New XM Wagon

Picked up an XM wagon on the weekend, pretty rough round the edges but 95% rust free. Plans are spats, whitewalls, venetians, paint, mexi blankets and a few other mild custom touches I have in mind. I have wanted one of these for ages and have been looking for a new daily driver so I'm stoked. Pic is in the old owners driveway.

Verry cool, love the pin-striping. Nothing beats an old wagon.

the photo makes it look better than it is! It has a bit too much pin striping on the front guards and around the tail lights. Worst of all it has a 2 foot long spark plug painted on the side! All will be sorted out very shortly though!!

Yeah, i like the pin-striping on the bonnet too,got any photos of the spark plug?

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the dreaded giant sparkplug!

Water pump is stuffed as is the radiator and dizzy isnt advancing properly so I'll be replacing / repairing all these. It will look like this hopefully
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Wagons are great custom classic projects , plus the added bonus is you have somewhere to crash out at the end of a party.

Yeah I agree Harry, plus I'm into surfing so it has some benefits there as well!

Nice wagons

Your right the spark plug should go!, neat looking wagon though, nice thick flake on the roof might look ok.

yeah I'm thinking maybe a flaked roof, keep the matt black, narrow whites steelies etc. Needs an altitude adjustment pretty bad too

Nothing like a longroof with board racks, we have a fully customised Fc wagon which may end up with board racks as my old scene was surf & speed sailboarding.

I am on the hunt for period correct racks at the moment! Hard to find!

leave the stripes quit the plugs IMHO other than that I love it

yeah the plugs are going asap!

hep wrote:I am on the hunt for period correct racks at the moment! Hard to find!

I got this one on ebay back when I had my bug for $50, keep an eye on it, they come up semi regularly I found.

Yeah I had one just like that on my old FB! I am thinking one of those or possibly one off a US wagon from the early 60's.

I had one on my wagon but decided to take it off. I think I still have it if anyone wants it. To me it seems to be more 70's-80's which is why I left it off. I will try to get more pics.
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Hey Guys,

Thought you might like an update on my wagon - lots happening since I last posted a pic of her - I've been busy!

Much cleaner look, very nice

Busy indeed Hep! Good to see those unsightly spark plugs GONE! Wagon looks great, wish I had of snapped one up when I had the chance!!!

thanks for the encouragement guys. She's along way from finished - body needs more massaging and the seals are of course gone! But I'm glad I picked it up, dont see many around and I always loved the xm wagons. Its in primer at the moment and when I finish straightening up the body, I'll pull out all the seals and hit it with a colour. Although I gotta say the matt grey of the primer makes it look pretty cool. Picked up a cool visor for it today off an xp, no rust and straight as an arrow - has the cool peak in the middle too! Heading to chopped show this weekend in the wagon - if your going keep an eye out for it.
Once thats done its on to the truck, I have been amassing parts for that in the last month and i want to get started pretty soon.

Looks very cool in primer! I was tempted to keep mine grey and somethimes i still wish i had. (never happy).
The "Chopped" show is on my list of things to do, maybe next year i'll get down there. Keep up the good work.

I have changed my mind about it 100 times as well! Same as my truck, its in primer too and I'm damned if I can make a decision on colour for it either!

it looks really cool in Blacktown Racing Grey
, I would leave it as is, perhaps a coat of clear so the primer doesnt soak up the water