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They do come in multi fit. 4.5 + 4.75http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/wheels-tyres/alloy-wheels/auction-521379495.htm

Cant go wrong with a chrome bumper C3, such a classic shape. Must be a hoot to drive with a 4 speed. Great to see some more of GM's finest on oldschool.

Super keen to see pics of the completed wagon.

Don't forget you will need to pay road user charges. Unless the speedo some how became disconnected.

Have you considered changing the diff ratio to a cruisier gear to improve fuel economy?

Cheers guys for making a new guy feel welcome. I would recommend any new old schoolers out there that hoon around the forums and havent been to a meet to get out there and have a beer and a feed with your fellow old car lovers. See you next month.

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Hi there welly old schoolers. I am guna try to get to the october meet on thursday to meet y'all that arn't i oz. Look out for a bid bald guy in a big green buick.

So fkn sweet. Great to see more yank iron on OS. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

I followed you towing this home a couple weeks ago. looked so sweet.

Cheers Trig, Bout time you packed the family into starmax and headed south for a day.

I chickened out today when triming the front coils. I was gunna take off a bit more but once its gone you cant stick it back on. The top of the front tyres is getting close to the wheel arch so I would't want it much lower while using such high profile tyres. Plus this is a family cruiser. It still has to be usable. We do a lot of trips to palmy so comfort is key.

The Sport wagon is now low! Gave the left hand headers a heat and tweak to get a bit more clearance. They arn't too much of an issue tho. Took out the front springs. Cut off a 1/4 coil, which is 100mm of wire length. This dropped the front another 1/2 inch. So I've ended up with 2.5 inch lower in the front and 3.5 inch lower in the back. I got some air shock pipe from my bosses stash (cheers Tony) so the air shocks work now in the back. BEFORE AFTER

I ended up getting the rear springs compressed. Pretty happy with the rear ride height. I'm loving the tyre tucked up in the guard. I want to lower the front another inch but first I will have to ajust the headers to raise them up a bit. (This pic was before any lowering)

Mosrax in welly

Went for a cruise with the family on Fathers Day. Lost a hubcap. Guess thats a sign to go capless. Took out a rear spring to send to Chamberlain Auto Springs. Getting them to make some new rear springs with a 3" drop.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 627434.htm It doesn't help that the wagon has 70 profile tyres.

After some research I discovered that GM A-Body cars (such as Buick Sportwagon, Chevy Chevelle etc) have front suspension designed for safety (read understeer). So as the suspension moves up positive camber is created. So it would not be ideal to lower the front end with springs. So the best option is drop spindles so the geometry isn't affected. I got some 2" drop spindles from USA. Were about a quarter the price of the same on Trade Me. Thanks to Dad for getting these and Kelly for bringing them back in your lugguge. Here you can see the difference between a stock spindle and the drop spindle. Before and after So at the moment we've got some 70's rake going on. The plan now is to get some springs made for the rear to drop it 3" and cut half a coil from the front springs to lower another 1". It has air shocks in the back, which is handy, but the plastic pipe is split and leaking so I'll need to find some more pipe somewhere.

Just got some 2" drop Spindles for the front.

Next job an the list was to polish the front bumper. It had strange corrosion on it that looked like it was running down the bumper. Thanks to Fletcher for helping me wash this huge wagon. A bit of time with some AUTOSOL and a MOTHERS POWERBALL MINI the bumper came up better than expected. At the Palmy swap meet (in Feilding) I came across a 1970 BUICK SKYLARK SEDAN. This is the 4-door version of my wagon. As you can see the wagon could be lower.

If it had a mitsi motor in the back it would have oil leaks at both ends!

Are you that famous TV star?

Has a quady on a stage1 manifold, headers, flowmasters. It is surprisingly economical with the quadrajet. No third row seat. There is a huge compartment under the floor.

I dont think I'll make it this time, but what's the deal with the meet? What do you get up too?