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Had a little Honda wagon - Civic for a while. 1993 model I believe. Beater for riding around cheap.
Of topic - I sold a CVPI 3 years ago with 200k on it. Needed steering rack and tires - I wasn't going to do it.
JUST found another CVPI with 28k on the clock, looks brand new and it's sorely tempting.
They're just killer cars and you feel like Kurt Knispel or Heinz Guderian rolling down the road. SUPER solid car (should be at 4200lbs).
The idea of it is making my eye twitch....
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In the summer of '66 my dad bought a brand new 1966 Dodge Polara wagon, black with red interior. 383 ci/325 hp engine. A real nice cruiser.
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1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate Wagon. Green with fake wood siding. Those rear ends on that model had the biggest rear drum brakes ever put on an American made car. Great for the hot rodders.
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In 1979 I wrecked my 1970 Camaro RS. After a couple of months of hitch hiking, I bought a 1968 Ford Country Squire for $75 from a guy I worked with at the gas station. It was a chick magnet. It was a schit brown color with no hub caps. It had a 351 Cleveland with a two barrel and usually ran on at least 5 or 6 of the 8 cylinders. I mounted my AM/FM 8 track in it and had great big stereo speakers in the back. I screwed up my starter one time when a guy bet me $5 I couldn't do this certain hill climb. I won the bet but it cost me a starter.
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have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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Worth and price
Two different things
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I learned to drive on Mom's '66 Plymouth Valiant wagon. I loved that 225 slant six engine. I drove it on a few dates, but got some nasty looks from dads when they saw the fold down rear seat.
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Worth and price
Two different things
LOL I checked out their site. They have some great cars streetside classics
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1995 Chevy caprice classic wagon red with the fake wood sides and 400plus fuel injection an tubro charged big block that loved the interstate, at about 75 you could feel her kinda squat down on the suspension and she was ready to roll.
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown-- " If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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My step dad bought a 1968/69 ford country squire station wagon from a dentist in Scarsdale N.Y. in 1975 .The thing was clean as a whistle,dealer maintained from day one with EVERY receipt in the glove box,every scratch dealer touched up,etc. He sold it to my stepdad for $600.00 because they wanted it to go to a nice young family since their kids were grown and gone.It was the nicest car we d ever had.Hell,lt was one of the only cars we d ever had since my alcoholic step dad had a penchant for wrecking cars drunk.But he was on the wagon then and we really enjoyed that car.Had all the factory options,big V -8,etc.But the 1970's were hard construction times and my stepfather had to go welding at a paper mill near Lewiston Maine,in 75/76 He came home one weekend in a borrowed jeep,he said the station wagon had "froze up".I didn t learn until years later,he had passed out behind the wheel northbound on I 95,sailed through the guard rail,landed on the southbound lane below,bounced over THAT guardrail and smashed into the woods.The muffler ripped out,driveshaft ripped loose,engine tore out of the mounts,tree through the windshield,,BUT, his plastic gallon of cheap Vodka survived & he had a bump on his head,thats all.How he didn t kill anyone including himself is known only to God.He ignored that D.W.I and 4 others in various states until he was arrested and dragged out of our house in handcuffs Easter Sunday morning.The computer caught up with him,and then the booze did.Still,it was a nice car while it lasted.Even a tank like that could not survive,"KENNY THE STEWBUM."
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Haa, not mine. I was driving on my buddy's gravel driveway one day and got 2 flat tires. I ended up borrowing the tow truck from work and towed it to a junk yard. I think that guy felt sorry for me and he gave me $25.
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My Dad bought a 59 Rambler Rebel station wagon. Red with that metal side painted to look like wood. It was a pretty good car I think cause he kept it awhile.
I bought a 58 Chevy wagon when I got married and then went on a VW bus binge for a few years. Should have kept the one with all the windows.
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I still remember the day my dad traded our 1969 Chevy nova in on a dodge aspen station wagon, man was I pissed!!!! I think it was 1977.
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I still remember the day my dad traded our 1969 Chevy nova in on a dodge aspen station wagon, man was I pissed!!!! I think it was 1977. That's a crime against humanity right there......
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Wagons can be cool, at least cooler than the crossover SUV built on the same platform. America just doesn't like them anymore. Women prefer the taller ride height of the crossover. Guess I'll give up on that 4dr Mustang GT "shooting brake".
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did you ever have a station wagon? Yeah....gave it to my wife when I bought the '71 El Camino with a 4 speed. Restored the wagon 100% new from front to back! WAY too much money spent but was before I learned how to do restorations myself. Still has a six, but changed to a 250c.i., dual exhaust, rebuilt Powerglide, power steering, power brakes with disc conversion in the front. New interior, show quality paint job, lots of custom features, stereo, Auto Meter gauges, custom steering wheel with .38 Special caseheads for the rivets holding on the custom crafted wood rings. Runs like a champ, straight as Hell down the road, and is a class grocery getter. Built a teardrop trailer to pull behind just because it's cool!
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I’ve never even ridden in a station wagon. i’ve lived a sheltered life.
One of my earliest memories is riding in the back seat of my parents’ VW Bug. I thought it was cool I could spit through the floorboard onto the road.
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My first car was a Volkswagen 'squareback' sedan...their version of a station wagon in 1970. It was OK but it wasn't hardly big enough to....well..you know what in... One makes do with what they have. Front seat of a '54 Chevy worked.
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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I bought my first station wagon in 1966, a used 1955 Ford Ranch Wagon (2-door station wagon) I used that 1955 Ranch Wagon for an every day driver, took a couple of cross-country trips in it, used it as a hunting outfit - I took it into places on some elk hunts that I would be hesitant to take a 4WD into today. Since then I have always had a station wagon in some form or the other, Jeep Wagoneer, Suburban, Celebrity, Jeep Cherokee, and so many others that I would really have to work to remember them all.
I always find it strange that many folks make fun of station wagons but they drive a SUV which is nothing more than a modern rendition of a station wagon.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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Closest thing I ever had was a Chevy Blazer and a GMC Jimmy.
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