Could There Be Any Vintage Wagon Greater Than This?
Well, yes, there are a few wagons greater than this, but not many. An Intermeccanica Murena 429 GT, maybe, or perhaps a 9-second Buick Sport Wagon. The important thing to understand here is that this wagon is for sale, now!
Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.
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The exact car I had is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37573576@N06/4897611048/ 400CID, turbo 400, tow package, dual exhaust, what a gas-sucking monster. It couldn't go from San Jose to Woodland Hills without a fuel stop in Santa Barbara. Newly married and in need of a family car, I found this at 7 years old, 70k miles in a used car lot for $1729 out the door. It had no smog pump, Q-jet 4BBL, all factory. Passed everything but a gas station. After 8 years and 100K more miles, the tranny gave up. By then it had rust thru the doors, but the MB-tex interior I put in it was still perfect. The engine was still strong too. Once I hauled 12 sheets of drywall on the roof rack, another time the drone at the hardware store put 27 bags of cement in the rear footwell. Wifey said the front end nearly got airborne when she punched it. It never looked as good as the Flickr photo, but I still miss that car sometimes.
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Check out the HBO series Big Love. One of the "Sister Wives" drive a nice mid-80's Crown Vic Country Squire Wagon w/ woodgrain and vent windows. In one episode her mom is mocking it calling it a heap. It seems like every TV series or sitcom the mom drives a wagon of somesort.
Looks like the Grizwald's wet dream--- minus the double-stacked headlights....