Anybody know how to contact DrChop?

 

There was a guy here, in Delaware, that created a 2 door 68/69 Ford Falcon wagon out of a four door. I used to see the car every time I went to his shop but I never took any pics. There are a few around because he did get some national coverage on the car. Anyway, I believe he went the 2 door sedan center section route. and created his own rear passenger side window area.

 

I seen many years ago whback around the ealy 90's on the internet a guy had a Volare` station wagon done. I've seen several done by welding the back doors closed and leaving the original front doors alone, but that looked just wrong.

 

If I was contemplating this conversion I'd be trying to find a beater 2dr. Volare car to get the longer doors, plus the area where the doors latch and part of the roof also from the 2 door. Without the doors, and these other pieces to work into the wagon this can easily end up ill fitting, and not sealing well.If you cut out the B pillar on the wagon and then hang the 2 door doors you can then use the donor post and roof line parts to fit to the new doors. You can also use sheet metal from the 2 door body to fill in the gaps between the 2 dr. and 4 dr opening to make this work.

 

don't volares turn to dust & blow away after 5 years , like most early unibody stuff ?

 

Yeah, short doors on a 2 door car just don't look right. I'll keep looking for a pic. I know he won Best of Show at a Falcon Club of America event. That was probably 20 or so years ago.

don't volares turn to dust & blow away after 5 years , like most early unibody stuff ?

lol, actually they rust / rot out really badly. FMJ bodies all rot in the front frames really badly. However , I'll cross that road when I get there. I.E. front sub caps and simple boxed frame repairs are pretty easy.

 

Thats not crossing a road , that's like Evil jumping the Grand canyon.

 

You guys are awesome. Thanks for the support. Maybe when I start I can post follow along pictures as I progress.

 

Do you self a big favor, go out to the desert and get a body to rebuild.

You might reach out to the guy in this video, the car is now in Missouri area he might sell it. A lot of time they buy these cars for video and then sell them.