What is this wagon?

[cuda hunter]

I was browsing the "remember when" thread here, The good ole days LINK HERE
post 1834 on page 92 posted by @3175375 and I saw this dodge station wagon that is really easy to look at.
Can yal direct me to this car and it's thread if possible?
What is this car? 1972 Dodge Monaco what? station wagon (obviously) model?
Factory wood grain?

 

[Mr C]

It is a 73 Monaco Wagon. Stock and gorgeous, just like Chrysler Corp used to make...

Of note, the 72's "reversed" the woodgrain treatment theme... dark on outside with light inserts:

 

[cuda hunter]

Funny, my least favorite C bodies back when I was younger were these 72-73 dodge monaco/polara front ends.
As I have grown in the C body world these front ends have grown to almost look the best to me. They are so different.

I'll have to keep an eye out for one of these. Perhaps my favorite station wagons

I do prefer the 72's bumper guards over the 73.

I suspect the reversal of woodgrain color scheme would look better depending upon which color it is paired to.

 

[SIPLOWGUY]

I do prefer the 72's bumper guards over the 73.

It is interesting how Chrysler got away with those "bumper guards" for 5 MPH bumpers. I remember Motor Trend said. "Chrysler proves 5 MPH bumpers need not be ugly".

 

[Carmine]

It is interesting how Chrysler got away with those "bumper guards" for 5 MPH bumpers. I remember Motor Trend said. "Chrysler proves 5 MPH bumpers need not be ugly".

The 1st iteration of the 5 mph bumpers required them to hit a flat wall without damage to mechanical or lighting systems. The rubber chunks did the job in this test.

There was later standard that used a swinging pendulum which required more creativity. That's why you saw things like the rubber lower corners on the 1978 versions of the NYB. Those were added specifically to intercept the pendulum so it wouldn't miss the bumper (and I imagine the parking lamp).

But I will agree whomever did built the dies/designed the later Mopar 5MPH bumpers was very talented. They looked far better than the park-benches attached to a lot of Ford/GM models.

The whole thing was driven by low speed insurance payouts, not safety and was later dropped.

 

[John FatFab]

Ya the hidden headlights look good. I wish the 74-77 T&Cs came with the waterfall grill and hidden headlights. I would be tempted to swap mine, but I like keeping things original as built. Same with the interiors on the 74-77 wagons, wish they had the option for the high trim seats like the imperials and such