23 thoughts on “Station Wagons! I love me some wagons.”
I rode to school in a Ford Woodie. My folks and several of the farmer neighbors got together and bought the old Woodie and every week a different one of the parents drove around and picked up us kids and took us to school and picked us up afterwards. That was back when most mothers didn’t work in town and fathers were up early to do chores so it was mostly the mothers who drove us around. I’ve often wondered what happened to that old beauty. Guessing it was from the mid Fifties to the early Sixties.
Igor, what the hell. Love me some 57 and 55 chebbies. Drove a 55 in highschool.
We’re good, Bear Claw. My favorite series is 55-57 Chebbies, and Nomads specifically (I never owned one, but my 68 Two-top Corvette filled the bill – softened the blow a little bit!).
I was slowly scrolling down and hadn’t seen a Nomad, and Wifey Unit and I were getting ready to take a trip to Oregon to strangle CederQ for that omission, when he specifically had one for me. Crisis averted. You get to live, CederQ, you lucky dog.
Bear, were you aware that I once owned TWO ’57s? One was a no-post 2-door, the other was a no-post 4-door. Wish we still had ’em! Kids got in the way. For that matter, I wish I still had that Corvette!! I traded it for my wife, and y’all can diss me all you like but I got the better end of the trade. So there. (She’s looking over my shoulder…………)
I was thinking that if I didn’t, Igor would have a thing to say if one wasn’t present. Igor, I like Nomads too and is my dream car!
Mine was the 210 not Bel Aire unfortunately and I was jackin with Cederq for his limiting them to you only. Had only one friend growing up that had a station wagon but that rear seat facing backwards was pretty cool.
ps CEDERQ, YOU GET MY EMAIL ON THE HOLLYWOOD HOT ROD REQUEST a month ago. One above looks like one in my suggestion.
NO I DIDN”T! Why are you shouting? Hollywood hot rods would be a cool post to put together. I have the idea now. Did you keep a copy to resend me? Which email service I use did you send it?
Proton. Resent.
Resent again to below email
Glad to see the Olds Vista Cruiser made the cut, We always considered it the”Cadillac” of station wagons! and who could forget the famous Family Sport Truckster from the first Vacation movie
The family and I have never had one, but a next door neighbor did and he would load up his kids and some of the neighbors kid and head to Clackamas River upstream a bit to a bodacious swimming hole for the day and I thought the Vista Cruiser was far superior than the Dodge or Plymouth SW my parents had.
My friend’s dad had a Vista Cruiser. What a BEHEMOTH! Yes, it carried everyone, but the friend’s dad always complained that it was underpowered. It was indeed a LUXURY Family Truckster though!!!
Back then he could have put in a Pontiac 455cid and it would’ve fit and was not under powered if he had a big 4bbl or 6pack…
There was a “Tow Package” Option for the Vista Cruiser, that basically turned it into a 3/4-Ton Pickup, with the Big- Block and 4-Speed Auto, Heavy, Air-Boosted Suspension and Brakes. Mid ’70s our Neighbor had one to Tow a 22-Foot 2-Axle Airstream, Family of Six went Camping/Visiting Relatives several times a Year. That Retracting Window/Tailgate thing was Super Cool.
Remember, if you’re taking the whole tribe cross country, THIS is your automobile.
Exactly – our whole family (of six) went from the docks in New York to Spokane back in ’62. Dad had it shipped to his Duty Station in Bentwaters RAFB and we drove it all around Europe and then accompanied it back to the States and got in it and drove all the way back home. What a trip! 4 kids in a Station Wagon for 1500 miles in the fall of ’62. Mom never was the same…
Well, with you and your brother, she could only think when the nuclear fission reactor was going to go critical…
There was a bunch of those that I sure never saw before, but I love the Rolls Royce station wagon.
We had an old ford wagon, a rear facing seat,lay it down, flat for whatever,, I thought what a great design. It’s a hauler of people and some stuff you don’t want wet , but it’s where you can get at it.
Boy, I liked that mustang.
I have a close friend that I met 50 years ago this coming June. He really loves your Old Trucks and Old Trains and I send them to him when they come up. He is in Hospice now and from what I hear this may be the last one I send to him. So sad. —ken
Ken, a small comfort to a good friend!
I was hoping to see the C-3 Corvette station wagon.
I tried to find it and no luck. UPDATE I found a source and will post.
I rode to school in a Ford Woodie. My folks and several of the farmer neighbors got together and bought the old Woodie and every week a different one of the parents drove around and picked up us kids and took us to school and picked us up afterwards. That was back when most mothers didn’t work in town and fathers were up early to do chores so it was mostly the mothers who drove us around. I’ve often wondered what happened to that old beauty. Guessing it was from the mid Fifties to the early Sixties.
Igor, what the hell. Love me some 57 and 55 chebbies. Drove a 55 in highschool.
We’re good, Bear Claw. My favorite series is 55-57 Chebbies, and Nomads specifically (I never owned one, but my 68 Two-top Corvette filled the bill – softened the blow a little bit!).
I was slowly scrolling down and hadn’t seen a Nomad, and Wifey Unit and I were getting ready to take a trip to Oregon to strangle CederQ for that omission, when he specifically had one for me. Crisis averted. You get to live, CederQ, you lucky dog.
Bear, were you aware that I once owned TWO ’57s? One was a no-post 2-door, the other was a no-post 4-door. Wish we still had ’em! Kids got in the way. For that matter, I wish I still had that Corvette!! I traded it for my wife, and y’all can diss me all you like but I got the better end of the trade. So there. (She’s looking over my shoulder…………)
I was thinking that if I didn’t, Igor would have a thing to say if one wasn’t present. Igor, I like Nomads too and is my dream car!
Mine was the 210 not Bel Aire unfortunately and I was jackin with Cederq for his limiting them to you only. Had only one friend growing up that had a station wagon but that rear seat facing backwards was pretty cool.
ps CEDERQ, YOU GET MY EMAIL ON THE HOLLYWOOD HOT ROD REQUEST a month ago. One above looks like one in my suggestion.
NO I DIDN”T! Why are you shouting? Hollywood hot rods would be a cool post to put together. I have the idea now. Did you keep a copy to resend me? Which email service I use did you send it?
Proton. Resent.
Resent again to below email
Glad to see the Olds Vista Cruiser made the cut, We always considered it the”Cadillac” of station wagons! and who could forget the famous Family Sport Truckster from the first Vacation movie
The family and I have never had one, but a next door neighbor did and he would load up his kids and some of the neighbors kid and head to Clackamas River upstream a bit to a bodacious swimming hole for the day and I thought the Vista Cruiser was far superior than the Dodge or Plymouth SW my parents had.
My friend’s dad had a Vista Cruiser. What a BEHEMOTH! Yes, it carried everyone, but the friend’s dad always complained that it was underpowered. It was indeed a LUXURY Family Truckster though!!!
Back then he could have put in a Pontiac 455cid and it would’ve fit and was not under powered if he had a big 4bbl or 6pack…
There was a “Tow Package” Option for the Vista Cruiser, that basically turned it into a 3/4-Ton Pickup, with the Big- Block and 4-Speed Auto, Heavy, Air-Boosted Suspension and Brakes. Mid ’70s our Neighbor had one to Tow a 22-Foot 2-Axle Airstream, Family of Six went Camping/Visiting Relatives several times a Year. That Retracting Window/Tailgate thing was Super Cool.
Remember, if you’re taking the whole tribe cross country, THIS is your automobile.
Exactly – our whole family (of six) went from the docks in New York to Spokane back in ’62. Dad had it shipped to his Duty Station in Bentwaters RAFB and we drove it all around Europe and then accompanied it back to the States and got in it and drove all the way back home. What a trip! 4 kids in a Station Wagon for 1500 miles in the fall of ’62. Mom never was the same…
Well, with you and your brother, she could only think when the nuclear fission reactor was going to go critical…
There was a bunch of those that I sure never saw before, but I love the Rolls Royce station wagon.
We had an old ford wagon, a rear facing seat,lay it down, flat for whatever,, I thought what a great design. It’s a hauler of people and some stuff you don’t want wet , but it’s where you can get at it.
Boy, I liked that mustang.
I have a close friend that I met 50 years ago this coming June. He really loves your Old Trucks and Old Trains and I send them to him when they come up. He is in Hospice now and from what I hear this may be the last one I send to him. So sad. —ken
Ken, a small comfort to a good friend!
I was hoping to see the C-3 Corvette station wagon.
I tried to find it and no luck. UPDATE I found a source and will post.