The second vehicle I owned was a 1960 Rambler wagon I got for $200. Got it home a found it had a c-clamp holding the diff cover in place. Rebuilt the rear end and it turned out to be a pretty good party car. Next best thing to a cargo van. Back when cars still came with those aerodynamic fins for flying down the highway. LOL
That looks just like my grandpa's old work wagon. Does that have the pushbutton automatic transmission?
My 1st car was in college, a '59 Ford Fairlane wagon. It was 300 miles from home to school and I made the trip quite often. I always had 4 or 5 passengers to cover the gas and there was plenty of room for luggage. When I was a senior, a cute freshman girl heard a car was heading her way and asked to go along. It turned out that she lived only a few miles from us. I married her 3 years later.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Ford LTD Country Squire station wagons for our family in the early through the middle and late 70’s. They had 460’s in em’, and they would haul ass.
Had a 76. Lot of fun had with and in that car. Used to drift the curves on those gravel roads with it, and country gals always appreciated a guy who could drive. 😁
Yep. Had a ‘96 taurus wagon with the dohc v6. It was a pretty stout runner. Had two actually. The first went to 261k miles and the second had 180k on it. They were both going strong when I sold them. You could haul a washing machine in the back of those things. And they weren’t a emasculating minivan.
Had a 70 Chevelle wagon, with a 250 straight six. Bought it from my dad for $600. Plenny of power to tow my tin boat, as well as sleep in the back. Awesome vehicle....till some dumbass slammed into me and totalled it.
Carry what you’re willing to fight with - Mackay Sagebrush
Are you keeping track, a running list of sorts, of who are the good guys here?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
LOL. This thread reminded me of Eric Foreman’s Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser From “That 70’s Show”
The episode where ole Red Foreman ate the Marijuana Brownies and sold it at the Garage Sale was hilarious!
“You colluded literally cruise the vista in it”
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
Like the black one there behind me and my old man? The family vehicle for many years running. When the first motor went out after 150K miles (?) the old man priced a crate motor from the factory and said fine, I don't have to rebuild the thing.
Me in the gray jacket, old man squatting down fixing the Tang for breakfast probably. No need for 4wd back then, just drive the old jalopy out the desert wash.
I owned a couple of Subaru wagons, and they'd go places that old Parkwood couldn't go.
Wish the RAV4 we had now had a real station wagon back end. Would make it much more useful.
That's a pretty clean machine for having been driven out into the desert. Great pic!
I am ashamed to say I owned a Pinto Station Wagon in the mid 1970's. I was young and had two kids with all of their stuff that their mother had purchased for them that had to go wherever we went, and it was the cheapest to purchase and operate thing I could find with some room in it.
It broke a timing belt before the 1st year was up and it was replaced under warranty. I replaced it a couple of years later when I had a little more money with a full size sedan.
My first car was a 1958 Mercury station wagon, which was 10 years old when I purchased it during my sophomore year in high school in 1968 for $15 from a guy who "won" it in a local charity drawing. It had a 430 V-8 and push-button automatic transmission, padded dash, power windows, etc. etc. Everything worked except the "park" button for the transmission, and since the emergency brake was also toast I kept a brick painted "parking brake" next to me on the front seat. Would toss it under the left front tire when parking on any sort of slope that wasn't next to a curb.
It got around 4 mpg in town, maybe 6 on the highway. Gas was around 27 cents a gallon, so I asked anybody who rode with me (and a lot did) for a quarter for gas. Sometimes I even came out ahead, since it was had huge seats.
The big advantage was a just-as-huge, carpeted cargo area behind the seats, which worked fine for spending time with girlfriends.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
The second vehicle I owned was a 1960 Rambler wagon I got for $200. Got it home a found it had a c-clamp holding the diff cover in place. Rebuilt the rear end and it turned out to be a pretty good party car. Next best thing to a cargo van. Back when cars still came with those aerodynamic fins for flying down the highway. LOL
That looks just like my grandpa's old work wagon. Does that have the pushbutton automatic transmission?
Like the black one there behind me and my old man? The family vehicle for many years running. When the first motor went out after 150K miles (?) the old man priced a crate motor from the factory and said fine, I don't have to rebuild the thing.
Me in the gray jacket, old man squatting down fixing the Tang for breakfast probably. No need for 4wd back then, just drive the old jalopy out the desert wash.
I owned a couple of Subaru wagons, and they'd go places that old Parkwood couldn't go.
Wish the RAV4 we had now had a real station wagon back end. Would make it much more useful.
That's a pretty clean machine for having been driven out into the desert. Great pic!
friend had about a 64 chevy wagon. with a 350blueprinted enginte, dual quads, etc 4speed, around a 4.11 rear. it was fun at a stop lite next to some of the "hot" cars. hauled a lot of beer too.
Like the black one there behind me and my old man? The family vehicle for many years running. When the first motor went out after 150K miles (?) the old man priced a crate motor from the factory and said fine, I don't have to rebuild the thing.
Me in the gray jacket, old man squatting down fixing the Tang for breakfast probably. No need for 4wd back then, just drive the old jalopy out the desert wash.
I owned a couple of Subaru wagons, and they'd go places that old Parkwood couldn't go.
Wish the RAV4 we had now had a real station wagon back end. Would make it much more useful.
That's a pretty clean machine for having been driven out into the desert. Great pic!
By the time some low rider bought it out of the driveway, not sure it still ran even, it was starting to show some rust.
Right there in that pic, was probably 10-11 years old. First two back east, the rest in SoCal, so no salt on the roads and we were far enough inland to avoid the salt air too.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Like the black one there behind me and my old man? The family vehicle for many years running. When the first motor went out after 150K miles (?) the old man priced a crate motor from the factory and said fine, I don't have to rebuild the thing.
Me in the gray jacket, old man squatting down fixing the Tang for breakfast probably. No need for 4wd back then, just drive the old jalopy out the desert wash.
I owned a couple of Subaru wagons, and they'd go places that old Parkwood couldn't go.
Wish the RAV4 we had now had a real station wagon back end. Would make it much more useful.
That's a pretty clean machine for having been driven out into the desert. Great pic!
Looks like theys headed to pick up a body!
Ssshhhh!
Besides, I think the statute of limitations has run out. "Abuse of a corpse" is all they could have gotten us for anyway.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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