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Jennifer and Wayne


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Up date...

 

Wayne has the rearend back on the car. So now he has the front end apart, here's a few pics...



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Excellent that you have its birth certificate   1 of 279  was total world production   

Glad you have heard from Dave Wier   hes been missing from here for years 



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That is really impressive, the wonderful effort you folks are making on that sweet wagon of yours. A rare piece of Canadian history and it is noble that you folks are doing the right thing. I myself in 35 years of being in this great hobby have never seen a Beaumont wagon before. Thank you for saving that sweet car. All i can hope for is that you folks keep her original because the rarity calls for it. Much good luck with the Canadian history project. Cheers. George.



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I almost forgot to add, please, please, please say that you are keeping that wonderful workhorse 250 inline six in its proper place. A great engine for a great wagon. Super reliable, easy to fix, low cost to maintain, great on gas and it belongs in its proper home. What ever you do, do not let 427 Carl talk you into putting in a 600 H.P. big block that needs a tanker for a gas tank if you know what i mean. Let us know what the plans are for the engine and keep in mind that we already know that you should keep the 250 inline in. Cheers. George.



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No worries George.

The day we brought her home a few of the neighbours came over and there was all kinds of guy talk about how much room was under the hood and what could go in there to fill it. I just let them talk while I was checking out the rest of the car. Then I heard hubby say," I already asked her(me) and everything is staying as is just renewed".

Fannie will be as close to original as possible. I even like the crack in the dash...she's been through alot...she earned it, kinda like a laugh line. biggrin



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Another little update. With lots of stuff(home, family and a little vaca) Fannie has

once again taken the back burner. She is always foremost in my thoughts but other

stuff seem to keep taken pirority. But I'm happy to say hubby has ordered some needed

parts for the front end and hopefully (fingers crossed) the front will some be back together

and the wheels back on.



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Good news, keep us posted.smile



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Almost six months since my last up date, goes by quickly.

So the front end is back together. She now has brand new brakes, drums, ball joints and tie rod ends. The wheels are back on. So the next thing

that we want to do is cut off a few of the back b-mounts( they won't loosen up) and get her of to the b-shop to get those Texas quarters put on.

There are new stablizer kit and lines, etc. when she comes back from the body shop.

It's slow going but it's still moving. smile

 

Hope everyone is still healthy and getting their next projects in order waiting for spring to get here.



-- Edited by Jennifer and Wayne on Monday 11th of February 2013 09:21:41 PM

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Thanks for the update! I can't wait to see your wagon when it is finished.

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Good to hear you are making progress. Keep up the good work.

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........great thread - I'm keen to see more pics once you get a bit more done.........good job!!



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Another baby step, she is finally outdoors waiting for the bodyshop to fit her in... :) She hasn't seen the light of day for two years...
guess she still can't see the light from under that cover...hahaha

It's getting a little exciting to think that the body work will soon be starting....EEEEEEEEE!




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finally outdoors waiting for the bodyshop to fit her in

Fannie undercover2.jpg

 

 

Whats with the body shops all over Canada and U.S.?    waiting! waiting! waiting!    

I was considering a car that would need some minor body work and later full paint   I spoke to 4 shops close to me  The said maybe in a year or two ?   what the hell is that?   does no one want to work in a body shop anymore



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There's a good little bodyshop here in town called Whetstone's Wheels. Dan, the owner is a good guy. I think he prefers working on the old stuff than doing collision work. He bought a late 80's Chevy truck and did a frame off on it to make it a "new" daily driver. Much cheaper than buying a new truck.
My kind of guy.


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my guys at the body shops are wonderful guys too   but they still have a 1-2 year wait



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427carl wrote:

finally outdoors waiting for the bodyshop to fit her in

Fannie undercover2.jpg

 

 

Whats with the body shops all over Canada and U.S.?    waiting! waiting! waiting!    

I was considering a car that would need some minor body work and later full paint   I spoke to 4 shops close to me  The said maybe in a year or two ?   what the hell is that?   does no one want to work in a body shop anymore

 It's because no one wants to work,or when they do they keep feeding you elk sausage,work 3 hrs,charge for 8,that's why no one will give you a quote,so they can keep feeding you the sausage.And the other is they don't want to do the work,because they have no talent.Although good body men are always busy.It's tough alright.



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No wait time at our shop.Been slow all winter.



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No wait time at our shop.Been slow all winter.

         wow   thats too bad       sorry to hear



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We were suppose to have her to the b-shop by the end of Dec/12 but we missed that date, so he(Allen) took on another job...understandably.

Most of his work is collision work but he keeps a bay for this type of b-work. Allen seemed pretty sure that Fannie would be in the other bay by the end

of March or early April...so wait we must.

On the collision side, Allen is working on our new little Sonic. A friend of my mom's backed into it about two weeks ago so we decided to give the work to

Allen, a small independent that knows what he's doing.



-- Edited by Jennifer and Wayne on Wednesday 5th of June 2013 09:08:41 PM

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smile   THREE YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 1 DAY!

 

 

Guess where she is...go on guess! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Just before 9:00am(est) on Wednesday, Oct. 9/13 Fannie was delievered to Denny's Auto Body to begin her body work...

she is finally there, so folks a few pics to prove the point...

 

The way she sat in the driveway waiting patiently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here she goes...my neighbour owns the truck, thanks Billy.

 

 

 

Five minutes later she arrives at Denny's...

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting at the back door...

 

 

 

 

 

 



-- Edited by Jennifer and Wayne on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 09:24:26 AM

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Congratulations ! So you'll be ready to drive next spring!

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Johnnee D wrote:

Congratulations ! So you'll be ready to drive next spring!

 Thanks, fingers crossed.



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It'll be well worth the wait !!


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Wow!  Now looking forward to pictures of it all painted up!

Congrats on the progress!



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Any updates?

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