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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:20:05 PM EST
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OP must watch the History Guy on YT. He just did a video about Station Wagons.
 A Nostalgic History of the Station Wagon |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:20:06 PM EST
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Fold the rear seat down and 2 real Jet Ski's would fit comfortably, hatch closed and all.
65 Chevy was the Lake Assault Vehicle, the 71 was the go to town one. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:21:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This would get it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/320068/CTS-V-Ext_10-tiny-2048x0-0_5x0_jpg-2694209.JPG I have this one in blue. With a manual. And 900+ RWHP |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:22:00 PM EST
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My DD is a 3 series wagon. AWD, turbo, long roof, what’s not to love? My family hates it and calls it the silver turd. They have no taste.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:23:02 PM EST
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Some wagons are very cool, the 1986 Chevy my mom had was not one of those. I had a lot of nicknames for it, none of them complementary.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:24:04 PM EST
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As a kid I thought they were the stupidest thing around. Then I saw a friend of my dads load some super heavy stuff in the back without having to heave it up onto a tailgate because it was at a lower height. That same guy had a big ass remote control Corsair plane loaded in there in a different visit and I began to see how they were actually the predecessor of SUV’s.
No sport but hell none of them are now. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:24:37 PM EST
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We have had 3 Outbacks, and will probably get another when the ‘17 we have now is up for replacement in 4or 5 years. Absolutely love them. One of my first cars in high school growing up in MN was an old Subaru wagon. I forget the model, but it was an actual 4x4 with a transfer case and low range. Next car was a maybe ‘85 or so AMC Eagle. That car was awesome, and way ahead of it’s time. In-line 6 that got surprisingly good mileage, power everything, leather, 4wd, and a 5 speed manual all in a wagon. I really loved that car.
Road trips as a kid were always done looking backwards from the third row rear facing jump seats. Loved the big GM wagons from the 70s and 80s. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:24:50 PM EST
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V8, Positraction, 4X4, Overdrive... and BIG fuel tank..
A Suburban will get ya there and back. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:25:15 PM EST
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In our '73 Plymouth wagon you could fold down all the seats and put a 4X8 sheet of plywood in, and close the tailgate. Hell, you can't even fit a 4X8 sheet in most pickup trucks these days...
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:26:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was always kinda surprised that the Magnum didn't really take off. I always thought they were cool Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don't know what's up with GD tonight. a wagon with a Hellcat  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/313055/516A902A-336A-4530-9F1A-F554897858D2_jpe-2694271.JPGI was always kinda surprised that the Magnum didn't really take off. I always thought they were cool |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:26:44 PM EST
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I love me some wagons.
The fucking epa killed them. Cafe retardation ruined them. A manufacturer can build a “truck” but would be penalized for building a more fuel efficient wagon/car. Best wagon I’ve ever had was a 2003 Volkswagen Passat. Not a common car as it was a Stick shift with a six cylinder. I would like to get a Subaru wagon but I need a truck bed. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:27:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did they ever make those in Diesel with a stick? If they did, Want!  Stick, yes. Diesel, not in the US. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:29:57 PM EST
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Love the Volvo v60. Ended up getting an XC60 tho.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:30:57 PM EST
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 Little restomod nothing too fancy. Original 289 car swapped for a late model 302 with gt40 heads and Cobra intake backed by an AOD. Mustang II front suspension. Should be a fun little cruiser. Purchased as unfinished project, so far have completely gone thru all the wiring on the car, have to build a fuel system then it will be ready to fire. 0 Miles on rebuilt engine and trans. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:31:13 PM EST
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Thread is relevant to my interests! Really enjoyed the 70's riding in the rumble seat facing backwards and now really like the look and performance of the Euro sport wagons.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:33:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryI’ve always wanted a Caprice wagon from the 90’s. Sadly others like them also and the prices are just too high. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:38:18 PM EST
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:45:13 PM EST
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Wagon master race checking in.
0-60 in the low 3s, tops out close to 200mph, 680hp and can push 30mpg+ in mixed driving. Hauls 5 plus the pups.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:45:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I also bemoan the death of the station wagon, and am actively considering one for my next vehicle. I actually thought the most recent generation of the Buick station wagon seemed pretty neat, but they decided to discontinue it after it didn't sell well (because they didn't advertise it at all). That Buick was a very nice car My local gm dealer had a loaded one that was very nice and pretty affordable. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:52:23 PM EST
[#20]
had a LOT of fun in this beast back in the day. lol
straight 6. powerglide 
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:03:54 PM EST
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Back in the late 50's, my Mom owned a 55 Ford two-door wagon that we made many trips to visit relatives in CA, from our home in SW OK. Driving across Route 66 back then was a real adventure.
My first car was a 57 Chevy Handyman two-door wagon, with 283"/three on the tree. I owned a bunch of Tri-Five Chevys from 1968-1999. When my first wife and I got married, in 1974, we owned a really nice 55 Chevy Handyman two-door wagon, with 235" six and three on the tree, with factory overdrive. Other wagons owned were a 57 Chevy Sedan Delivery, four Nomads (55,56,57 and a 58), 58 Chevy Sedan Delivery, 59 Chevy Brookwood two-door wagon and a 1995 Honda Accord wagon (very uncommon, also). My 1957 Chevy Nomad, with 340hp/327 and Muncie 4spd:  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:16:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My friend’s mom had this ugly ass abomination when we were kids https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/buick/roadmaster/1991/oem/1991_buick_roadmaster_wagon_estate_fq_oem_1_500.jpg A local guy has a 96 just like that for sale. He won't tell me what he wants for it though.  We had a 65 Malibu with a 300-horse 327 and no power steering. What was Dad thinking when he ordered that? |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:16:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't complain about mine. Would love this one though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/390917/IMG_0233-2_jpg-2694230.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't complain about mine. Would love this one though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/390917/IMG_0233-2_jpg-2694230.JPG Would enjoy having this or an LTD Country Squire  Traveled many a mile in the back of 1. They were a blast for a kid |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:17:50 PM EST
[#24]
band gear haulers
Beauty Dinan Stage 2    and the Beast  
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:21:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Beat by a few with the wagons but i always liked the delivery better. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/480138/ch1015-224237_2_2x_jpg-2694267.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/480138/1959-Chevy-Sedan-Delivery-4-of-11_jpg-2694268.JPG Those are awesome |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:22:56 PM EST
[#26]
I would love an old wagon. My turbo minivan is a family favorite which would be hard to supplant though.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:23:09 PM EST
[#27]
The station wagon we bought the wife is cool for sure. 6 seats, 4 of them heated and cooled. Awesome radio. Glass roof. Shitload of room. And it makes 400 hp, and runs low 13s in the 1/4.
I definitely dig station wagons. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:26:26 PM EST
[#28]
Sedan deliveries rule
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:26:53 PM EST
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:41:41 PM EST
[#30]
Dad bought a '55 Ford wagon and was instantly hooked.
30 years later I got a '85 Subaru 1800 wagon, 4WD, 5 speed manual transmission with 2 speed transfer case. Wish they still made them, they were great little cars, especially in the snow. 
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:53:37 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I would love an old wagon. My turbo minivan is a family favorite which would be hard to supplant though. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 9:57:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Compared to old station wagons, new SUVs are absolute lightweight. Youngsters today have no concept of solid steel front dashboards! I do like today's SUVs, they offer a wide variety of choices in performance and utility. I own, and have owned, several. Mine are used offroad more than most. I also like the styling of some of the old land yachts. The cars of my youth, so yes, there is some nostalgia there that surpasses practicality. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That are also heavier than they need to be with suspensions that are stiffer than they need to be. 95% will never even see a gravel road. Americans need station wagons and need to learn to accept it. I drive a Ford Explorer. It's a station wagon. Compared to old station wagons, new SUVs are absolute lightweight. Youngsters today have no concept of solid steel front dashboards! I do like today's SUVs, they offer a wide variety of choices in performance and utility. I own, and have owned, several. Mine are used offroad more than most. I also like the styling of some of the old land yachts. The cars of my youth, so yes, there is some nostalgia there that surpasses practicality. Not necessarily: A 1972 Vista Cruiser with a 455 weighs about 4400 lbs. A 2022 Tahoe weighs 5600 lbs. A 2022 Acadia weighs 4200 lbs. with an I4. All the safety and convenience items add a lot of weight to modern vehicles. Quoted: https://i.postimg.cc/Wpxrm7C0/20221119-134658.jpg Little restomod nothing too fancy. Original 289 car swapped for a late model 302 with gt40 heads and Cobra intake backed by an AOD. Mustang II front suspension. Should be a fun little cruiser. Purchased as unfinished project, so far have completely gone thru all the wiring on the car, have to build a fuel system then it will be ready to fire. 0 Miles on rebuilt engine and trans. Nice! |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:07:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: James Arness used to pull up on 101 in Corona Del Mar at the All American Grocery store I worked at and fill his Buick Station Wagon up for a surf safari to Mexico. He was a big guy and looked like he’d been in the sun too long. His son was a pro surfer I think, Rolfhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1818/0CCA0B03-34FA-43C6-A441-5972E62EA2B3_jpe-2694219.JPG His son Rolf won a world title. Cool guy, met him and his dad when I did some work on their house in Hollister Ranch. And station wagons were the original surf mobiles…. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:09:19 PM EST
[#34]
I've always felt like sedans were like crew cab pickups with tiny beds that had one of those stupid fiberglass tonneau covers on them.
When I was a single dude, I bought a station wagon. Because it was more useful than a sedan and I already had a truck. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:12:26 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dad bought a '55 Ford wagon and was instantly hooked. 30 years later I got a '85 Subaru 1800 wagon, 4WD, 5 speed manual transmission with 2 speed transfer case. Wish they still made them, they were great little cars, especially in the snow. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2b/ed/40/2bed4055cd5ec86fe982fb2e0a57fdb9--leone-subaru-outback.jpg Yummy. I was BUMMED when I couldn't get a transfer case in my turbo Outback with manual transmission. Didn't know such a thing kind of existed before. I had seen that only AUS models have transfer cases now or something. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:20:29 PM EST
[#36]
I’d rock a Vista Cruiser if it was hot rodded a bit…
  Like this maybe… 
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:31:37 PM EST
[#37]
My first decent car was a 1964 Fairlane wagon. 260 V8 with 3 in-the-tree. Loaded down with Stratocasters and Bassman amps. High school was great.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:33:29 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’d rock a Vista Cruiser if it was hot rodded a bit… https://i0.wp.com/macsmotorcitygarage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1964-Oldsmobile-Vista-Cruiser-Custom-Wagon-315.jpg?w=598&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/macsmotorcitygarage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1964-Oldsmobile-Vista-Cruiser-detail-600.jpg?w=599&ssl=1 Like this maybe… https://psyne.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1969-Oldsmobile-Vista-Cruiser-custom-OldsHurst-inspired-Gateway-Classic-Cars-001.jpg Orale! 
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:37:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @killingmachine123 turbo minivan?! Tell us more Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I would love an old wagon. My turbo minivan is a family favorite which would be hard to supplant though. In 89 and 90, chrysler offered the 2.5 turbo with either their performance manual trans, or the three speed auto trans. This was mainly to tide them over until v6 production could meet demand. Although the 4cyl turbo engine pit up better numbers and got better gas mileage. If I'm cruising along with the ac off at around 65mph, I get 25 to 28mpg in mine. I now have a slightly larger turbo, and better I take and exhaust Manifold. It's awesome. My wife was mad I brought it home. Now she loves it and wishes I would let her drive it year round. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:43:47 PM EST
[#40]
I had fun riding in my dads '65 Chevy wagon, but it was long gone before I was old enough to drive. (I was 7 in '65). Martini Butt had a (used) '97 Taurus wagon, but I don't have any pics of it.
 My dads wagon, the day he bought it;  |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:45:53 PM EST
[#41]
I'd have no problems with a Subaru.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:51:07 PM EST
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Tiny 1.6 4cyl same engine in the Civic and CRX Si but with 6speed RealTimeAllWheelDrive
1st gear is a super low crawler. In gear at idle it can climb a slight incline   
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:52:36 PM EST
[#43]
Audi RS8 station wagon for the win!
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:53:30 PM EST
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I've always considered an 80 series Land Cruiser to be a station wagon, and it's pretty cool.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 10:54:55 PM EST
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Posted: 2/1/2023 11:00:21 PM EST
[#46]
 For some reason I have always like the looks of the accord crosstour. Also the Acura zdx. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 11:00:27 PM EST
[#47]
I like the muscle car era wagons. Like say a Satellite Wagon
 Attached FileOr a Torino Wagon  Attached FileOr maybe a Olds  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 11:01:34 PM EST
[#48]
I Want a PriusV !!
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Posted: 2/1/2023 11:13:59 PM EST
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Posted: 2/1/2023 11:16:08 PM EST
[#50]
If I became fabulously wealthy tomorrow, my first two vehicle purchases would be wagons. Mercedes E63S and an Audi RS6 Avant.
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