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My parents had one of these way back when...

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We had wagons growing up as well. I have had a few, here is my current one. I picked up from a local guy, the original owner for very cheap. Its a 1968 Buick Sport Wagon 400 (basically a GS400 with a differnt body). It has just about ever option. The paint is shot, and there is a little cancer on the body, but it is drop dead reliable. I drive it all the time.

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I love those pre-1970 wagons!

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Originally Posted by URY914 (Post 6323134)

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I used to know a guy in Pasadena, CA who had one of those. He was referred to me since I owned a DB4, he though it was a chop job when he considered buying it at some used car lot. I was honest with him and told him it was factory, and very rare.

Would love to have one of these if they would bring them to No. America..
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Saw one of these the other day

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Originally Posted by craigster59 (Post 6323427)

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Built using the ugly stick.......

This was the one my parents had, ours was yellow with the fake wood. Very nice.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1319214295.jpg

My parents had a '64 Chevelle 2 door wagon. Gawd it was neat...kind of a mini Nomad, the back windows slid open. Alas, mom left the keys in it, got stolen by a couple of punks who trashed it. They got caught when they tried to sell the wheels/tires to a local wrecked-em yard. It was just a 283 2 bbl. with 3 on the tree.

This website shows pics of others. Didn't know there were only 1100 made. No wonder I didn't see many around. Damn, the first & 2nd ones in the pics here are gorgeous...

1964 Chevelle Wagons

My folks had a '72 Ford LTD wagon with a 429 it broke the 120 range more than once

In the '80s when the 5.0 mustangs ruled the streets it would beat the 5.0s!

My dad has a thing for power.

I think it was Paul Newman who had a Volvo 240 wagon converted with a Ford V8, never saw the car but I'll bet it was a real sleeper.

I love wagons, shooting brakes, etc.

This is "Helga - the Hellfire Wagon" :D

angela

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Originally Posted by widgeon13 (Post 6323773)

I think it was Paul Newman who had a Volvo 240 wagon converted with a Ford V8, never saw the car but I'll bet it was a real sleeper.

Here is a great article about Paul's Volvo. What a cool guy.

"You want a puffer on yours?"

Feature Car: Newman's Own Recipe

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Could be a Paul's wagon clone.

Sweedish Safety & American Muscle!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeep Wagoneer posted yet?

Here is the original (1963).

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Rumor is for a 2013 Jeep Wagoneer, slotted above GC and using some mods that Maserati made on their GC version.

Said to look a bit Durango-ish.

1964 Chevelle 300 wagon...the "mini Nomad"

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Originally Posted by dheinz (Post 6323471)

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Nice stable!!

Is the GN still stock?

We had this for two years, mainly to haul our two dogs, buy supplies for our wood-fired brick oven pizza restaurant (in the back ground), and to haul a 924 turbo back and forth from WI to NM. Sold it to a friend of mine recently and regret it ever since. Gonna look for another in the southwest. Not quite a station wagon, but similar!

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Certainly the most boring wagon, but definetly the most reliable, and I love it. I do a lot of "just driving around" and it uses up very little fuel. I can fit the dawg, bicycle, tools, and have even slept in the back.

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Sorry, I thought they were everywhere. I't just an ordinary ole Toyota Corolla with a 1,600cc engine.

!999 manufacture, and I bought if for New Zealand dollars $4,000 six months ago. NZ dollars $4,000 converted to USD$ ummm, it means the car was almost free.