61 Town wagon restoration/ modification project

[Andydodgegeek]

I like it. Simple and effective. I may do something similar. The only thing I would add is a 2" receiver for moving trailers around the yard.

[LFD270ben]

What do you guys think of my new bumper? I know it is not very OEM. I tried to keep it as tight to the body as possible.

[LFD270ben]

Cool. How did the trip go. The truck in descent shape?

Pretty good had to re-seat the bearings on my trailer outside Tucson. It is a good donor but would be a bad restoration starter. It is pretty incomplete but the spots I need to cut out for patch panels are all there and straight.

[Andydodgegeek]

Cool. How did the trip go. The truck in descent shape?

[LFD270ben]

just arrived home from AZ with a donor Town wagon to cut up. 1,820 miles in 32hrs. If anyone needs parts for a 60 TW or front clip for a Power giant hit me up.

[Andydodgegeek]

Nice fix.

[LFD270ben]

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Then I slid the new blower in and marked for the mounts.I used bolts and nuts to make studs for my mounts. I had to use washers to space out the blower so it did not contact the blower housing.

There was a 1/2" gap between the fan housing and the heater housing so I used some household 1/2" foam gasket and automotive gasket adhesive to fill the gap.

The last step is to wire the fan into the old harness make sure you check the fan with the polarity each way to see which direction blows the hardest.

Results are the heat blows at least 10 times harder.
(For reference I have also done the exact same thing to my 72 FJ40 with the same result)

[LFD270ben]

Blower Motor conversion

My 1961 makes a racket and doesn't exactly blow to modern standards. So I was at the Junkyard and I found a Blower for a late 90's Honda that the fan was about the same size. I removed the old rusty blower.

Then I traced the the outline of the fan on the heater box and cut it out with a skill saw.

[LFD270ben]

I made the headliner for the 58 Townwagon I restored this year from the remains of the original headliner I used as a pattern. I've made a number of pick up headliners and door panels with the correct vinyl edging sewn on the edges. The headliner is held in place with metal strips and plastic cap strips running front to back and one side to side above the rear of the front seat.

I would love to see pictures of the inside some time I have not been able to find good pictures of the whole interior. I have found a bunch of dash Pictures but that is pretty much it.

[Ron in Indiana]

I made the headliner for the 58 Townwagon I restored this year from the remains of the original headliner I used as a pattern. I've made a number of pick up headliners and door panels with the correct vinyl edging sewn on the edges. The headliner is held in place with metal strips and plastic cap strips running front to back and one side to side above the rear of the front seat.

[LFD270ben]

The Seller said it has no interior inside of it. Hopefully it has something but I figured I would have to custom make everything inside I already made door panels from scratch.

[Ron in Indiana]

If you know anyone that needs parts for a 60 TW or power giant let me know I will be cannibalizing this truck. It lived its whole life in Arizona it has no dents or Bondo just surface rust. It will be in Colorado which is 900 miles closer to the people in the rust belt.

I try to save as much as I can when I strip one, screws, trim , small parts etc. I would be interested in the headliner strips if it has any unless you need them. I've got plenty of small parts myself. Hope this one is a sound.

[LFD270ben]

If you know anyone that needs parts for a 60 TW or power giant let me know I will be cannibalizing this truck. It lived its whole life in Arizona it has no dents or Bondo just surface rust. It will be in Colorado which is 900 miles closer to the people in the rust belt.

[Andydodgegeek]

Thanks for this one I will be driving to AZ to go pick it up. It should make a Good donor plus all the glass is mint.

Cool, hope it works out for you.

[LFD270ben]

Found another one for sale.

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4816637886.html

Thanks for this one I will be driving to AZ to go pick it up. It should make a Good donor plus all the glass is mint.