Very cool!

First, it was great to meet you after so long.

Glad to see you made it home safely. I didn't realize you had so much overhang on that trailer until I saw this picture!

I'm delighted to see that car not going for scrap (and so is previous owner who had the car at least 35 years).

Here's a couple of pics about 800' into your journey when you left here!

Congrats on your new father/son project, and from a car enthusiast, thanks for saving a nice one from the crusher!

Hope you enjoy many happy miles in your new cruiser! 

thanks everyone, my little guy loves it, its just modern enough to start teaching him how it all works without being a complete redo, and its Canadian to boot. I did learn a few things on this trip, the trucks mufflers are way to loud and carl will back me up on this, I need to install the overload supports back on my frame to keep my nose down, I forgot that a solid axel truck needs weight on its front or it follows every rut forcing you to travel in the fast lane the whole trip. my 203 transfer case needs a rebuild, its the vibration and power robing culprit. lots of power compared to modern trucks mileage wasn't to bad, I need a bigger fuel tank and to fix the seats and all the other bits ive been neglecting.

ha ha , boy was gonna come with , but my ears are still ringing, it was a good call, if shrek was quieter the it would have been fun. as far as learning to drive, it perfect , lots of torque and body role, I learned how to drift down gravel roads and look how I turned out.

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I was refueling at some small town outside of Winnipeg , it was pouring so I took a break and washed the old girl up, the local kids working at the till never saw a old truck pulling a old Pontiac.

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 I got the same reaction when I was dollying my purchased 2+2 with my Catalina.. I had numerous double takes and the same reaction at the gas station... "you don't see that often"... lol That was almost a 400km trip.. with a run back then through Saskatoon down 22nd and Idylwyld..

 

 

-- Edited by 67Poncho on Saturday 22nd of September 2018 04:36:49 PM

I Love the wagon and your place ! Where you guys from ?

 I moved back from another GM dealer that I had worked with to finally start my own business. So, while I was there, I gathered up a few more orphans and brought them home... When I was making the trip, I would make 2 trips a weekend, 400 km one way and the long weekends I would do 3 trips.

 

-- Edited by 67Poncho on Sunday 23rd of September 2018 12:19:58 PM

update on the 75, since im doing 20 things at once around here between snow, im only doing small things, first thing I got done , because it was driving me nuts looking at it and it jambed my hood up was banging out the bent fender, this required removing the fender liner and using a porta power to pop out the bigger dents, in the end I removed all the fender bracing to manually bang the rest out. put new front calipers on , installed heavier rear springs, and bent up half a new exhaust system from spare leftovers.

Looking better!

just did up the fuel logs for this excursion to save a Pontiac. Total for gas there and back was 977$,  not small car range but better than I thought.

There's nothing like the passing of a friend to remind us of our own mortality. Sorry for your loss, but also I'm happy for your motivational realization.

Is that a rear engine Skoda that has been jambed?