'71 T&C at Hemmings Concours, Saratoga, NY 9/29/12
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I like the T&C wagons. That's a nice one.
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Oh, who wouldn't.......? It is nice, talk about your teasers
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
oOOOOH, that is nice. Sure beats the hell out of mini-vans.
Oh Ya! Wagon's were the coolest family transporters of the 60's & 70's.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
WRONG. They were very cool, esp. the Fury wagons. There were no less that 3 in on of the neighborhooda I grew up in.
We had Mopar wagons all of the 60's & 70's with 383's or 440's. They were cool and fast. Sure beats riding (or driving) in an AMC Gremlin or a VW bug.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
No, they weren't cool. You think every kid on the block wanted to go for a ride in your moms wagon? Didnt think so. If they were cool kids would have been beating down the door for a ride. So your in high school, just turned 17, got your license, you ask a girl out on a date. Did you wanna take your moms wagon? No, you would have been embarrassed, afraid of what the girl would have thought...... You wanted the fastest, or sportiest car you could lay your paws on and that wasnt the family wagon.
Sure, we all love wagons now but back in the day, just because you may have liked them dont think everyone else did. If you were driving the family wagon you were being made fun of..........If you dont think so, then your in denial.
Sure, we all love wagons now but back in the day, just because you may have liked them dont think everyone else did. If you were driving the family wagon you were being made fun of..........If you dont think so, then your in denial.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
In fact, if you're a member of this forum, you probably own the car you were ashamed of to be in when you were a kid.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Good point Stan...
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
NOT.
Did you guys grow up on Mars or has it been just sooooo long? When I was in HS station wagons were the next best thing to sliced bread for a whole number of reasons...but there was one MAJOR reason that stood out above all, everything else was just convenient extra gravy.
Having a wagon (or being able to score your mom or dad's) automatically meant having ton's of friends...whether you even liked them or not. Before I got my own car (that is a car that had a title with my name on it) I drove my parents old SW around...a big 73' Pontiac Bonneville wagon. This page can't grow long enough for me to type about all the fun I had with that car, all the friends I had...some of which I hardly knew, but I was "that kid with the wagon". My running buddy had a friend who had a 74' Ford LTD wagon.....truth be told the kid was a dork, but EVERYBODY wanted to be his friend b/c he had a wagon. Word got around in shop classes real quick about who had a wagon. We could fit 12-13 people in the ol' Pontiac, 10 bucks would get us into the local drive in movie theater (yup, there was one still operating near my town even in those times because it was so popular on Friday nights and weekends). I didn't get my own car until after I graduated from HS. By that time most of us were disbanding...either headed off to college or getting jobs. I drove the SW into the ground before I got my first Dodge Charger.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
OK. I'm busted.
Obligatory retraction:
My first car at 16 was a 1962 Rambler Classic station wagon where the front seats flipped back flat to make a "bed" with the back seat that I took full advantage of when I went to the Drive-In...
I learned to drive in my Dad's 1969 Plymouth Suburban station wagon. I had a lot of new friends (especially girls) driving Dad's station wagon until I got my 1969 Super Bee.
And..............it was very cool to drive my Dad's station wagon when my Super Bee was broke. I didn't have much money back in the day so the Bee had to sit until payday once in a while.
And..............it was very cool to drive my Dad's station wagon when my Super Bee was broke. I didn't have much money back in the day so the Bee had to sit until payday once in a while.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
So you all went to the uncool school.... Where I grew up two doors and being fast were the only thing that mattered in cars. You didnt see many wagons at front street, did you Gary? How many at Atco on strewt night? Minimal, they became cool fo most within the past ten years.
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Old Man with a Hat
Think your missing the point my friend. The wagon's were popular, but not so much for the cool factor of being fast or having 2 doors. Being 17/18/19 yrs old and SEVERELY bucks down (I barely had 5 bucks for gas), it was a motel room on 4 wheels use for shall we say..horizontal "wrestling" matches late into the night at some secluded local. :icon_madu:
Ya reading me now?
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Thats different than being cool. Your saying you were using it to do the horizontal cha-cha. Yet in your previous post you said you had it filled with a bazillion friends........make up your mind.
You werent out picking up girls in a wagon because if you were parked next to a Camaro the girls were not getting into the wagon.
Your argument is full of holes............ move on.
You werent out picking up girls in a wagon because if you were parked next to a Camaro the girls were not getting into the wagon.
Your argument is full of holes............ move on.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
There isn't 1 person here that actually got to fourth base in their car as a teenager.
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70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Hey c'mon now don't be a hater just cause you struck OUT.
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70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
OMG, so now ur the Perry Mason of who getting laid in what and how, and who isn't. You are too funny.
O.K. Judge Judy, ya got me.....you can retire now.
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