Good day all, I am new to this forum. My brother purchased a '66 Wagonaire on a whim while attending a wedding in Calgary Alberta in 2001. He drove this car home with old cracked tires and a leaking right rear axle seal. I began to do a light restoration on it for him. Thinking nothing of this car other than it's a neat old wagon with about 43000 miles I disassembled it to a point and had it repainted. The body was in excellent shape with absolutely no rust. I vacuumed about 6" of red dirt from inside the rear quarters. The floor boards under the carpet were still painted original colour and the rear seat had the plastic wrapping still installed. I have been tinkering with it now for 13 years (no real rush, other things happen)and just stumbled across a couple of messages about early 1966 models. I started to do some research and checking numbers on this car. It is serial #C530008 and the aluminum tags screwed to the firewall by the ventilation filter housing under the V-P8 tag is 16626 and also has another tag with "CNE Unit". It has a locking gas cap, electronic ignition module (but someone has disconnected it) electric rear window and not much more for options. I don't have any other paperwork with it but the story is that it was sold to a farmer in Saskatchewan and when he passed away it went to his grandson in Alberta. So now I'm a little disappointed that we had it painted as the original paint was reasonable. I had the engine freshened up with new rings and seals as it burned quite a bit of oil on its journey to Ontario. I am presently reinstalling the engine and hopefully will have it back on the road by summer. I would appreciate any information available on this auto. I have added some photos. Thank you. Gary Inkratas
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