This is a 1958 Pontiac Safari Wagon. It was purchased from Arizona by my friend Ted. He wanted me to restore it to be like the Pontiac that he grew up with. Apparently, with a little help from my friends Mike, Mike, Mike, and I did a decent enough job that this car was a featured cover story in "Smoke Signals" - a National Pontiac Publication.
This page is still under construction. Descriptive text and more photos will be added soon!
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| The 1958 Pontiac was featured in November 2018 edition of Smoke Signals - a National Pontiac Publication. |
The next few photos will show you some of whet went into the Passion Pink Pontiac! |
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| When the car arrived from Arizona to my barn, |
The Pontiac was nose to nose with a Ferrari! |
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| I brought it into my garage and began. |
Some people ask, "Did you do a frame off restoration?" This is pretty close to it. Everything came off of the chassis, but the main body, then restored,one piece at a time (so not to lose parts and so everything could go back the way it came from the factory.) |
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| Crusty pieces |
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| Pieces removed and striped |
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| Once Striped, parts are cleaned |
After painted, new and rebuilt componentsare installed |
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| New brakes installed |
almost ready to connect the tierod. |
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| Everything on the bottom side was undercoated. |
As the undercoating was stripped away, you can see the factory red oxide primer. |
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| The rest of the bottom of the car was stripped |
and Red oxide was reapplied as the stock vehicle had when new. |
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| Multiple coats of red oxide were applied. |
The crazy thing about this clean, strait underside is that the owner wants to cover it all back up with black undercoating. |
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| The dirty rear differential shows the red oxide on the carriage peaking through. |
The rear differential sports the red oxide again. Shortly after this photo, the pinion seal was replaced and the drive shaft was restored. |
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| Rear axle |
I think I do a pretty good job restoring each detail, like these rear sway-bar brackets.. |
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| Sway bar and brake lines being added to the rear axle. |
Rear Axle with Exhaust |
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| Restoring the rear side of a bumper. Not many people do this. |
Restoring the grill emblem. |
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| Time to go through the power-train |
While it is out, Time to get the Radiator re-cored. |
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