http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/gallery.html

I remember when we had one... I used to lay down in the back and goto sleep when we went on long trips!!!

Anyone else ever have one of these awesome cars?

When I was a kid all the tv shows showed a station wagon that had a wood effect on the outside, I loved them, no idea what model they were tho :(

I like station wagons. I've had a few of them, and am always on the lookout for another.

In the 1980's, my second car was a 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser wagon.
It had the 455 Rocket V8, the moonroof, fake woody sides, and the luggage rack on top.

I loved it, my wife hated it.
The thing was fast. I could pass anything but a gas station.
(It got nine miles per gallon on a good day.)

I miss that big, beautiful green beast.

This one depicted below is nearly identical to mine, but my big rig was in better shape.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/2889000-2889999/2889137_2.jpg

The very last land-yacht ever built (that I would consider owning) was the 1996 Buick Roadmaster wagon.

It had the dimensions, the engine displacement, and all the features that made a station wagon great. Including the woody sides.


http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/1991/Buick/551/1991.buick.roadmaster.1494-E.jpg

I had a '68 Chevy wagon. Bought it for $500., was in great shape except the engine was "toast". Went to the junkyard, for another $400, got a complete '71 Chevy Chevelle that had been wrecked - hit from behind. Engine & trans were fine - a 396 cu. in. / 375 hp engine - as well as the front bucket seats & console and all fit right into that wagon with very little trouble. Within a week it was running strong. That big old wagon was quite the "sleeper". It was my daily driver for about a year. Sold it before shipping out to Germany in 1980.

I rode from north Georgia to Oregon and back in one of these Oldsmobuick station wagons. It was lime green and had the unusually "sticky" rear seat that faced the back window (that if it was lowered... pulled in the exhaust fumes).

No sir, not a pleasant memory. I dare say that I would love to beat the crap out of one of the "hell-mobiles" with a ball bat and a large rock. This would now be considered cruelty to children to have to ride in one of these nasty-ass contraptions. I also remember the bubble "sky-lights" leaking like a mother in this crap-mobile.

When we returned from this "vacation" I sat in the bathtub and cried. My mother asked me what was wrong and I replied "I'm just happy to be home"... they were tears of joy. I make it a point to fly when I vacation now, I vowed to never put anyone through this hell under my watch.

I had a '55 Plymout Plaza. I hated that thing but it was all I could afford at the time. It was pink (more a flesh color) and grey, a truely ugly color combination.

Went with the driver then :)

You people actually like those things? What the hell? :confused:

For my first vehicle, I almost became the proud owner of a 1993 (I believe) Ford Escort Station Wagon. It was my dad's company car until he got a new one and his company didn't want to keep it anymore. It was nicknamed the "Silver Bullet" (hmm...why does that sound so familiar?), but never lived up to the hype. The seats were rock hard and there was power-nothing inside. For a station wagon, it was pretty tiny.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/1997-99_Ford_Escort_wagon.jpg/250px-1997-99_Ford_Escort_wagon.jpg
Just picture it being silver.

In the 1980's, my second car was a 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser wagon.
It had the 455 Rocket V8, the moonroof, fake woody sides, and the luggage rack on top.

I loved it, my wife hated it.
The thing was fast. I could pass anything but a gas station.
(It got nine miles per gallon on a good day.)

I miss that big, beautiful green beast.

This one depicted below is nearly identical to mine, but my big rig was in better shape.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/2889000-2889999/2889137_2.jpg

LOL...I think everyone in the 70's owned this car! My boyfriend's(turned hubby) mom had this car, color and all, and this is what we used to go out in. Hey, it got you from point A to point B. But THE ONLY stationwagon I would be caught dead in is the Chrysler Magnum. That is a sharp & sleek looking wagon.

I have treasured memories as a kid and our station wagon. With four of us to wrangle, it worked really well for our family. Some of the best times were going to the drive-in movie theater and mom and dad making the back down for us to lay and watch the movie. I doubt many kids today have ever experienced that kind of quality time, and inexpensive to boot!

Aint that the truth, kimi?

We went to the old drive in on Broadway about every Friday--saw all the old monster from outer space and Dracula movies, and ate candy, popcorn, Good n Plenty and caramel apples until we were sick--we'd go in our pajamas because Dad wanted to see ALL the monster movies, one after the other, so we'd be there until 3 AM! Fun times!

And when I mention them to my kids, they say, "What's a drive-in?!"

Speaking of station wagons, my Mom had one, forget the make and model, but no way would Dad be caught dead in one of those granny-mobiles. He had a Thunderbird.

Yeah, I don't remember what model our's was, but it didn't matter. We had some fun with it, and didn't realize how much fun until later in life. I actually feel bad for young people today, because there is so much out there to be entertained with, it's an overload. I'll take my simple, honest upbringing over that anytime. Good, clean fun.