14-2018, 03:16 PM

https://youtu.be/28FzGzQMUq0

nelzturingwagin

06-15-2019, 07:58 AM

Some pro-touring brakes.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2019/06/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/29790cb9-ec02-4696-a0a2-ab8ba0344f69.637691/)

nelzturingwagin

10-13-2019, 06:55 AM

The car needs a lot of work, particularly in the cosmetics department. Maybe $15,000 worth of worth of work and it will be ready for prime time!!

https://youtu.be/1ws51iPu5_0

nelzturingwagin

03-22-2020, 11:42 AM

https://youtu.be/-LwNx60ux5o

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https://youtu.be/-LwNx60ux5o

Mikey97D

03-23-2020, 04:06 AM

Alwhite00

03-23-2020, 03:26 PM

Great build. I love the use of junkyard/craigslist parts. Also nice to dot draw a lot of attention to it and not worry about a door ding. Great job man.

GT500KR_Vert

03-23-2020, 03:51 PM

Fun build

nelzturingwagin

03-23-2020, 04:22 PM

The poor tires!!!! LOL

I've been enjoying following along and like the cruise videos and sound going down the highway.
When are you going to clean up the interior? :)
Any further plans for the car? Any thoughts on track days?

Great build. I love the use of junkyard/craigslist parts. Also nice to dot draw a lot of attention to it and not worry about a door ding. Great job man.

Fun buildThanks Y’all! I have every intention of beautifying the car and going more towards a show car. I pulled a fox mustang dash and console and along with that I am going to convert to stock 1989 mustang wiring for the engine and chassis. I would love to do a track day. I heel-toe all the time. It would probably be pretty predictable right now because the front suspension is pretty stiff. However I am gonna install Terminator front springs and spacers for the rear springs. In other words... raise and soften. I already ordered 1/2” rear spacers and isolators for all 4 corners. I have the terminator front springs. Before you ask... I am using Ford “B” springs front and stock Cobra IRS springs back. The back is soft. I can bounce it really easily standing on the bumper. The front barely moves when I jump on the front bumper.

nelzturingwagin

03-23-2020, 04:37 PM

Also I have an e303 can just laying around that I am going to throw in there. It’s got a stock HO cam in it right now. Those are the immediate plans but the project is on going.

frink84

03-30-2020, 02:19 PM

Thanks Y’all! I have every intention of beautifying the car and going more towards a show car. I pulled a fox mustang dash and console and along with that I am going to convert to stock 1989 mustang wiring for the engine and chassis. I would love to do a track day. I heel-toe all the time. It would probably be pretty predictable right now because the front suspension is pretty stiff. However I am gonna install Terminator front springs and spacers for the rear springs. In other words... raise and soften. I already ordered 1/2” rear spacers and isolators for all 4 corners. I have the terminator front springs. Before you ask... I am using Ford “B” springs front and stock Cobra IRS springs back. The back is soft. I can bounce it really easily standing on the bumper. The front barely moves when I jump on the front bumper.

LMK if you need pics or would appreciate any insights on that conversion. My dad used the aero dash and wiring for his wagons. I do remember off the top of my head that he notched the a-pilar trim, extended the wiring to the rear, and carved another bulb holder into the LTD taillight to handle all the mustang bulbs.

nelzturingwagin

04-01-2020, 01:16 PM

LMK if you need pics or would appreciate any insights on that conversion. My dad used the aero dash and wiring for his wagons. I do remember off the top of my head that he notched the a-pilar trim, extended the wiring to the rear, and carved another bulb holder into the LTD taillight to handle all the mustang bulbs.
Thank you! I most certainly will. Thanks for the heads up on the wiring. I’ll be looking for that. I do have EVTM’s for both harnesses which should help as well.

nelzturingwagin

04-05-2020, 06:10 PM

Springs, spacers and isolators have been installed. There Daddywagon is raised up about an inch. Not sure about the ride quality yet. https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/04/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/591f85d5-741f-4213-b094-b36c9a066857.657388/)

Mikey97D

04-06-2020, 04:27 AM

Looks good and level. Probably help entering and exiting curb entrances.

frink84

04-06-2020, 07:48 AM

Thank you! I most certainly will. Thanks for the heads up on the wiring. I’ll be looking for that. I do have EVTM’s for both harnesses which should help as well.

EVTM is your bible. My dad hand-colored his with pencils to make it a bit easier to read.

nelzturingwagin

04-06-2020, 02:17 PM

Looks good and level. Probably help entering and exiting curb entrances.
You’re right about that. My own driveway was a problem if I tried to back the car in. Today it was no problem whatsoever. I’m pleased with how it turned out.

nelzturingwagin

04-06-2020, 02:20 PM

EVTM is your bible. My dad hand-colored his with pencils to make it a bit easier to read.
That’s a good idea. I used the wagon EVTM to locate the necessary wiring for the conversion harness. Now I have to combine old wagon harness with old mustang harness.

nelzturingwagin

05-11-2020, 03:17 AM

More suspension upgrades. https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/05/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/7c8a4347-9c64-4ca5-b8bd-0c51c5ea141e.659967/)

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Basically upgrading to polyurethane control arm bushings at all 4 corners.

Mikey97D

05-11-2020, 05:53 AM

Nice!
I am guessing those Brembos go right on the SN95 spindles?

nelzturingwagin

05-11-2020, 01:40 PM

Nice!
I am guessing those Brembos go right on the SN95 spindles?
Yes they do!

nelzturingwagin

05-20-2020, 02:32 PM

Still working on it. https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/05/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/2893d561-d0ba-4cc6-ab40-783b323e8ac4.660950/)

nelzturingwagin

07-09-2020, 02:20 PM

The wheels pictured above are gonna be refinished with gloss white powder coat. The powder coater sent me a couple of pics after chrome removal. https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/07/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/3c6274b2-4e3c-40e3-a8f9-32542925de46.664548/) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/07/full-2.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/41b252be-e952-4fc1-a8a2-72e879205829.664549/)

Crazy Horse

07-09-2020, 06:24 PM

nelzturingwagin

07-09-2020, 11:15 PM

This thread is amazing, congrats on your labour of love with the DaddyWagon!
It brings back great memories (and long nights holding the light for Pops)...we had a 1976 Ford LTD Station Wagon that my Dad Stroked to 408 I believe, big Holley 4bb, big Intake Manifold, headers, we did tons of suspension work, upgraded the brakes and painted candy blue with dark wood...oh and of course, a beautiful Alpine Stereo, we did everything except the machining and porting of the engine and the paint.
I remember I kept breaking the drive shafts...heheHaha! My dad had a 1977 LTD Country Squire! I helped my dad work on the wagon also but none of it was performance oriented and I wanted to do other things if I’m being honest. I learned about cars because of those repairs and also the station wagon thing. I remember he had a Volare wagon before the LTD!

Crazy Horse

07-10-2020, 05:07 PM

Haha! My dad had a 1977 LTD Country Squire! I helped my dad work on the wagon also but none of it was performance oriented and I wanted to do other things if I’m being honest. I learned about cars because of those repairs and also the station wagon thing. I remember he had a Volare wagon before the LTD!
Fantastic! Great Memories!
I did not learn a lot of mechanics but I did learn how to do gigantic donuts...lol

frink84

07-13-2020, 01:01 PM

time to search for low dust brake pads! i had a buddy with white wheels on his e36 m3 and it needed a wheel clean at every stop

nelzturingwagin

07-14-2020, 10:32 AM

time to search for low dust brake pads! i had a buddy with white wheels on his e36 m3 and it needed a wheel clean at every stop
Any suggestions? The fronts are y2k cobra brembos and the rears are standard cobra. Not looking for a race compound. Just street aggressive.

frink84

07-15-2020, 08:16 AM

I've been very happy with the PowerStop stuff on a few cars. You're looking for a carbon ceramic pad for less dust. I'd say look at the Z23 evo sport https://www.powerstop.com/product/power-stop-z23-evolution-brake-pads or step up to the z26 extreme performance https://www.powerstop.com/product/power-stop-z26-street-warrior-brake-pads/.

nelzturingwagin

07-30-2020, 02:47 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/07/full-3.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/40cd70a5-9642-46ad-8822-1a42c5508f06.665894/)

grambo

07-31-2020, 08:57 AM

I gotta say I never looked at a wagon as cool, but you are changing that for me. can I vote that you lower it maybe 2 more inches? i think it would be even sexier a bit lower.

nelzturingwagin

07-31-2020, 04:20 PM

I gotta say I never looked at a wagon as cool, but you are changing that for me. can I vote that you lower it maybe 2 more inches? i think it would be even sexier a bit lower.
Funny thing is it was a bit lower with Ford “B” springs up front. It looked good but it was harsh. It also scraped and dragged in certain situations. I think it’s good right now unless I make it a track only vehicle. I am not into the air suspension thing so that’s not an option right now. I do agree with you that a properly “stance’d” vehicle looks incredible but this one’s a driver.

ProTouring442

08-03-2020, 04:51 AM

Way cool!

frink84

08-03-2020, 11:57 AM

wow, looks amazing!

nelzturingwagin

08-04-2020, 04:32 PM

I can't figure out the multi-quote but thanks to all of you for the compliments!

nelzturingwagin

08-04-2020, 04:37 PM

I ordered Brembo caliper decals, wheel guard wax, and a fender roller to finish off this part of the job. I have already purchased the VHT red caliper paint. The plan is red calipers behind the white wheels which are waxed to save some of the brake dust maintenance... that's the plan anyway.

nelzturingwagin

11-25-2020, 08:38 PM

I have been commuting in the Daddywagon. Mostly highway and great fun.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/11/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/4c4049b8-5bcc-4baf-89f6-adecbd5df7b7.673473/)

Boosted Falcon

12-01-2020, 08:39 AM

Love your wagon.

nelzturingwagin

12-13-2020, 04:30 PM

I just picked up this T56 for the Daddywagon.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2020/12/full-1.jpg (https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/a2f265cf-8414-4500-bf91-2aad72f33751.675071/)

Mikey97D

12-14-2020, 06:21 AM

Very cool

What did the T56 come out of? Maybe get a Coyote to go with it? :)

nelzturingwagin

12-14-2020, 09:13 PM

This is a pretty rare T56 sold by Ford as an aftermarket transmission for the windsor pushrod v8 found in the fox mustangs. The bellhousing and midplate are unique to this application and weren't offered on any car. Strictly an aftermarket offering. I am hopeful that al is well with the transmission. It spins smooth in every gear right now but we'll see how it goes once it's bolted in.

Mikey97D

12-15-2020, 05:39 AM

Cool find. I didn't know there was a T56 setup for the Windsors.

Would it be worth it to take it somewhere to have it popped open and inspected before putting it in the car?

nelzturingwagin

12-16-2020, 08:42 PM

Cool find. I didn't know there was a T56 setup for the Windsors.

Would it be worth it to take it somewhere to have it popped open and inspected before putting it in the car?
As much as I would like to go over the trans completely I will probably just clean it up as best I can and throw it in there. It does make me wish I could step up my engine build.