5000 pounds of metal (vintage wagon content inside)

Since you were at Publix did you get the Mickeys Big Mouth on the coupon?

TRoglodyte wrote: Since you were at Publix did you get the Mickeys Big Mouth on the coupon?

The Publix stop was just for the photo op. We went food shopping this past weekend.

I don't get it...

amg_rx7 wrote: I don't get it...

The Publix stop?

Sweet ride! My wife would love that bench seat...

what's a "publix"? is it some sort of a sex shop or something?

if so, that would explain why you'd stop for a photo op..

I think Publix is some sort of grocery store down south, having just bought a classic grocery getter.....

Gonna unsmog the 400? Does the AC blow snow out the vents?

Is this a "thing" for our generation, David? I've been looking at a "cruiser" too -- always an American car that I would never have glanced at in the past. Now I am slightly obsessed by the idea.

We never had such a vehicle when I was growing up -- it was always Minis, and Rabbits, and Accords for me. But there is something really appealing about an enormous domestic that I can't shake.

turbojunker wrote: I regret getting rid of my 1970 every time cruise in season rolls around

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

ZOO wrote: Is this a "thing" for our generation, David? I've been looking at a "cruiser" too -- always an American car that I would never have glanced at in the past. Now I am slightly obsessed by the idea. We never had such a vehicle when I was growing up -- it was always Minis, and Rabbits, and Accords for me. But there is something really appealing about an enormous domestic that I can't shake.

i've come to the conclusion that most of the people on this site look at owning a big ol' American boat or an actual full size pickup truck as a form of rebellion- it's like this site's version of what bacon is to the rest of the internet.. which seems strange to people like me that grew up with pretty much nothing but that kind of stuff, with the exception being the nailhead powered 30 Model A 5 window street rod that my dad had when i was a kid...

Sweet! My grandmother had a '72 Catalina sedan that had 26,000 original miles on it when she got rid of it in 1990.

Woody wrote: You know, *Smokey and the Bandit* is on AMC right now, and that car would look perfect with one of those phony Trans Am hood scoops like the cop cars in the movie.

I guess that was a Can Am thing.

ZOO wrote: Is this a "thing" for our generation, David? I've been looking at a "cruiser" too -- always an American car that I would never have glanced at in the past. Now I am slightly obsessed by the idea. We never had such a vehicle when I was growing up -- it was always Minis, and Rabbits, and Accords for me. But there is something really appealing about an enormous domestic that I can't shake.

The funny thing is these cars were surprisingly nimble, at least for a big old 70s car. They're no sports car but they're not terrible, plus they have pretty good brakes (if I remember correctly the front discs are 12" in diameter and pretty thick.)

turbojunker wrote: I regret getting rid of my 1970 every time cruise in season rolls around

That is officially the best those wheels have ever looked on anything. Hiding the majority of their features seems to really improve their looks..

I want your wagon so I can haul around my Trans Am to HPDE's when it's done.

Amazing score!

novaderrik wrote:

ZOO wrote: Is this a "thing" for our generation, David? I've been looking at a "cruiser" too -- always an American car that I would never have glanced at in the past. Now I am slightly obsessed by the idea. We never had such a vehicle when I was growing up -- it was always Minis, and Rabbits, and Accords for me. But there is something really appealing about an enormous domestic that I can't shake.

i've come to the conclusion that most of the people on this site look at owning a big ol' American boat or an actual full size pickup truck as a form of rebellion- it's like this site's version of what bacon is to the rest of the internet.. which seems strange to people like me that grew up with pretty much nothing but that kind of stuff, with the exception being the nailhead powered 30 Model A 5 window street rod that my dad had when i was a kid...

Agreed. While I lerve me some tiny, nimble FWD cars, I yearn for the day that I can decimate some kid in a turbo honda from a stoplight in a giant RWD turbo slant-6 or 440, grandma green tard-barge...on the way to the drive-in...with the girls waving as we blow by.

Until then, I'll have to settle for driving my brother's SC Sequoia every berkeleying chance I get.

David S. Wallens wrote: And I totally heart the disco red interior.

Oh, Im sorry David. The word we were looking for was "Porno". A "Porno" red interior.

At least thats how I refer to my 86 F150.

Yes you should totally rock some baby moon/dog dish hubcaps, on some white steelies. Im a big fan of white letter tires too.

I never really liked baby moons. 15" Cragars would be perfect.

yes we will also accept 15x8 and 15x10 Cragars!

I gotta say that's a clean old hog. I grew up around tat kind of iron, they were the SUV's of their time. I took my driver's license test in the Chevy version, it had the 'disappearing' tailgate.

Here's mine: (or was mine until someone offered my stoopid money for it.)

73 Impala clamshell. 454, A/C, 58,000 original miles. It had clear plastic on the seats and carpet and still had nylon bias-ply tires on it. (by the way... those are truck rallye wheels with trim rings. I think they look awesome)

In reply to curtis73:

I think they look too hard to see.

This is the one I've had my eye on:

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/3898141981.html

Wow that brings back memories. Though most of mine were later late 70's/early-to-mid 80's Olds and Buick wagons. A bit of nostalgia when I saw "The Way,Way Back" (named so after the way, way back jump seat, in which I spent most of my youth) last weekend, in which Steve Carrel drives a clam-shelled, wood-grained Buick wagon.

If I was to buy one of the wagon barges.... Here is my pick:

http://flint.craigslist.org/cto/3913262865.html

Of course, I'd do it up in the requisite 442 style....