64 D100 Town Wagon

[WARWAGON41]

Well , I just went to take a look ..........
As usual , I couldn't bring myself to leave it behind.
It has rust in the bottom of the front floor pan (stupid floor mats ! )and a few pin hole here and there.
Looks fairly straight , except for the pass. quarter and door.
Don't think that will be to bad as it isn't creased.
Very complete , minus the broken tail lights , missing bezels , visors and steering wheel.
Runs like a /6 always runs !
Most of the tag reads "special" , I'm thinking it was Gov. also the original paint looks awfully close to forest service green.
225 , 435 8.75
I didn't think I could go wrong for $595 plus it cost me about $50 worth of fuel to go get her.
Giving it the full W200 treatment .

[WARWAGON41]

[WARWAGON41]

[Doc Dave]

nice find!
So, are you going to convert it to 4WD, based on your comment about the full W200 treatment?

[WARWAGON41]

Thanks Doc ,
I was planning to roll the drive train form a W200 that I parted under it.
To me the W - town wagons look waaaaay better than the 2wds.
I knew before I went to look at it , if I got it , I would convert it.
Plus , I cant see were any of the parts couldnt be returned to stock if it was needed

[Hobcobble]

Great looking rig! The chrome on it alone
is worth what you paid, IMHO.
John

[JStinson]

$595?

Sweet deal! Congratulations, it's beautiful.

[WARWAGON41]

Thanks guys !
Progress on this will be slower than my normal slow progress !
The Wife has laid down the law , I have to finnish up some other things before I can get to work on this one.
I may have to sneek the W running gear in it though , its driving me crazy sitting so close to the ground.

Does any body have any idea if there are other vehicles that shared the tail light bezels with Townies ?
I found the correct lenses pretty cheap , but looks like the trim is going to be tough to find.

[JW in Wa]

TW parts

I have a ton of TW / TP parts for sale. e-mail me at rockey02@msn.com with what you need if interested.

Thanks,

Jared Weeks
Sumner, Wa.

[WARWAGON41]

Excellent !! Thank you .
E-mail on the way

[WARWAGON41]

Rear Spring Bushings ?

Well , I started the 4wd conversion.
It only took about 2 hours to swap the front axle with hand tools, would have been alot faster if the aircompressor was working.
Pulled a complete rear end assembly from the donor only to find the spring bushings were shot so Im stalled for awhile.

I had planned to ream the Townie spring mounts to accept the larger W200 rear spring bolts .

Now , since I have to replace the bushings , would it be possable to use bushings with smaller bolts and not drill out the holes ?

Since I havnt pressed out the old ones yet I dont have an OD for either the W200 or the D100 sping eyes to even compair.

Any one have any thoughts on this ?

[WARWAGON41]

Got some work done.
Couple cell phone pics.

[Ron in Indiana]

Looks like it's sitting up there right and proper. Have you swapped in the TC yet?

[WARWAGON41]

Not yet , thats my next phase.
Have you done that before Ron ?

So far its been really pretty easy going , just unbolt and bolt in for the most part.
I think its about to get alittle tougher.

One thing about it , its easier to crawl under now.
Its alot higher than I thought it would be

I think Ill try to pull a template from one of the other trucks and drill from the inside of the frame.
I figure for the t-case cut out in the floor Ill just lay one of my sweptline floor humps over this one , line up the hole for the trans and mark the slot for the levers.
Not sure about the mount for the levers yet , that might be kinda fun to do with the body on.

[Ron in Indiana]

No I have not, the closest I got was replacing the front K member on my 59 PG. That was not fun. The rivets are swedged into the holes making it hard to drive them out. Then I had to beat the member out with a sledge. I hope yours goes easier. With the tranny hump out you really have room to work. I'm working a 58 PG that had the lever bolted to the transmission cover. This is a single lever where you are dealing with a twin stick I presume? Getting the holes drilled correctly is the key.