That's wrong new for 1957 chevy had the 3 speed turbo glide automatic transmission I'm not sure what they came in but they were available, I work in a transmission shop I've worked on them in there original cars
The 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser wagon with a high compression, 4-barrel 455 engine that came with high performance 442 W-30 exhaust manifolds. For several years, the Vista Cruiser wagons all got 442 W-30 exhaust manifolds on both 400 and 455 engines. The 1958 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Safari, 4-door Custom Station Wagon was available with three 2 barrel carburetors or fuel injection.
My parents had a 68" Olds 442 when I was a very little kid and it must of made an impression because I love the look of 68/69 442's. However, a family up the street had a Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser ...coolest wagon with the unique windows on the roof. Would be happy with either one in the garage.
I had a 1972 Vista Cruiser with the same package. Awesome ride!!! At the time, I worked long hours as a Machinist next to an airport runway. Sometimes I'd sleep in the wagon and drift off watching everything up above through the upper windows. Stormy and rainy nights were cool, too. It was the most SOLID car I ever owned. I mean, this thing was a Tank, that solid. The only hood I could not buckle under my weight, even by jumping on it, and big enough to sprawl out and lay back. I'm a big man, well over 6' tall and over 300 pounds, and this car had COMFORT written all over it. 👍
My dad bought a Vista Cruiser with the 400. We traveled from Michigan and Arkansas back in the 70s . Lol, he was pulled over by a cop after a airplane had reported our speed. No ticket but one good ass chewing. We kids loved it for the tinted sky windows and the back seat. Been a many fights for that backseat.😅😅😅😅😅
Few years ago , picked up a 71 Vista,, one owner with 455. Blue with the fake wood grain sides, 45000 miles on it for $2500. Did a little work on it, repainted it and sold it for $24000.
54, 61, 65,67,2-70’s & 77 here. Great cars for a lot of kids, except for not having AC TIL 67. Camping (minus Mom), with the help of a bumper hitch. Car topping a row or sailboat. I survived being hit by a 1973 Buick Rivera, doing 60 while I sat at a red light. I drove home with a big dent in my tailgate, and a sore neck. He broke his motor mounts. Would get a 1970 if I could find one without rust. (Still have an AM/FM. They only made the radio for 2 years)
D D speed shop has made 55 56 57 4 door cars jump in price by showing how easy it is to make a 2 door now . And the shoe stranger things has made 67 68 4 door hard tops jump like a rocket in price
When my dad exited the Army after Vietnam, he bought an American Motors Rebel SST Wagon through the Military PX. It was a "Screamer" as well as a luxury car...
My buddy’s dad was an AMC salesman, drove a 71 wagon with a 401 inch engine. He had no problem getting on the throttle, when we borrowed it, he would always say ( don’t baby , just don’t get caught).
@jamesbowen2105 had a older man we mowed his lawn when I was very young he had the coolest wagon it was a AMC somewhere around a 65 the super cool part was the entire roof from the back of the car to the back of the front seat rolled forward to make a Ranchero type of truck. Sadly he saved it and gave it to his granddaughter about 2012 and he asshat never do anything boyfriend drove it like a Enduro race car because he had never had a car of any kind destroyed it . I tried to buy the car but they wouldn't sell it turned out he didn't have a license at all and her mother didn't know that he was driving her car on her expired tags and insurance . He was just a looser and lier on dope and didn't spend much time in jail after all that happened
Being that I was a teenager back in the 80s some of my friends drove those big wagons from the 70s. I guess you could say they were hand me down cars that had right at or well over 100,000 miles by the time they got their hands on them. The thing is those monsters were really good cars. They were built like tanks and with the big block engines they could do burnouts. One of my friends had a 1977 Ford LTD wagon with the 460 and you would be surprised how quick that beast was.
@@michaelfreeman1964 I love the old classic American wagons, but am currently driving a Volvo XC-70 with the 3.2 I-6 rated at 235 HP. Sure, it's not super fast, but I'm an old fart now and it gets the job done. Cheers!
I had a caprice, a former police car with the same engine, with the same 4 speed automatic a limited slip differential, and yes, it was fast. It was similar to the impala SS. Mine was a 1992. It was great.
There is a very important wagon that most people aren't aware of that you didn't mention! In 1970 olds built two 442 wagons. Out of a total production number of 3100 442's, two of them were factory built 442 wagons.
My father's dealership sold two 1970 sport satellite 440 4 speed wagons to two brothers in Ridgefield Connecticut. And my mother had a 1970 purple 440 automatic Fury wagon .
De Ja Vue all over again. We had a 1970 Buick Estate Wagon and it's a surprise to see it on your list. And yes, it was certainly in the top 5 ever made. It had a 455 with a HUGE Rochester 4 barrel "toilet" for a carburetor. That huge heavy car would "light them up" with no effort. She was GM's top of the line luxury wagon, as Cadillac didn't make one. In fact, Dad ordered a Cadillac wagon and this is what came. Cadillac took the order and Dad thought it was going to be a Caddy, but fell in love with this car instantly. A gorgeous car in Bamboo Yellow, Huge luggage rack, mag wheels, (unheard of on a wagon) Bamboo leather interior with matching wood grain trim, with wood grain sides and it sat 9 people. And with 5 kids and a grandma, we almost filled that land yacht right up. What was cool about it is it had a twin function tailgate. It would open down like a normal tailgate, or open like a giant door, and a piece of the rear bumper would open with it making the bumper a step to get in. If you look really close at the rear bumper in the video, you can see the cut out. Really cool. To this day, I've never seen anything like that. Those rims on your parking lot example, didn't come with the car. It came with the very popular Buick mag wheels with blacked out chrome spoke center dishes with a huge center chrome cap and chrome trim rings, which are shown in your 2nd example and your cover photo. She was so big, from the very back seat, which faced rear, it looked like a hearse inside. HUGE. Like all cars from that era, it did have its rust problems.
@@Nunofurdambiznez It means I've seen this before, all over again. Which is true because I had just seen one on the street. WTF? Is that your total contribution to humanity? F off. What's next, are you going to check my grammar?
One of my High School buddy's parents had an '72 Olds Vista Cruiser with a 455. They kept it into the 80's and we got to tinker with it. When an '84 Mustang GT gets smoked by a 'woody wagon' the feeling is amazing.
My Aunt had (and Cousin still has it), a 1972 Pontiac Tempest wagon with the GTO front end, rally's and all. It has a 455 and does long, smoky burnouts. I have video of my Brother and I driving it to the gas station, filling it up and driving around San Jose, CA. in it, before returning to my Aunt's. Video is circa late 90's. The car is yellow with tan interior and was in great condition.
The super rare 1970 Dodge Monaco wagon 383 440 also offered with the HD 727 transmission and sure grip differential... Try to find one of those... I found one dragged home. All Monaco's from 69-73 were Big blocks only. 383 440 and 72-73 they were 400 440 only. Although 69-71 and 70 being the rarest we're also the highest output in the muscle car era... Having the same running gear as the roadrunner.
Back in the 80's a friend of my dad's had a 58 chevy apache panel van that had a 348 with glasspacks and was an old Jack Daniel's delivery van that was still painted up with their logo and artwork. 14 year old me thought it was the koolest thing on 4 wheels, hell 54 year old me still does.
My mom had a '70 Pontiac Catalina back in the 70's. I used her car for the driving portion of getting my driver's license. That was in '74 i believe. It was a BEAST of a wagon but I just can't remember what it was under the hood. I think it was a 400ci v8, automatic.
In the late `60s, I had a `55 Chevy Sedan Delivery (looked like a Nomad, but without the side glass behind the door). Installed a 396 L78 (solid lifters, 4-bolt mains, 425 HP), Super T10 trans, and a 4.11 12-bolt Posi rear. Very much a sleeper, it showed it`s taillights to most challengers. I miss those days, Sunoco 260 was 38 cents a gallon....
Agree....love wagons. Don't understand the current obsession w/ 'crossovers'. Last great American muscle wagon was the Caddy CTS-V. There's a local owner of one w/ a manual 6. Those are extremely rare.
When I was a youngster my brother had a Plymouth wagon with Sonoramic long ram intake manifolds and dual quads. I did just look it up to make sure it was a factory stock option and it was! It would draw a crowd when the hood was open.
Back in the 80's my dad and I found a 1969 Mercury Marquis wagon sitting in a sealed garage of one of his customers. He had bought it new for his wife and she hated it and seldom drove it. About 3 months after it was purchased it was parked in the garage and never driven again. It had 689 original miles on it when we found it in 1982 and we bought it for $700.00. Opening the hood to take out the battery and put a charged one in I was amazed to find the air cleaner emblazoned with, "429 Cobra Jet" and it was sitting on a 4bbl, not the expected 2bbl. Turns out the guy had special ordered it and yes, he had the bucks to get that done at the factory. I loved that big old wood-sided beauty and won many, many street races with it. Twice it got creamed in accidents (rear-ended while parked both times) and put back together. I told my dad that if he ever wanted to sell it I'd buy it just for the engine but when it snapped the front universal and wrapped the driveshaft around the rear-end in heavy stop-go traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Dad let the tow yard keep it. I never forgave him for that.
We had that exact same red 1969 country squire woody wagon my folks bought new. My dad put a set of American 5 spoke mags on it. So much room to play in that thing. Great memories.
Just stumbled onto your video and reminded me of a rare one I had back in the 80s, and I sure wish I had it now. Back then, it was just a wagon to haul tools in for work that I had bought for $300. It was a 1970 9-passenger Plymouth Sport Fury wagon. It had a 383 in it, though I was told the original engine was a 440. It had the fold-down headlights like the Sport Furies did at that time. I have never run into another one. Must be rather rare too.
You left off the rarest muscle wagon. In 1957 Ford built a McCulloch VS-57 supercharged 312 F-Code engine in the country squire--and it was offered with either a manual or automatic, and you could get the woody side panels. The F-Code had two options, 300hp or 340hp. In 1957, 300 hp was unheard of in a family car. There is a great video of one such survivor on RUclips.
My mom had a 1970 Plymouth Belvedere Wagon it was the same blue as the first Super Bee 🐝 you showed! It had a 383 3 speed automatic, , which I drove as my first car my junior year in high school! I loved that car and even installed a custom stereo system with 8 track player and speakers built into the rear bed I could lift up and blast music out the back at parties! I had great fun in that old wagon especially at the drive in!!
Hi ,I owned a special ordered 1967 dodge coronet wagon. I bought it from my next door neighbor back in the late 1970's .Seems his brother in-law ordered it from Dodge it had a 440 cu engine with a 4 barrel carb and posi rear end with an automatic trsnsmission. He would race it at New England dragway on the week ends and wife would drive it the rest of the week . Wow! Was it super fast too. Miss that one.
My aunt {dads sister} had a '71 Country Squire with the 400C & my great aunt {moms aunt} had a '73 Caprice Estate Wagon 454, I loved riding in both of them as a kid especially in the rear where you faced backwards ✌💖☮
In 1978, I bought a 1966 red Ford Country Sedan station wagon for $750 from money earned from my paper route. I was very surprised to find a 4 barrel Holly carburetor sitting atop the 352 c.i. engine. I was a senior in high school and was actually ridiculed until I fired her up and revved up the engine! That was one car I really wanted to keep!
When I was 16 my neighbor passed away and his wife wanted to sell his wagon. A 1968 chevelle Malibu 427 4sp with factory tail hitch. It turns out it was a COPO car. He asked the dealership for the most HP engine offering lots of tourqe. Midnight Blue I was in love. I mowed their grass for years so she sold it for 1000.00 to take care of the funeral. I got married years later and sold it and wish I could have it back 😢
we had the 1966 version with a 327 turbo fire pois 4 speed tach it was a 2 door wagon I was none to happy when my dad sold it for 4 pigs . it had 411 gear supper fun street racer make people laugh the way it launched ,
My parents had a 1968 Satellite wagon with the 383. It was an automatic. They had it (though weren't driving it) when I was born but got rid of it by 1986 when I was just a wee lad.
Nice video! One wagon not mentioned was the Oldsmobile 'Vista Cruiser'. It was unique, with an extra set of glass mounted in the roof. (giving passengers a 'vista') It was available with the Oldsmobile 455 engine, which was unique to Oldsmobile. It offered 390 horsepower and 500 ft-lbs of torque. A friend's father had one. It was obscenely fast, especially given that it was a full fledged land yacht,. P.S. Back then, each GM company produced their own, unique engine (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac) Each had a unique bore/stroke, heads, distributor location, etc,
That was the one main one i didn't include I wanted to keep it at 5 wagons but with all the comments here next time I will just make it 6 and include the extra vehicle!
@@rarecars3336 Thanks for the reply. As relates to customs, my Dad bought a custom order, 1964 Pontiac station wagon with a 4 speed. It had a V-8, but I think it was smaller than the 389. The car turned out to be a lemon with so many issues that Dad got rid of it within ~5 months and bought a 1965 Mercury Comet station wagon (automatic) with the venerable 289. It remained reliable for a quarter million miles, which for cars back then was pretty amazing.
The 1960's Chrysler Town and Country (New Yorker) wagons could be considered. They had the 413 and 440 V-8's, were powerful, and among the best equipped and styled wagons of all.
A friend of mine has a 1969 Dodge Coronet wagon that is a factory Hemi/4-speed car. It even has the factory magnesium wheels that were supposed to have been recalled and replaced. As you pointed out, the official factory line was certain options were not available in station wagons, if you knew a salesman that knew their way around the order book you could get some really interesting options built into a car.
I think you might have missed one. Back in 1970-71, my dad almost bought a 428 4-speed '69 Catalina wagon. It was dark green and looked super cool with the 428 badges on the doglegs. He wound up buying a Monaco with a base 383, no doubt a better car, but boy was that Pontiac cool to look at. And I can't imagine they made many. The car was seen around the town next to ours for a few years later.
You overlooked the Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire, some of which had the Avanti spec "Jet Thrust" R1 or the "Jet Thrust Supercharged" R2 engines. At least one '63 left the factory with the R2 and four-speed.
When I got my drivers license in 1976 our family ride was a 1972 Chrysler Town & Country with the 440. With 6 kids and a camp trailer it was great for road trips. The first time I drove it to school by myself it was raining, I was turning left on a very busy street right in front of the high school and when the light turned yellow I couldn't turn because a city bus was sliding on the slick pavement coming toward me. Then the light turned red and I did what any nervous new driver does, I punched it, the backend came around and I was facing the cars to my left! Boy did I feel like an idiot!! I had to back up in the middle of the intersection and get back in the right lane while two lanes of traffic each way waited for me. That car was real big and real fast.
Glad to have grown up during this era of the best cars and 2 stroke street bikes.
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It should be noted that Ford Country Squire and Mercury wagons offered the 300-320 HP 390 cubic inch FE big block engine from 1961 to 1971. These very common engines were powerful, smooth, reliable and performed quite well.
A dealership in Arizona, owned by Loren Peterson, had a set up similar to what Yenko had in Pennsylvania... Colony Parks could be got with 429's. As could the first year(72) of the Lincoln Mark IV...
My folks had a 66 County Squire with a 428 Police Interceper, 365 hp. When I turned 16 that was my hand me down. That was one fast wagon! Learned alot of things in that boat. Good times!
Station wagons have been an obsession of mine since the 1980s. Just as I have Smokey and the Bandit and Knight Rider to blame for my love of 2nd and 3rd generation Trans Ams, I have Ghostbusters to blame for my love of station wagons. If I had to have one modern car, it would be a 6 speed manual Cadillac CTS-V Wagon. From the days of real wood body wagons to now, fast or slow, I love wagons.
My neighbor had a 71 Satellite Sebring wagon 383 4 speed posi rear end it was orange with wood grain sides Rally wheels high back split bench seats it's somewhere around Rochester Michigan last time I seen it I'd love to find it
That totally sucks. I've had mine for 12 years, rebuilt the engine put a brand new transmission in her. And everything from front to back has been replaced with Factory OEM. Still cheaper than a new one, and drives like it's new
I worked in a C/P dealership in the early '70s. A friend of the owner wanted a Road Runner station wagon for his drilling mud company with a red body and white roof. The colors were no problem, but a station wagon Road Runner was. Eventually a Satellite Sebring wagon with a 440 ci motor, 4 speed transmission and a 9 1/4" limited slip differential was special ordered. It took 12 weeks, but the car was finally delivered one evening after the shop had closed. It was placed over a twin post lift for early PDI. The janitor accidentally activated the lift and turned the car on its side.
In 1968 my dad factory ordered a 1968 Chrysler town and country station wagon 440 magnum automatic it was a police car in station wagon trim it would do 120 miles an hour all day long and I still have the time slips for 15 second quarter miles it was a beast the problem is it only got 10 miles to the gallon in a 1974 when gas went way up he traded it in he went back to dealer to get it back next day and it was gone
Growing up in the 60s and 70s here in Australia one of the best cars we had was a 1968 VE Valiant Regal Safari wagon with a Slant six and a Sludgermatic tranny. We travelled everywhere in that thing and the drivetrain was absolutely bulletproof. Even nowadays I would sooner a traditional old time wagon over modern day SUVs. Wagons always had great amounts of room and at least had some style unlike the overpriced overly complicated rocket SUVs. Great video thanks so much for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My 1st. car was a 1973 Dodge Polara Custom Wagon ( B-Body) with the full Police Pkg. 440 4bbl, 727 Torque-Flite, and oddly enough, had the venerable Dana 60 with a locker and 4.11:1 gears from the factory. While normally they would have been equipped with the Chrysler 8 3/4, this car came documented with the Dana 60, which was usually reserved for Hemi cars only in the B-Body family. But somehow this dark metallic green wagon came from the factory like this, as evidenced by the build sheet. My buddy's dad sold (Gave??) it to me for a paltry $100.00. It only had 38k on the odometer, and at the time I got it from him it was only 13 years old and in excellent shape. After some internal engine goodies... ( cam, lifters, valve springs, pistons & rings to raise the compression ratio, and some serious port work on the heads), this B-Body behemoth consistently ran high 11's in the 1/4, and was a serious street contender against the gaggles of Chevelle's, Nova's, and other miscellaneous muscle cars running around the Baltimore, Md street scene. It earned the nickname of "The Green Manalishi" ( After the Judas Priest song of the same name) because as a friend so eloquently put it.... "It sounded like the bowels of Hell had opened up when it went wide open throttle". Sadly, the body met an untimely demise while parked when a drunken Tow Truck driver slammed into the side of it at about 40 m.p.h. utterly tearing the whole driver's side damned near off the car, twisting it beyond feasible repair. He went to jail, due to the DWI, and the fact that his tags & insurance were no good, and his license were suspended at the time for a prior DWI, which left me holding the bag on the damages with no compensation. I stripped it of all the goodies....and junked the poor mangled body, and the engine, transmission and rearend (after having it narrowed to fit) went into my next Mopar, which was a 1973 Plymouth Duster, which with this combo, ran 10.70's all day long at 75/80 Dragway and 10.60's at Capitol Raceway. I still miss that wagon, and would love to find a clean rust free example to duplicate it in 2024.
@@johneckert1365 I may have botched body class designation. I believe that you may be correct that it was built on the C body platform. I may have been having Mopar body class confusion, but it was most definitely a 1973 Polara custom wagon. Good catch on my screw up on it being a B body. My excuse? I have become more of a GM guy over the years I started out with Chryslers LOL
@Impalaman1968 I bet it was an awesome car! And wow, a Dana 60 for a big Ole C-body must be rare as ever! I used to run alot of demo derbies, and preferred Chrysler C-bodies. My first derby car was a 72 Dodge Polara 4 door, God what an ugly car 🤮. Next was a 74 Dodge Monaco wagon, like the Blues Brothers car but in wagon form. Many more Newports, New Yorkers, Gran Fury, etc...
My family had a yellow 1971 LTD Country Squire, 400 CI for five kids, parents, two CLE to south FL 1,500 mi. each way road trips that were horrible, but some of our favorite memories. 1971 not as cool as the 1967-1970 ones and not as fast. My dad's best car was his blue 1963 1/2 Galaxy 500 with that great back window. Not a rare care but a memorable one. Keep making great videos.
After Dad bought a new 68 Ford Torino, the older family 1958 Ford Country Squire "Woody On White" (WOW) became the middle of the tug-of-war between big Sis and I, the new young drivers - in high school. The WOW had the red-white interior, Cruise-o-matic tranny, PS, PB, AM/FM radio, clock, fender skirts, Ford-Aire suspension, dual exhaust tips, and that sweet Interceptor 352 cu in Police Special - with 4 BBL carb. Sunoco gas was like .29 cents/gal then so who cared? Wide bench seat in front, and I'd fold both back seat rows down flat on weekend "date nights". I detailed every square inch of that car - in, out, and under the hood - once a week, plus simonized. Went away in the Marines, and came home on leave almost a year later, lookin forward to the WOW - - but a week before I got home a rod went thru the oil pan with my little Sis behind the wheel at the time!! I wuz crushed.
My Dad had this idea of my Mom cruising down the highway at 150mph. He built a 454 and made a few adjustments to the transmission and rear end. You had a blast for 200 miles at a time,that thing drank some gas.
My father had a 1969 Plymouth Fury wagon with the 383 and an automatic. He bought it used in ‘77 and turned it into his first work truck after he retired and started his handyman business. First time I ever crossed into triple digits on the highway was in that car, and the front end was light because Dad had all his tools and so forth in the back. Man, that front end would just float across the road at speed and I was 17 and invincible! I’m still shocked I survived my youth. 🤕
Thanks for the video, and it brought back quite a few memories. The last wagon we had we had was a 1970 Chevy, but it only had the base 350. The fastest one we had was a rusty late sixties Coronet with a 440, and we used to joke that it would blow the doors off of almost anything but the gas station.
I personally like the 73 laguna wagon better than the ss. Same options but looked 100% better with the rubber/plastic front clip hiding that giant bumper.
A buddy had a 76 Laguna. I remember we would marvel at the horrendously tall rear gear it had. It did the 1-2 auto upshift at 60mph, and the 2-3 upshift was at 100! If it wasn't flat and level you'd lose speed and it would kick back down into 2nd. I think we saw like 110 indicated once. 😂😂 Seemed pretty tall compared to most of the smogger pigs of the era.
My old man had a 69 Malibu wagon with a 396. He would put slicks on the back and and it would pull the left front tire a good 6 inches. He didn't keep it long because it had a solid cam that was pretty rowdy and a big Holley
The ONE Country Squire wagon with 428 and 4-speed was a 1967 model, and last time I heard, it belonged to Mr. Adrian Clements. The car was ordered from the factory and was authorized by mr. Lee Iacocca himself. Ford did not offer a 4-speed in their big wagons, so the original buyer contacted Ford's front office and Mr. Iacocca bade the production line, 'Make it so." Bucket seats, console, 4-speed, most of the power toys, and AFAIK it still runs today.
In the middle 1970’s I was working weekends at a Sunoco station during college. We had one customer who came in with a 1970 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon he ordered special with the 350/350 hp corvette engine and TH400. I think that was a great combination for his car. We also had one customer with a 1970 Chrysler Town & Country wagon he ordered special with the 440 magnum engine. It was definitely a beast.
The Country Squire was introduced LONG before it was an answer to the Malibu SS. It goes back to the early 50s. You missed one of the rarest wagons. The 1971 Ford Torino with the factory 429 Cobra Jet. 7 were built. The engine was only an RPO during the last 4 to 6 weeks of production. People do not know this, but Ford offered the 351W in the 79-87 Ford Colony Park and full sized Ford wagons as an RPO. The engine was available via special order on wagons with the Police Package. I have seen one 89 Crown Victoria L wagon with the 351. It started life as a Coroner's Wagon in Ohio. On the highway, fuel economy was beyond belief, sitting at 35 miles to the US gallon. That 438/4 speed wagon was authorized for production by Lee Iacocca. Without that the dealer would not process the order.
My dad had a 1967 Ford Country Squire wagon with the 428 (7 liter). It was black with red interior with a shaker hood and a hood mounted tach. It looked like a racing Hearst.
A car you should have included in this video is a 1957 Plymouth custom suburban with push button automatic and hemi. I just thought I would throw that out there I like your video.
A friend of mine's mom had a mid sixties Chevrolet wagon with a big bock 396, 375 HP. He used to sneak it out of the garage and we would go over to Alton Dragway in Missouri to race it. He actually won a couple of trophies.
In the summer of 1964 or there abouts, my father bought a 1965 Chevy Impala wagon. It had been a special order but the guy backed out. The car was white, with that weird bluish interior. It had a 409 c.i. V-8 with a 4 barrel carb, positraction, 4 speed manual transmission and a very heavy duty clutch. If dad kicked you with his left leg, you were dead. 1st gear was a granny gear. Dad generally shifted 1st, 3d and 4th or 2d and 4th. It had the crossed flags emblem with 409 on each front fender. Dad drove brother and I to boarding school and the car was a hit. Dad was Mr. 1960's business man with his tweed jacket and narrow tie. One time at traffic light on a 4 lane road, the KID in his new GTO pulled up next to Dad. The KID saw the crossed flags and the 409 and gave dad that look.The light turned green and dad blew his doors off. He was making fun of my tie, dad explained.
Grew up in the sixties going on family vacations in Country Squire wagons with big V8s. With the wood paneling on the sides. Main thing I remember is they were smooth and fast. It had under the dash factory air that wouldn't reach the third row seats in the back. Frozen kneecaps in the front, and heat stroke in the rear. A real life Family Truckster. Loved them.
When I was a kid, a ride in ANY station wagon was a treat. Even the cheapo wagons with nothing behind the seats but a flat deck. Roll down the back window and we were set to go!
What color was it?? Ours was dark Green. My Dad owned it for around 6 years and sold it to me when I was 21. Four years later, Mother Nature decided it was time for me to drive something else. Heavy rains created heavy flooding and the flooding created some sinkholes. One of those holes swallowed 10 cars and a big section of the parking lot with them. The Olds was in the middle of the pack and it looked like it had already been put in a Crusher when they brought it back out......a week later. Fun while it lasted, though. If I'm ever given the opportunity, if I can afford it, I'd own another one. Even with today's gas prices, I'd own another one. 👍
@@neolithicnobody8184 Ours was beige with the fake wood panels down the sides. Electric windows and the rear door did the whole total disappearing thing. The rear window went up into the roof and the tail gate disappeared down into the body. It was great at the drive in. Back it into the parking place and open that back up. Gas? Yeah. It was 50 cents a gallon then, but I could burn a tank up a night.
My first car was a hand medown from my dad. I drove a 1973 Pontiac Lamans wagon with a 350 it had a four barrel carb, and i used it to drag race for cases of beer. Very fond memories of that car.
Never underestimate the potential of the 1966 Impala wagon with 283 2V carb and powerglide transmission! All four of dad's boys learned to drive in this walrus. Perfect starter car that couldn't get you in trouble...until we found out how much harder it would launch when putting it in neutral, hold the gas pedal to the floor and gently ram the shift lever into "L". Nothing would beat it from 0-12 mph! The Impala's powerglide finally laid down during a family road trip one weekend.
Looking it up, there's a "Photo Feature" in _Collectible Automobile_ magazine, it's here somewhere. a yellow '66 Impala wagon with the 427-four-speed and every imaginable (and a few unimaginable) performance, dress-up, convenience, and luxury option that stayed with the original owner for years, including a stint on loan to a Catholic school where the Mother Superior is reported to have thoroughly enjoyed driving it.
Chevy did not offer a three speed automatic in 1957. The only available automatic was the two speed Powerglide.
You are correct that is my misspeak - I will pin this comment so everyone can see the correction
Good call!
That's wrong new for 1957 chevy had the 3 speed turbo glide automatic transmission I'm not sure what they came in but they were available, I work in a transmission shop I've worked on them in there original cars
@@rarecars3336 Nothing wrong with an error. We all learn, and you showcase it. One of the reasons I love your channel.
Made me think of Miss Mona Lisa vito in my cousin vinny
The 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser wagon with a high compression, 4-barrel 455 engine that came with high performance 442 W-30 exhaust manifolds. For several years, the Vista Cruiser wagons all got 442 W-30 exhaust manifolds on both 400 and 455 engines. The 1958 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Safari, 4-door Custom Station Wagon was available with three 2 barrel carburetors or fuel injection.
My parents had a 68" Olds 442 when I was a very little kid and it must of made an impression because I love the look of 68/69 442's. However, a family up the street had a Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser ...coolest wagon with the unique windows on the roof. Would be happy with either one in the garage.
My dad had a 70 Vista Cruiser with the 455. Also had the F41 suspension. So basically was a 442 wagon!
I had a 1972 Vista Cruiser with the same package. Awesome ride!!! At the time, I worked long hours as a Machinist next to an airport runway. Sometimes I'd sleep in the wagon and drift off watching everything up above through the upper windows. Stormy and rainy nights were cool, too. It was the most SOLID car I ever owned. I mean, this thing was a Tank, that solid. The only hood I could not buckle under my weight, even by jumping on it, and big enough to sprawl out and lay back. I'm a big man, well over 6' tall and over 300 pounds, and this car had COMFORT written all over it. 👍
Absolutely! I was shuttled to school in one of these and when we turned16, this would shame many "fastcars".
My dad bought a Vista Cruiser with the 400. We traveled from Michigan and Arkansas back in the 70s . Lol, he was pulled over by a cop after a airplane had reported our speed. No ticket but one good ass chewing. We kids loved it for the tinted sky windows and the back seat. Been a many fights for that backseat.😅😅😅😅😅
Few years ago , picked up a 71 Vista,, one owner with 455. Blue with the fake wood grain sides, 45000 miles on it for $2500. Did a little work on it, repainted it and sold it for $24000.
WOW
Grew up in the back seat of a '66 Ford Wagon seeing the country go pat backwards!!! Great memories!!
My Dad Had Ford 1961, 65 & 68 Country Sedan Wagons, he was not a Fan of the Wood Paneling!
Conceived in the back seat too?
54, 61, 65,67,2-70’s & 77 here. Great cars for a lot of kids, except for not having AC TIL 67. Camping (minus Mom), with the help of a bumper hitch. Car topping a row or sailboat. I survived being hit by a 1973 Buick Rivera, doing 60 while I sat at a red light. I drove home with a big dent in my tailgate, and a sore neck. He broke his motor mounts. Would get a 1970 if I could find one without rust. (Still have an AM/FM. They only made the radio for 2 years)
Back in the day, you couldn't give a station wagon away. They are very popular now.
Like with any 4 door...family man
@@JTA1961 4 doors are next!
Actually I find certain cars look better in 4 doors!
Put me in the group that looks at wagons in a different light now.
D D speed shop has made 55 56 57 4 door cars jump in price by showing how easy it is to make a 2 door now . And the shoe stranger things has made 67 68 4 door hard tops jump like a rocket in price
I grew up as a kid in the 70s and I remember demolition derby at the Joey Chitwood car show and there was a lot of wagons getting destroyed
When my dad exited the Army after Vietnam, he bought an American Motors Rebel SST Wagon through the Military PX.
It was a "Screamer" as well as a luxury car...
My buddy’s dad was an AMC salesman, drove a 71 wagon with a 401 inch engine. He had no problem getting on the throttle, when we borrowed it, he would always say ( don’t baby , just don’t get caught).
@jamesbowen2105 had a older man we mowed his lawn when I was very young he had the coolest wagon it was a AMC somewhere around a 65 the super cool part was the entire roof from the back of the car to the back of the front seat rolled forward to make a Ranchero type of truck. Sadly he saved it and gave it to his granddaughter about 2012 and he asshat never do anything boyfriend drove it like a Enduro race car because he had never had a car of any kind destroyed it . I tried to buy the car but they wouldn't sell it turned out he didn't have a license at all and her mother didn't know that he was driving her car on her expired tags and insurance . He was just a looser and lier on dope and didn't spend much time in jail after all that happened
Sounds like a true American 👍
I remember my father had a 1971 AMC Matador wagon with a large V8 that had a lot of power.
@@stocksj Those were unstoppable!
I sold Oldsmobiles from 1990 to the end in 2004. It took me 32 years to find a 1991 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Long Roof indeed!
Expected to see the 455 ci Vista Cruiser, but I love the wagons that were included. 👍
Being that I was a teenager back in the 80s some of my friends drove those big wagons from the 70s. I guess you could say they were hand me down cars that had right at or well over 100,000 miles by the time they got their hands on them. The thing is those monsters were really good cars. They were built like tanks and with the big block engines they could do burnouts. One of my friends had a 1977 Ford LTD wagon with the 460 and you would be surprised how quick that beast was.
I would be surprised with around 200 HP.
@@michaelfreeman1964 I love the old classic American wagons, but am currently driving a Volvo XC-70 with the 3.2 I-6 rated at 235 HP. Sure, it's not super fast, but I'm an old fart now and it gets the job done. Cheers!
You forgot the Buick Roadmaster Wagon in the late 1990s with the 350 LT1 Corvette engine. That was a FAST car.
I had a caprice, a former police car with the same engine, with the same 4 speed automatic a limited slip differential, and yes, it was fast. It was similar to the impala SS. Mine was a 1992. It was great.
There were a few with the LT4 engine in 1996, Ive seen one but I'm not sure it was factory . stock
Not from the Corvette. It had iron heads.
It was just a rebadged Chevy Caprice station wagon.
Vettes had aluminum heads, Caprice/Fleetwood/Roadmaster had Iron heads.
There is a very important wagon that most people aren't aware of that you didn't mention! In 1970 olds built two 442 wagons. Out of a total production number of 3100 442's, two of them were factory built 442 wagons.
My father's dealership sold two 1970 sport satellite 440 4 speed wagons to two brothers in Ridgefield Connecticut. And my mother had a 1970 purple 440 automatic Fury wagon .
De Ja Vue all over again. We had a 1970 Buick Estate Wagon and it's a surprise to see it on your list. And yes, it was certainly in the top 5 ever made. It had a 455 with a HUGE Rochester 4 barrel "toilet" for a carburetor. That huge heavy car would "light them up" with no effort. She was GM's top of the line luxury wagon, as Cadillac didn't make one. In fact, Dad ordered a Cadillac wagon and this is what came. Cadillac took the order and Dad thought it was going to be a Caddy, but fell in love with this car instantly. A gorgeous car in Bamboo Yellow, Huge luggage rack, mag wheels, (unheard of on a wagon) Bamboo leather interior with matching wood grain trim, with wood grain sides and it sat 9 people. And with 5 kids and a grandma, we almost filled that land yacht right up. What was cool about it is it had a twin function tailgate. It would open down like a normal tailgate, or open like a giant door, and a piece of the rear bumper would open with it making the bumper a step to get in. If you look really close at the rear bumper in the video, you can see the cut out. Really cool. To this day, I've never seen anything like that. Those rims on your parking lot example, didn't come with the car. It came with the very popular Buick mag wheels with blacked out chrome spoke center dishes with a huge center chrome cap and chrome trim rings, which are shown in your 2nd example and your cover photo. She was so big, from the very back seat, which faced rear, it looked like a hearse inside. HUGE. Like all cars from that era, it did have its rust problems.
That's what "de ja vue" means.. all over again.. so you're needlessly repeating yourself when you say "De Ja Vue all over again."
@@Nunofurdambiznez It means I've seen this before, all over again. Which is true because I had just seen one on the street. WTF? Is that your total contribution to humanity? F off. What's next, are you going to check my grammar?
Had some good times in the 383 Mag Wag. Puke green and all.
One of my High School buddy's parents had an '72 Olds Vista Cruiser with a 455. They kept it into the 80's and we got to tinker with it. When an '84 Mustang GT gets smoked by a 'woody wagon' the feeling is amazing.
My Aunt had (and Cousin still has it), a 1972 Pontiac Tempest wagon with the GTO front end, rally's and all. It has a 455 and does long, smoky burnouts. I have video of my Brother and I driving it to the gas station, filling it up and driving around San Jose, CA. in it, before returning to my Aunt's. Video is circa late 90's. The car is yellow with tan interior and was in great condition.
The super rare 1970 Dodge Monaco wagon 383 440 also offered with the HD 727 transmission and sure grip differential... Try to find one of those... I found one dragged home. All Monaco's from 69-73 were Big blocks only. 383 440 and 72-73 they were 400 440 only. Although 69-71 and 70 being the rarest we're also the highest output in the muscle car era... Having the same running gear as the roadrunner.
I have always loved a two door wagon. Especially a panel wagon.
Panel wagons always look so good!
Back in the 80's a friend of my dad's had a 58 chevy apache panel van that had a 348 with glasspacks and was an old Jack Daniel's delivery van that was still painted up with their logo and artwork. 14 year old me thought it was the koolest thing on 4 wheels, hell 54 year old me still does.
A friend had a Vega "panel wagon" (Metal in place of back glass, painted body color) with a 350 in it. While not stock, it was fun to ride in.
@@me3333Where is that wagon?
@@kevinbodman1011 I wish I knew. The last I heard he moved down to Florida about 20yrs ago
Long Live Long Roofs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grew up in a 1970 Catalina s/w.
Then, was my first car in high school.
Good times.
My mom had a '70 Pontiac Catalina back in the 70's.
I used her car for the driving portion of getting my driver's license. That was in '74 i believe. It was a BEAST of a wagon but I just can't remember what it was under the hood. I think it was a 400ci v8, automatic.
In the late `60s, I had a `55 Chevy Sedan Delivery (looked like a Nomad, but without the side glass behind the door). Installed a 396 L78 (solid lifters, 4-bolt mains, 425 HP), Super T10 trans, and a 4.11 12-bolt Posi rear. Very much a sleeper, it showed it`s taillights to most challengers. I miss those days, Sunoco 260 was 38 cents a gallon....
Agree....love wagons. Don't understand the current obsession w/ 'crossovers'. Last great American muscle wagon was the Caddy CTS-V. There's a local owner of one w/ a manual 6. Those are extremely rare.
When I was a youngster my brother had a Plymouth wagon with Sonoramic long ram intake manifolds and dual quads. I did just look it up to make sure it was a factory stock option and it was! It would draw a crowd when the hood was open.
Back in the 80's my dad and I found a 1969 Mercury Marquis wagon sitting in a sealed garage of one of his customers. He had bought it new for his wife and she hated it and seldom drove it. About 3 months after it was purchased it was parked in the garage and never driven again. It had 689 original miles on it when we found it in 1982 and we bought it for $700.00. Opening the hood to take out the battery and put a charged one in I was amazed to find the air cleaner emblazoned with, "429 Cobra Jet" and it was sitting on a 4bbl, not the expected 2bbl. Turns out the guy had special ordered it and yes, he had the bucks to get that done at the factory. I loved that big old wood-sided beauty and won many, many street races with it. Twice it got creamed in accidents (rear-ended while parked both times) and put back together. I told my dad that if he ever wanted to sell it I'd buy it just for the engine but when it snapped the front universal and wrapped the driveshaft around the rear-end in heavy stop-go traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Dad let the tow yard keep it. I never forgave him for that.
I remember the Oldmobile Cutlass (Vista Cruiser) 442 wagons from the late 60s-early 70s. They were quick, and they looked like a spaceship.
The Vista Cruiser!!! It cruises the vista, Red Foreman😂
My mom drove one back in the early 70s. I wasn’t old enough to know how cool it was, but I distinctly remember it looking like a blue spaceship 😆
We had that exact same red 1969 country squire woody wagon my folks bought new. My dad put a set of American 5 spoke mags on it. So much room to play in that thing. Great memories.
Just stumbled onto your video and reminded me of a rare one I had back in the 80s, and I sure wish I had it now. Back then, it was just a wagon to haul tools in for work that I had bought for $300. It was a 1970 9-passenger Plymouth Sport Fury wagon. It had a 383 in it, though I was told the original engine was a 440. It had the fold-down headlights like the Sport Furies did at that time. I have never run into another one. Must be rather rare too.
Great episode, I love wagons.👌👍🤘🔥
Who doesn't? The ultimate family hauler! Thanks for watching!
My Dad’s 69 Bonneville Wagon had a 428 with dual exhaust and it was fast back in the day.
Every pontiac from the aera I've ever driven was fast. The last one was a Beauville 1971 with a 455. It was a giant car, but it was still very fast.
Why did Pontiac have a Ford engine?
@@kevinmcduffie1092Pontiac made a 428. Also a 389, a 421, and a few other numbers you may not be aware of.
You left off the rarest muscle wagon. In 1957 Ford built a McCulloch VS-57 supercharged 312 F-Code engine in the country squire--and it was offered with either a manual or automatic, and you could get the woody side panels. The F-Code had two options, 300hp or 340hp. In 1957, 300 hp was unheard of in a family car. There is a great video of one such survivor on RUclips.
My mom had a 1970 Plymouth Belvedere Wagon it was the same blue as the first Super Bee 🐝 you showed! It had a 383 3 speed automatic, , which I drove as my first car my junior year in high school! I loved that car and even installed a custom stereo system with 8 track player and speakers built into the rear bed I could lift up and blast music out the back at parties! I had great fun in that old wagon especially at the drive in!!
In 1964 my Dad ordered a white Buick LeSaber wagon with the 455 “Wildcat” engine…..absolute sleeper 👍!
there were no 455 engine in 1964,first year for 455 was 1970!!
it must have been 425,they bored out 425 in 1970 to make it 455
I’m a wagon lover! These are some of my favourite ones!!
Thanks for sharing.✌🏻🇨🇦
I love American wagons, those from the 1960s and 1970s are just so stylish! Great video.
Hi ,I owned a special ordered 1967 dodge coronet wagon. I bought it from my next door neighbor back in the late 1970's .Seems his brother in-law ordered it from Dodge it had a 440 cu engine with a 4 barrel carb and posi rear end with an automatic trsnsmission. He would race it at New England dragway on the week ends and wife would drive it the rest of the week . Wow! Was it super fast too. Miss that one.
My aunt {dads sister} had a '71 Country Squire with the 400C & my great aunt {moms aunt} had a '73 Caprice Estate Wagon 454, I loved riding in both of them as a kid especially in the rear where you faced backwards ✌💖☮
In your Great Aunt's 73 Caprice wagon, the 3rd row seat faced forward, not backwards.
@@johneckert1365 yea I was referring to the Ford but I loved riding in both...I preferred the Chevy
In 1978, I bought a 1966 red Ford Country Sedan station wagon for $750 from money earned from my paper route. I was very surprised to find a 4 barrel Holly carburetor sitting atop the 352 c.i. engine. I was a senior in high school and was actually ridiculed until I fired her up and revved up the engine! That was one car I really wanted to keep!
When I was 16 my neighbor passed away and his wife wanted to sell his wagon. A 1968 chevelle Malibu 427 4sp with factory tail hitch. It turns out it was a COPO car. He asked the dealership for the most HP engine offering lots of tourqe. Midnight Blue I was in love. I mowed their grass for years so she sold it for 1000.00 to take care of the funeral. I got married years later and sold it and wish I could have it back 😢
A COPO car. YOU HAD something that was worth money. SHOULD have kept it.
Probably near 7 figures I’m guessing. - Are you two still married?
Its always better to hang on to an old car than to an old woman 😂
we had the 1966 version with a 327 turbo fire pois 4 speed tach it was a 2 door wagon I was none to happy when my dad sold it for 4 pigs . it had 411 gear supper fun street racer make people laugh the way it launched ,
COPO Station Wagon ?
Hardly !!
My parents had a 1968 Satellite wagon with the 383. It was an automatic. They had it (though weren't driving it) when I was born but got rid of it by 1986 when I was just a wee lad.
Nice video! One wagon not mentioned was the Oldsmobile 'Vista Cruiser'. It was unique, with an extra set of glass mounted in the roof. (giving passengers a 'vista')
It was available with the Oldsmobile 455 engine, which was unique to Oldsmobile. It offered 390 horsepower and 500 ft-lbs of torque.
A friend's father had one. It was obscenely fast, especially given that it was a full fledged land yacht,.
P.S. Back then, each GM company produced their own, unique engine (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac) Each had a unique bore/stroke, heads, distributor location, etc,
That was the one main one i didn't include I wanted to keep it at 5 wagons but with all the comments here next time I will just make it 6 and include the extra vehicle!
@@rarecars3336 Thanks for the reply. As relates to customs, my Dad bought a custom order, 1964 Pontiac station wagon with a 4 speed. It had a V-8, but I think it was smaller than the 389. The car turned out to be a lemon with so many issues that Dad got rid of it within ~5 months and bought a 1965 Mercury Comet station wagon (automatic) with the venerable 289. It remained reliable for a quarter million miles, which for cars back then was pretty amazing.
@gregparrott Don't forget the Vista Cruisers rare Buick "twin" cousin, the Buick Sport Wagon.
@@tomadkins2866 Interest! I never heard of Buick's counterpart to the VistaCruiser.
And the Buick counterpoint to that was called the "Sport Wagon" built on the intermediate Special/Skylark platform during the same years.
I drove a 1966 Plymouth Fury III Wagon with a factory 440 Magnum. It had A/C, electric doors and windows as well as a posi-trac rearend
The 1960's Chrysler Town and Country (New Yorker) wagons could be considered. They had the 413 and 440 V-8's, were powerful, and among the best equipped and styled wagons of all.
A friend of mine has a 1969 Dodge Coronet wagon that is a factory Hemi/4-speed car. It even has the factory magnesium wheels that were supposed to have been recalled and replaced.
As you pointed out, the official factory line was certain options were not available in station wagons, if you knew a salesman that knew their way around the order book you could get some really interesting options built into a car.
That would be one to have, love the Hemi.
I think you might have missed one. Back in 1970-71, my dad almost bought a 428 4-speed '69 Catalina wagon. It was dark green and looked super cool with the 428 badges on the doglegs.
He wound up buying a Monaco with a base 383, no doubt a better car, but boy was that Pontiac cool to look at. And I can't imagine they made many. The car was seen around the town next to ours for a few years later.
I did miss that one - I will add that to the list for a follow-up video, thanks for sharing!
You overlooked the Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire, some of which had the Avanti spec "Jet Thrust" R1 or the "Jet Thrust Supercharged" R2 engines. At least one '63 left the factory with the R2 and four-speed.
When I got my drivers license in 1976 our family ride was a 1972 Chrysler Town & Country with the 440. With 6 kids and a camp trailer it was great for road trips. The first time I drove it to school by myself it was raining, I was turning left on a very busy street right in front of the high school and when the light turned yellow I couldn't turn because a city bus was sliding on the slick pavement coming toward me. Then the light turned red and I did what any nervous new driver does, I punched it, the backend came around and I was facing the cars to my left! Boy did I feel like an idiot!! I had to back up in the middle of the intersection and get back in the right lane while two lanes of traffic each way waited for me. That car was real big and real fast.
Glad to have grown up during this era of the best cars and 2 stroke street bikes.
It should be noted that Ford Country Squire and Mercury wagons offered the 300-320 HP 390 cubic inch FE big block engine from 1961 to 1971. These very common engines were powerful, smooth, reliable and performed quite well.
A dealership in Arizona, owned by Loren Peterson, had a set up similar to what Yenko had in Pennsylvania...
Colony Parks could be got with 429's. As could the first year(72) of the Lincoln Mark IV...
The Country Squires with the 390 were sneakily quick and fast because of that smooth power delivery.
My folks had a 66 County Squire with a 428 Police Interceper, 365 hp. When I turned 16 that was my hand me down.
That was one fast wagon! Learned alot of things in that boat. Good times!
Station wagons have been an obsession of mine since the 1980s. Just as I have Smokey and the Bandit and Knight Rider to blame for my love of 2nd and 3rd generation Trans Ams, I have Ghostbusters to blame for my love of station wagons. If I had to have one modern car, it would be a 6 speed manual Cadillac CTS-V Wagon. From the days of real wood body wagons to now, fast or slow, I love wagons.
Very cool post. Definitely more rare wagons out there.😎👍
For sure I just wanted to cover 5 here because it gives decent info to cover them + lets everyone go on with their day since the videos are short!
My neighbor had a 71 Satellite Sebring wagon 383 4 speed posi rear end it was orange with wood grain sides Rally wheels high back split bench seats it's somewhere around Rochester Michigan last time I seen it I'd love to find it
My dad had a 1965 Plymouth Fury III wagon with the Commando 383. That boat would scream!
I love my 2005 Dodge Magnum wagon. RT with 340 horse, 207,000 miles
Was one of my favorite cars I owned until a 90 year old lady without a drivers license totaled it out😢
That totally sucks. I've had mine for 12 years, rebuilt the engine put a brand new transmission in her. And everything from front to back has been replaced with Factory OEM. Still cheaper than a new one, and drives like it's new
@@ToddRobin-lb5bkI have a 2007 Dodge Durango w/ Hemi deciding on whether to put money into fixing it needs a transfer case has 175k on it.
I worked in a C/P dealership in the early '70s. A friend of the owner wanted a Road Runner station wagon for his drilling mud company with a red body and white roof. The colors were no problem, but a station wagon Road Runner was. Eventually a Satellite Sebring wagon with a 440 ci motor, 4 speed transmission and a 9 1/4" limited slip differential was special ordered. It took 12 weeks, but the car was finally delivered one evening after the shop had closed. It was placed over a twin post lift for early PDI. The janitor accidentally activated the lift and turned the car on its side.
In 1968 my dad factory ordered a 1968 Chrysler town and country station wagon 440 magnum automatic it was a police car in station wagon trim it would do 120 miles an hour all day long and I still have the time slips for 15 second quarter miles it was a beast the problem is it only got 10 miles to the gallon in a 1974 when gas went way up he traded it in he went back to dealer to get it back next day and it was gone
Growing up in the 60s and 70s here in Australia one of the best cars we had was a 1968 VE Valiant Regal Safari wagon with a Slant six and a Sludgermatic tranny. We travelled everywhere in that thing and the drivetrain was absolutely bulletproof. Even nowadays I would sooner a traditional old time wagon over modern day SUVs. Wagons always had great amounts of room and at least had some style unlike the overpriced overly complicated rocket SUVs. Great video thanks so much for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My 1st. car was a 1973 Dodge Polara Custom Wagon ( B-Body) with the full Police Pkg. 440 4bbl, 727 Torque-Flite, and oddly enough, had the venerable Dana 60 with a locker and 4.11:1 gears from the factory. While normally they would have been equipped with the Chrysler 8 3/4, this car came documented with the Dana 60, which was usually reserved for Hemi cars only in the B-Body family. But somehow this dark metallic green wagon came from the factory like this, as evidenced by the build sheet.
My buddy's dad sold (Gave??) it to me for a paltry $100.00. It only had 38k on the odometer, and at the time I got it from him it was only 13 years old and in excellent shape. After some internal engine goodies... ( cam, lifters, valve springs, pistons & rings to raise the compression ratio, and some serious port work on the heads), this B-Body behemoth consistently ran high 11's in the 1/4, and was a serious street contender against the gaggles of Chevelle's, Nova's, and other miscellaneous muscle cars running around the Baltimore, Md street scene. It earned the nickname of "The Green Manalishi" ( After the Judas Priest song of the same name) because as a friend so eloquently put it.... "It sounded like the bowels of Hell had opened up when it went wide open throttle". Sadly, the body met an untimely demise while parked when a drunken Tow Truck driver slammed into the side of it at about 40 m.p.h. utterly tearing the whole driver's side damned near off the car, twisting it beyond feasible repair. He went to jail, due to the DWI, and the fact that his tags & insurance were no good, and his license were suspended at the time for a prior DWI, which left me holding the bag on the damages with no compensation.
I stripped it of all the goodies....and junked the poor mangled body, and the engine, transmission and rearend (after having it narrowed to fit) went into my next Mopar, which was a 1973 Plymouth Duster, which with this combo, ran 10.70's all day long at 75/80 Dragway and 10.60's at Capitol Raceway.
I still miss that wagon, and would love to find a clean rust free example to duplicate it in 2024.
Hold on. The 1973 Polara was a full-size car on the C-body platform. Are you sure you don't mean a Coronet?
@@johneckert1365 I may have botched body class designation. I believe that you may be correct that it was built on the C body platform. I may have been having Mopar body class confusion, but it was most definitely a 1973 Polara custom wagon. Good catch on my screw up on it being a B body. My excuse? I have become more of a GM guy over the years I started out with Chryslers LOL
@Impalaman1968 I bet it was an awesome car! And wow, a Dana 60 for a big Ole C-body must be rare as ever!
I used to run alot of demo derbies, and preferred Chrysler C-bodies. My first derby car was a 72 Dodge Polara 4 door, God what an ugly car 🤮. Next was a 74 Dodge Monaco wagon, like the Blues Brothers car but in wagon form. Many more Newports, New Yorkers, Gran Fury, etc...
I wish my family coulda kept our plymouth fury that had the 440 police interceptor motor. That thing was nuts
My family had a yellow 1971 LTD Country Squire, 400 CI for five kids, parents, two CLE to south FL 1,500 mi. each way road trips that were horrible, but some of our favorite memories. 1971 not as cool as the 1967-1970 ones and not as fast. My dad's best car was his blue 1963 1/2 Galaxy 500 with that great back window. Not a rare care but a memorable one.
Keep making great videos.
Hahah i can only imagine how bad that back seat would have been on a 1,500 mile jouney
After Dad bought a new 68 Ford Torino, the older family 1958 Ford Country Squire "Woody On White" (WOW) became the middle of the tug-of-war between big Sis and I, the new young drivers - in high school. The WOW had the red-white interior, Cruise-o-matic tranny, PS, PB, AM/FM radio, clock, fender skirts, Ford-Aire suspension, dual exhaust tips, and that sweet Interceptor 352 cu in Police Special - with 4 BBL carb. Sunoco gas was like .29 cents/gal then so who cared? Wide bench seat in front, and I'd fold both back seat rows down flat on weekend "date nights". I detailed every square inch of that car - in, out, and under the hood - once a week, plus simonized. Went away in the Marines, and came home on leave almost a year later, lookin forward to the WOW - - but a week before I got home a rod went thru the oil pan with my little Sis behind the wheel at the time!! I wuz crushed.
Ours was a 69. Country squire. Zooom
My Dad had this idea of my Mom cruising down the highway at 150mph. He built a 454 and made a few adjustments to the transmission and rear end. You had a blast for 200 miles at a time,that thing drank some gas.
Who doesn’t love a big block 4 speed wagon?! But mate, I have to say you’ve left out the rarest wagon of all… the Griswold Special 🤙
The Griswold special, how could i forget LOL
Yuck though. Smogged out 302 with an AOD behind it 🤮🤮🤮
"If you think you hate it now, just wait til you drive it." :D lol
@@bd5av8r1 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My father had a 1969 Plymouth Fury wagon with the 383 and an automatic. He bought it used in ‘77 and turned it into his first work truck after he retired and started his handyman business. First time I ever crossed into triple digits on the highway was in that car, and the front end was light because Dad had all his tools and so forth in the back. Man, that front end would just float across the road at speed and I was 17 and invincible! I’m still shocked I survived my youth. 🤕
My heart was crushed along with the Griswalds’ Olds Vista Cruiser.
I agree. That was the worse part of the movie in my opinion.
The Griswold's was a FORD Crown Victoria not an Oldsmobile.
@@johnherlan6875 The trade in was an Olds Vista Cruiser.
@@kevinkeeney6693 yes it was the ‘crushed’ car I referred to, although the ford wagon took a beating as well.
Thanks for the video, and it brought back quite a few memories. The last wagon we had we had was a 1970 Chevy, but it only had the base 350. The fastest one we had was a rusty late sixties Coronet with a 440, and we used to joke that it would blow the doors off of almost anything but the gas station.
I personally like the 73 laguna wagon better than the ss. Same options but looked 100% better with the rubber/plastic front clip hiding that giant bumper.
A buddy had a 76 Laguna.
I remember we would marvel at the horrendously tall rear gear it had.
It did the 1-2 auto upshift at 60mph, and the 2-3 upshift was at 100!
If it wasn't flat and level you'd lose speed and it would kick back down into 2nd. I think we saw like 110 indicated once. 😂😂
Seemed pretty tall compared to most of the smogger pigs of the era.
great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My old man had a 69 Malibu wagon with a 396. He would put slicks on the back and and it would pull the left front tire a good 6 inches. He didn't keep it long because it had a solid cam that was pretty rowdy and a big Holley
Your old man sounds like a bad*ss, that had to have been a riot to drive
I remember have a loaner car from the dealer down the street... a 70 or 71 Ford Torino Wagon.... my brothers burnt the right rear tire off.
Cool video - Thanks!
ALL OF THEM WOULD MAKE GREAT DAILY DRIVERS AND FAMILY HAULERS!!!
You for got my 1964, 413cid 4 speed Polars wagon.
The host of Barn Find Hunter, on the Hagerty channel, is the owner of that lone 428 4-speed Country Squire.
I actually did not know that - I have binged a few episodes of his show I will admit
@@rarecars3336 Episode 13 from 7 years ago is the one to watch.
Tom sold it a few years ago.
@@rarecars3336the video includes a clip of him when he bought the car.
I could be wrong, but I swear I saw it listed by a dealer in Madras, Oregon a year or two ago....
Saw the 1 of 1 Country squire side oiler 4 speed wagon at the corvette and muscle car nationals a few times.
A family I knew had a 440 mopar wagon wanted a hemi couldn't get it. Bought a sedan w/hemi and had his shop swap them.
The ONE Country Squire wagon with 428 and 4-speed was a 1967 model, and last time I heard, it belonged to Mr. Adrian Clements. The car was ordered from the factory and was authorized by mr. Lee Iacocca himself. Ford did not offer a 4-speed in their big wagons, so the original buyer contacted Ford's front office and Mr. Iacocca bade the production line, 'Make it so." Bucket seats, console, 4-speed, most of the power toys, and AFAIK it still runs today.
The CTS-V wagon gives a respectful nod to those that came before.
Agreed. That, and the Dodge Magnum with a hemi, are on my want list.
Yes, I have been a wagon lover for years. I bit the bullet and purchased a rare 1 of 500 made manual CTSV wagon with 555HP. Ye haw!
@@missthrope4303 That is a SCORE! Especially with the manual! Congratulations! Hope it remains a forever car for you!
nice video, thanks
Chevrolet also offered the 427 in the Kingswood, thinking it's rarer than the 73 454 ss.
That is also a great one - may have to do a follow up video of 5 more wagons
@@rarecars3336
Long live the wagon!
Great vid!!!!!!!
i like wagons.
In the middle 1970’s I was working weekends at a Sunoco station during college. We had one customer who came in with a 1970 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon he ordered special with the 350/350 hp corvette engine and TH400. I think that was a great combination for his car. We also had one customer with a 1970 Chrysler Town & Country wagon he ordered special with the 440 magnum engine. It was definitely a beast.
Todays is not Saturday, it’s Thursday!!!
Got a video coming Saturday too :)
@@rarecars3336 Juan is right... it IS Thursday.🤣😅
10:00 Where's the link to the Barn Finds Coronet? I don't see it?
Not with that attitude
Very cool video.And man,these wagons are super popular now.
The Country Squire was introduced LONG before it was an answer to the Malibu SS. It goes back to the early 50s.
You missed one of the rarest wagons. The 1971 Ford Torino with the factory 429 Cobra Jet. 7 were built. The engine was only an RPO during the last 4 to 6 weeks of production.
People do not know this, but Ford offered the 351W in the 79-87 Ford Colony Park and full sized Ford wagons as an RPO. The engine was available via special order on wagons with the Police Package. I have seen one 89 Crown Victoria L wagon with the 351. It started life as a Coroner's Wagon in Ohio. On the highway, fuel economy was beyond belief, sitting at 35 miles to the US gallon.
That 438/4 speed wagon was authorized for production by Lee Iacocca. Without that the dealer would not process the order.
Also the 428 *and* 429 both preceded Chevy's 454..
Very nice video.
My dad had a 1967 Ford Country Squire wagon with the 428 (7 liter). It was black with red interior with a shaker hood and a hood mounted tach. It looked like a racing Hearst.
I love my 1978 Dodge Aspen Wagon with a special order 318, and a four speed. I kept it for ten years. I should have kept it.
You forgot the 455 4-speed equipped oldsmobile Vista Cruiser from the late 60s and it came with the Dual 4 Barrel option
Or the 428 HO Pontiac Wagons from 68/69
I had a 1970 LTD "woody" Station wagon. It was a beast!! Also a 1974 Torino with a 351 Cleveland, another beast.
A car you should have included in this video is a 1957 Plymouth custom suburban with push button automatic and hemi. I just thought I would throw that out there I like your video.
A friend of mine's mom had a mid sixties Chevrolet wagon with a big bock 396, 375 HP. He used to sneak it out of the garage and we would go over to Alton Dragway in Missouri to race it. He actually won a couple of trophies.
hahah that is awesome - what did it run?
Anyone else notice the distributor turning with no cap at 5:37. Even though the plug wires are ran under the air cleaner.
Many years ago i owned a Ford LTD Country Squire 1972, with a 429 Cobra Jet, and a C6automatic. Never missed power.
In the summer of 1964 or there abouts, my father bought a 1965 Chevy Impala wagon. It had been a special order but the guy backed out. The car was white, with that weird bluish interior. It had a 409 c.i. V-8 with a 4 barrel carb, positraction, 4 speed manual transmission and a very heavy duty clutch. If dad kicked you with his left leg, you were dead. 1st gear was a granny gear. Dad generally shifted 1st, 3d and 4th or 2d and 4th. It had the crossed flags emblem with 409 on each front fender. Dad drove brother and I to boarding school and the car was a hit. Dad was Mr. 1960's business man with his tweed jacket and narrow tie. One time at traffic light on a 4 lane road, the KID in his new GTO pulled up next to Dad. The KID saw the crossed flags and the 409 and gave dad that look.The light turned green and dad blew his doors off. He was making fun of my tie, dad explained.
Grew up in the sixties going on family vacations in Country Squire wagons with big V8s. With the wood paneling on the sides. Main thing I remember is they were smooth and fast. It had under the dash factory air that wouldn't reach the third row seats in the back. Frozen kneecaps in the front, and heat stroke in the rear. A real life Family Truckster. Loved them.
'74 Caprice Estate Station Wagon 454 -4 barrel...loads of power...I know, I learned to drive with it ❤️
When I was a kid, a ride in ANY station wagon was a treat. Even the cheapo wagons with nothing behind the seats but a flat deck. Roll down the back window and we were set to go!
I greatly enjoyed that video😎👍
When I was 16 we had a 72 Olds Custom Cruiser 455 4 barrel. It was a beast. Plenty of room in the back too :)
What color was it?? Ours was dark Green. My Dad owned it for around 6 years and sold it to me when I was 21. Four years later, Mother Nature decided it was time for me to drive something else. Heavy rains created heavy flooding and the flooding created some sinkholes. One of those holes swallowed 10 cars and a big section of the parking lot with them. The Olds was in the middle of the pack and it looked like it had already been put in a Crusher when they brought it back out......a week later. Fun while it lasted, though. If I'm ever given the opportunity, if I can afford it, I'd own another one. Even with today's gas prices, I'd own another one. 👍
@@neolithicnobody8184 Ours was beige with the fake wood panels down the sides. Electric windows and the rear door did the whole total disappearing thing. The rear window went up into the roof and the tail gate disappeared down into the body. It was great at the drive in. Back it into the parking place and open that back up. Gas? Yeah. It was 50 cents a gallon then, but I could burn a tank up a night.
My first car was a hand medown from my dad. I drove a 1973 Pontiac Lamans wagon with a 350 it had a four barrel carb, and i used it to drag race for cases of beer. Very fond memories of that car.
Good stuff!
Never underestimate the potential of the 1966 Impala wagon with 283 2V carb and powerglide transmission! All four of dad's boys learned to drive in this walrus. Perfect starter car that couldn't get you in trouble...until we found out how much harder it would launch when putting it in neutral, hold the gas pedal to the floor and gently ram the shift lever into "L". Nothing would beat it from 0-12 mph! The Impala's powerglide finally laid down during a family road trip one weekend.
Looking it up, there's a "Photo Feature" in _Collectible Automobile_ magazine, it's here somewhere. a yellow '66 Impala wagon with the 427-four-speed and every imaginable (and a few unimaginable) performance, dress-up, convenience, and luxury option that stayed with the original owner for years, including a stint on loan to a Catholic school where the Mother Superior is reported to have thoroughly enjoyed driving it.
I owned a 1976 Country Squire wagon with the 7.5 liter engine. I loved that big boat!