I have a wife and 4 kids. I love them dearly, and rarely do I want to leave them home. We have the dreaded daily driver Minivan, but I'd like to have an old car/truck that we can all fit in. My question for you is: what HAMB friendly vehicle would you build/purchase if you had to haul around 6 people?
'53 Olds 98 4 dr ... Glade green, 2 coils, de-arched rears, 30'' Porters, 6.70 & 8.20 B.F. Goodrich rubber, & a set of Starfires ....
I had a '65 Coupe DeVille at one point. That thing was so cool! Sat way too low, rode like a Caddy and could haul plenty of ppl comfortably.
I like the Suburban idea... But I'm also partial to the mid-'50s to mid-'60s station wagons from various manufacturers. (it's no secret that the Fords are my favorite)
Any big old 50's to 64 4 door or wagon should fit your needs, The GM cars are Koolest IMO, some outstanding like the Buick Caballero, all good, just buy what you can afford, a suggestion, buy a finished car as the chrome/stainless bill on the old land yachts will be more than you can buy a finished car for. Good Luck, Have Fun. !
Kim has been begging for a 1959 Kingswood for years. They are super pricey. I personally dig the Mercury Commuters.
When we were young....the family cars (4 kids and two parents) included a 50ish Lincoln, 57 Plymouth wagon, 64 Citroen ID19 wagon, 60 VW Bug, 67 Plymouth Fury wagon, 61 Impala convertible, and a 64 Volvo 544. The wagons were the most comfy, especially the 67 with the 3rd seat in back. The bug was fun, my twin and I are the youngest, and we could fit in the area behind the rear seat. Later...when my wife and I had 3 kids of our own...we could get by with 2 door cars just fine. But we also had a 66 suburban for a while, it was pretty roomy. And a 58 Brookwood, when the kids were really little.
I think you're going to find almost everything these days are "pricey" including the parts you may have to put into it !
Sold my '63 BelAir wagon last year. That had plenty of room for 6, & still room to haul stuff in the back. I love big cars.
Yep, what many have already said. You either need an old suburban or a wagon. I know a guy that used to have a pretty cool 56 Buick 4-door hardtop that would have worked. Oh, wait...
I like the 54 ish suburban idea with barn doors in back. The 64 ish 9 passenger wagons you lose most of your storage capacity when you pop up that third row. The burb I feel like you could configure it a lot of different ways. Also climbing to a third row even if it’s threw the back gate in a wagon sucks. A burb would have way more head room for maneuvering
Suburbans from the era had a full width seat in back, and a 2/3 seat in the middle, so you could get to the back seat. If you removed a seat, you'd remove the center seat, then move the full seat up to the middle. Most folks probably aren't aware of how they worked...
Most of them I see don’t even have any seats in them anymore so my thinking was you could do pretty much anything you wanted. if you had the back seats on a common track and they fold forward/flat or even tuck and roll you could make a lot of room with out even having to pull them say you come across some plywood or 32 rails that need a ride home.
Vintage limo, also seen a number of those longer wheelbase 46-48 Chrysler sedans around Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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