Picked up my first wagon last night

woodi

Went and picked up my first wagon last night. Been asking questions about this wagon for a few months now but finally got a chance to go get it last night. It belonged to an acquaintance and blew a head gasket on her about 80 miles from home a few months ago (it's second in 500 miles) and had been sitting at a mechanics shop since. So last night I rented a tow dolly from uhaul and drove down to pick it up. It took 2.5 hours, some pb blaster, and every socket extension I had to finally locate and move the 4wd disengagement lever. I guess after 21 years of staying in one position it wasn't too interested in moving. But finally got it home around midnight and here she sits waiting for a zc whenever I get a chance to go pick it up.

civicboy

Nice, Hope you get it on the road soon !!

Eagle Beagle

ahh...one of the nice ones...

leWolf

Damn, i like the red and it looks dent free! How does everyone find these so easily? :roll:

prboy1969

Just love the red ones . Nice find .

ProOnThaSnow

definitely a good score! Can't wait to see it in action!

woodi

She is in pretty decent shape. There's a little rust around the rear fenders but it was undercoated so even though it's been in the rust belt for 20 years the body is in pretty nice shape. No real dents to speak of a good scratch on the rear bumper but otherwise seems really well maintained and clean. All new brakes, calipers, rotors in the last 6 months. She seems real nice (other than the engine that is).

I just happened to find it at just the right time. I wasn't really searching for one but always keeping my eyes open in case on popped up. Then I kept seeing this one parked on campus and finally figured out who owned it and dropped her an email to see if she would ever be interested in selling it. Just so happened it was only a few days after the head gasket had gone and she was pretty interested in getting rid of it. I'm dieing to drive it but I suspect it'll be quite a few months yet before I get the engine swapped. I've never done an engine swap before and I don't have a real good place to work on it so I suspect it's going to be a bit of a project.