70Goon Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hey all, I purchased this 1970 Wagon in September of 2009 and here is my little build thread. Started by driving her home from the greater Sacramento area down to the bay area. Once I had the car in the backyard I took a look to see where I would begin. The car was in fairly good shape although it wasnt running when I got it. Rust in the typical locations and some minor body damage. The stock L16 which is going to be swapped out with a NA KA24DE. Pulled the motor out and getting ready to yank the AT trans. Cleaned up all the 30+ years of grime and about to tackle removing the battery tray. Cleaned up all the rust sealing it with POR15 and primer. Getting ready to prime the engine bay shortly. Bay primed with Extreme direct to metal primer..yummmm smells good. Sprayed on a few coats of single stage black and started reinstalling some of the components. Did some body work on the two front fenders and finished them up with some SS Oxford white. Installed the Rewinds, driver side door, and mocked them up. Now its off to Ermish-racing for some real lovin!! Cut and rewelded cross member to fit the new KA and installed a new steering kit. Thanks to Troy @ Ermish-racing.com NA KA24DE mocked up and sitting pretty at Troy's shop. Ermish coil over kit, and the Wilwood brake kit sitting behind a set of 16*7 Konig Rewinds. Heres a couple shots of how she sits. Rear is still at the stock height. A lot of credit goes to Troy at Ermish racing and Jerry. Shes almost ready to come home. I ran out of allowable photos so I couldnt post the remaining photos. Theres still a ton of work to get her road ready but heres where I'm at now. More to come!! Thanks for looking!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
70Goon Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Heres some photos of the nearly complete motor. And last but not least she comes to life!!! WOOT!!! Still some timing issues to work out but otherwise shes a F*&%in Beast! Heres a link to the video. Sorry if the quality is bad. Warning sexual comments are made during the making of this video!! Special thanks to Troy Ermish @ Ermish Racing Fremont,CA Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Looks like a fun project Quote Link to comment
xxajmoorexx Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I'm so jealous of west coast cars with no rust!!! I picked my wagon up and it looked just like yours... only with rust :( Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 nice! another g00n squad member! :hyper: if you havent ditched the auto tranny yet... http://community.ratsun.net/topic/19635-need-tranny/page__pid__272684__st__0entry272684 Quote Link to comment
70Goon Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 good looking out! posted a reply to his thread but not sure if the goon trans will work. i dunno! Quote Link to comment
JDM510 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 bad ass carb'd KA Quote Link to comment
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