[RickSE]

Originally Posted by wmachine

4-speed wagons are pretty cool! Rick, I presume both of yours are '65s?
Is this your window sticker?

Yes, that's my window sticker, from my dad's car.

After some tinkering I now have the second wagon running and drivable. Years of sitting outside had left the brake hydraulics dry and the gas tank full of crud but nothing that couldn't be fixed. This car has non self-adjusting brakes on all four wheels, something I've never seen. Most of the parts look original but I still haven't figured out if it came this way; I'd have to think not but don't know for sure yet. At first I thought the rear brakes were missing parts or had later model parking brake levers until I got to the front brakes and found the same setup, big star adjusters that lock into the springs and no adjust levers. The front clip comes off next for sheet metal work then I’ll put it back together and drive it while I start the restoration on my dad's car. No big surprises yet and it actually seems to run pretty good, motor was rebuild some time ago by the original owner’s son. The son got the car from his dad, drove it for a while then parked it with the intent to restore. I think he said his sister was responsable for the front end damage and that a mustang lost the battle. I need to thank Jim in Florida for turning me on to this car. Without his info I would have never known about the car. Thanks Jim.

I'll try to keep you guys posted with pictures of both cars if you’re interested. I redid my wife's 65 Convertible back to original a few years ago and will do the same with these cars but may 442 clone one.

Not sure what to think about the eBay 66’. The shifter boot looks fairly original with the rubber lip covering the boot mounting bracket but the shifter does not, since those boots only fit the factory round shifters. My original boot was the same way but none of the reproduction boots match with the lip. I’m betting it was like mine, a 330 4-speed and someone switched the motor. Cool car though, wish I had room.