The Station Wagons We Grew Up With

[kmakar]

I had a '69 Ford Country Squire. It was a monster, but the girls (and I) loved it as it offered alot of comfort when "getting busy".

 

[cage2592]

Dang I love a good station wagon ! Have you seen the price of some of these though? Even the late 70's and 80's? I remember a few years ago was like $4K. Now they want like $12K+

 

[kmakar]

Dang I love a good station wagon ! Have you seen the price of some of these though? Even the late 70's and 80's? I remember a few years ago was like $4K. Now they want like $12K+

Not 4 months ago I was looking at a '68 Dodge Polara SW that was a barn find in pretty good shape (craigslist) and by the time I called on it, it was sold. He listed it for 8k.

I asked the guy (he sells barn find cars and trucks) how often he comes across the wagons and he said very few survived, but when he finds one and lists it, it's usually sold with an hour.

 

[68Chevele]

I sure miss my '80 Malibu wagon I used to race, I beat a lot of people on the street with that car. Has 427 BBC and a cheater NOS kit on the car.

 

[cheveslakr]

Memory pods. We had a '63 chevy wagon, cool in it's own rite, but would have loved to be carted around in one of these.....

 

[Leadhead]

My dad had a 66 impala wagon with smoothies and 60s all the way around when I was little. Loved that car.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Mom and Dad had a 69 Concours with a 307, Dark Blue, luggage rack and power rear window. They had it for 10 years and traded it for a 79 Olds Delta 88 Diesel, dealer gave $100 for it at trade in. Below is a pic of the color, not the car.

 

[Derek69SS]

I daily-drove a '95 Caprice wagon for several years, and had a pretty decent '66 Malibu wagon that I regretfully sold when I was trying to sell a house and buy another.

 

[cage2592]

YES ! 350 LT1 260 hp and 330 tq, 20mpg and could hit 140mph.

 

[68Chevele]

I also had a 1968 Caprice Wagon 325hp 396 car, fully loaded with hide away headlights, 4 piston disc brakes and comfortron. Sold it to a buddy that put his 454 in and ran 14.04 at the track with 3.73 gear.

 

[1971Chevelle]

 

[L78fanatic]

Growing up my parents had a 1956 Chevy Bel Air Station Wagon & a matching 2 door post Bel Air sedan. Both cars were turquoise & white. We took the 2-door sedan to California from Illinois & back in 1958....it had the 235 6 cyl and it never missed a beat. Great car! No a/c of course. Those truly were the days!!!

 

[Kawickrice]

A local Auto battery rehab place has quite a few old Cutlasses on the grounds that he fixes and sells. He has a big Olds wagon 69 or 70 maybe a Vista Cruiser on the lot now. Vista Criuser is Oldsmobile isnt it?

 

[kmakar]

A local Auto battery rehab place has quite a few old Cutlasses on the grounds that he fixes and sells. He has a big Olds wagon 69 or 70 maybe a Vista Cruiser on the lot now. Vista Criuser is Oldsmobile isnt it?

Yep. Some of the older models has those super cool skylights where the back roof went up.

 

[Kawickrice]

Yes. It has the skylights but is a few years newer than the example above

 

[kmakar]

Yes. It has the skylights but is a few years newer than the example above

Not sure of the last year they made them with the rear skylights.

 

[12stones]

My Dad was a TV and electronics salesman in the 60's and 70's. He always had a station wagon to haul antennas around to his dealers. The Vista Cruisers were definitely cool. Skylights and 3rd row ( backwards) seating. I didn't think it was very cool though when I was 16 and had to drive the Vista cruiser when all of my buddies had Chevelle's, Novas and trucks.

 

[77cruiser]

I suppose the wife's Equinox isn't considered a wagon.

 

[Nashville Cat]

Ryan Newman’s Perfect Family Van​

Ryan Newman wasn’t expecting to get a 1960 Chevy Parkwood Wagon when he showed up to auction one day with his kids.
The little rascals started playing around in the car, and he knew it was destined to be.
The car turned out to be the perfect family vehicle for Newman and his kids. He regularly takes them to get ice cream in it.
It has proven to be way more reliable than it looks, even if it’s not as pretty as his race day Camaro.

 

[kmakar]

Ryan Newman’s Perfect Family Van​

Ryan Newman wasn’t expecting to get a 1960 Chevy Parkwood Wagon when he showed up to auction one day with his kids.
The little rascals started playing around in the car, and he knew it was destined to be.
The car turned out to be the perfect family vehicle for Newman and his kids. He regularly takes them to get ice cream in it.
It has proven to be way more reliable than it looks, even if it’s not as pretty as his race day Camaro.

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I think it looks badass as it is. Love the patina.