History My Favorite late 50s Family Wagons

Bruce, you need to upgrade to a Pertronix ignition! BEST thing I ever did for ALL my wagons!

 

Here's a nice rare one. My friend Ian's two door Mercury commuter wagon. I believe there are only a few in existence.

 

It is on my list Thanks Bruce.

 

To be honest, I always kinda thought station wagons other than 2-door Nomads and Safari Wagons were kinda like 4-doors (parts cars) up until a few years ago. Maybe I am getting old, or having four kids has made me view them differently, but I kinda dig wagons now and even have a 58 Nomad...

I would still like to own a 55-57 Safari someday if I tripped across a good deal.

 

ALL late 50's American wagons are my favorite late 50's wagons.

 

I love my 59 Plymouth Suburban, even if the engine is hurt right now.

 

Ramblur, you got enough wagons, to keep you busy, till the day we load you in the back of one of them.

 

One of my all time favorites, hopefully the five spokes will be considered in the spirit of more traditional five spokes or just pretend they are cragars or better yet, dont look at the wheels at all and just look at the beauty of the car itself if they offend anyone.

 

I know this is isn't late 50's but couldn't let is pass, beautifully restored 52 Buick with similar Chris Craft timber boat & local restored 1957 Buick Caballero with original bondwood caravan

 

Here's a couple I would've loved to grab, especially the '57 Stude. They were all on one property but the guy sold the property before I could get to them. They wound up going to the scrap yard! Ouch!!

 

The guy you bought your Safari from is in my club, and I almost cried when he sold Bud Meyer's Fiesta. I NEVER thought he would part with that one. My first car and entry into the club was a 57 Chevy delivery. Sure miss that one.

 

I absolutely love station wagons.....and those old ads are pretty damn cool!

 

I fixed up this '58 Dodge Custom Sierra wagon, and drove it 8,000 miles around the country on my honeymoon-

 

cant go wrong with a wagon...ever

 

My son has 2 57 versions of this car sitting in my yard! One is a CA car we are slowly building, 97 5.9 efi, 4 speed auto, 3:73 geared 8.8 w/ posi, 4 wheel disc brakes, 4 bucket seat interior, should be a great driver. The 2nd one is a parts car. Depending on what parts we will need to pull, the parts car is in better shape then most cars we have built! Hopefully the 1st one will be on the road sometime in 2015, then we will decide the fate of number 2. Gene

 

We had one of these when I was a kid, it didn't have tri-power and was dark blue but I always liked the '58 body...

010811 Vista Burger Run 403 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

010811 Vista Burger Run 405 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

Another one...

051610 All American Originals 079 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

051610 All American Originals 403 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

How 'bout a phantom '61 Chevy 2-Dr.

010111 Matt's Garage 207 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

010111 Matt's Garage 227 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

This one is actually badged as a Hudson - pretty rare...

053009 All AMC Show 019 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

053009 All AMC Show 020 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

053009 All AMC Show 003 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

Cool '60 Merc Hdtp.

042509 Doheny Wood 337 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

042509 Doheny Wood 342 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

042509 Doheny Wood 353 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

Take away the mags and this is what my first car looked like when I bought it for $750 in 1965.
Got it from an upholsterer and he had just re-done the interior in red Tuck & Roll and all new carpet including the rear deck...

031409 Goodguys OC 524 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

Another favorite of mine...

06-20-09 LA Roadster Show by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr

 

06-20-09 LA Roadster Show by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr