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Post by trailboss on Aug 4, 2018 21:59:39 GMT -5
Interesting Dino, thanks! While not a station wagon, the old Suburbans really send my heart a lusting. 1955  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 22:46:04 GMT -5
My parents had a '74 Chrylser station wagon - white with faux wood panels on the side. They only kept it a few years because people kept running into it. Final straw was when somebody jumped the curb, drove across the front lawn and hit it while parked in the driveway. 1974 Chrysler Town & Country 
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 0:12:58 GMT -5
Cars were made of steel, airbag be damned, Most of us got to sit in the very back looking out the rear window while all the adults smoked with the windows up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 3:02:03 GMT -5
Plus, years ago all the chrome on the outside of the vehicles made became projectiles in a car accident, was like flying swords.
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 3:40:48 GMT -5
Plus, years ago all the chrome on the outside of the vehicles made became projectiles in a car accident, was like flying swords. Ahhhhhh, the good ole days! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 3:50:41 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery.
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 3:57:37 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery. Agreed! that's exactly what we have done in the past. Mine was a piece of tree that barber chaired and took out this old guys knee and ankle with a oak shard going through his thigh proximal to the knee. I got on scene and said to the fire guys well lets tape that to prevent movement and get him rollin code 3 I'll do vitals and secondary assessment en route. |
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Post by Wolfman on Aug 5, 2018 8:23:55 GMT -5
My ex-stepdad always owned a Chevy Caprice Wagon. He owned a flower shop and used it to transport flowers from his suppliers. One day around 1990, they seemed to all disappear. I’ve recently taken an interest in old wagons.
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 9:09:03 GMT -5
My ex-stepdad always owned a Chevy Caprice Wagon. He owned a flower shop and used it to transport flowers from his suppliers. One day around 1990, they seemed to all disappear. I’ve recently taken an interest in old wagons. Fuel economy? |
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Post by Darin on Aug 5, 2018 9:23:43 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery. Reminds me of the time I was on a MVA call and arrived to find the passenger of a van ejected and impaled on the antenna. While we able to separate them and save their life, they later died of complications from van-aerial disease.  |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 9:36:43 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery. Reminds me of the time I was on a MVA call and arrived to find the passenger of a van ejected and impaled on the antenna. While we able to separate them and save their life, they later died of complications from van-aerial disease. You lured me in and went for the knock-out! good one.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 9:52:02 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery. Reminds me of the time I was on a MVA call and arrived to find the passenger of a van ejected and impaled on the antenna. While we able to separate them and save their life, they later died of complications from van-aerial disease. You know when your up most of the night and don’t fall asleep until after 9:00am, I’m a bit slow in the morning myself👍 VAN-ARIEL disease. Might not had killed him but it sure did rect-him😜😂 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2018 11:30:24 GMT -5
My parents had a '74 Chrylser station wagon - white with faux wood panels on the side. They only kept it a few years because people kept running into it. Final straw was when somebody jumped the curb, drove across the front lawn and hit it while parked in the driveway. 1974 Chrysler Town & Country
I drive a Chevy Tahoe these days. In all fairness, it was hard to miss. 🤠 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2018 11:32:57 GMT -5
I was on a rescue back in the early 70’s, one vehicle was a ‘63 Chrysler New Yorker that used a rectangular piece of chrome to press on to honk the horn. Upon looking inside the vehicle first issue was....how can we separate that piece of chrome from the guys neck. What we did was cut the chrome and transported him to the hospital immediately, being in a hospital environment with doctors is your best bet for survival, just in case the chrome nicked a vital artery. Reminds me of the time I was on a MVA call and arrived to find the passenger of a van ejected and impaled on the antenna. While we able to separate them and save their life, they later died of complications from van-aerial disease. I give this one two groans. Worthy of Jim's Facebook page. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 11:36:05 GMT -5
I remember seeing those huge Chrysler boats on the road. Very solid build and road well....just had to keep filling the gas tank often!
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2018 11:38:50 GMT -5
Some of us are old enough to remember when that was obvious. 🕸️🗿 |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 12:00:05 GMT -5
Interesting Dino, thanks! While not a station wagon, the old Suburbans really send my heart a lusting. 1955 If I recall correctly, back then Chevy/GMC called them things a "Carryall". International Harvester called theirs "Travelall". The name "Suburban" came later, the 1980s perhaps? |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 12:03:08 GMT -5
I thought it was because folks drove them to the train station to pick up or drop off travelers and their luggage. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 12:07:25 GMT -5
I had my share:
1956 Chevrolet, 1976 Ford Pinto with the German V6 engine. Got stopped doing 99 MPH by a visibily shaken CHP officer who never thought they could do that, 1963 Land Rover 109, and the greatest ever, a 1987 Toyota Landcruiser Station Wagon.
The one I wanted is a Willy's Overland wagon:
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Post by trailboss on Aug 5, 2018 13:15:09 GMT -5
My wife’s neighbor growing up worked for years doing a full up frame restoration on a Willy’s like the one in the picture, it came out beautifully executed. He took it for a maiden test drive, and a lady T-boned him, destroying the Willy’s.
Neither one had insurance... that had to hurt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 13:57:30 GMT -5
Yes indeed, even the Buick had an old woody wagon...a real collectors item today👍👍  |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 13:58:22 GMT -5
My wife’s neighbor growing up worked for years doing a full up frame restoration on a Willy’s like the one in the picture, it came out beautifully executed. He took it for a maiden test drive, and a lady T-boned him, destroying the Willy’s. Neither one had insurance... that had to hurt.
Horrible!
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2018 14:13:54 GMT -5
Interesting Dino, thanks! While not a station wagon, the old Suburbans really send my heart a lusting. 1955 If I recall correctly, back then Chevy/GMC called them things a "Carryall". International Harvester called theirs "Travelall". The name "Suburban" came later, the 1980s perhaps? You are off by 45 years. Unusual for you. Try 1935 Carryall Suburban. |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 5, 2018 14:23:28 GMT -5
Interesting Dino, thanks! While not a station wagon, the old Suburbans really send my heart a lusting. 1955 I'm not a chevy man but this is classic beauty |
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Post by monbla256 on Aug 5, 2018 15:14:28 GMT -5
I had my share:
1956 Chevrolet, 1976 Ford Pinto with the German V6 engine. Got stopped doing 99 MPH by a visibily shaken CHP officer who never thought they could do that, 1963 Land Rover 109, and the greatest ever, a 1987 Toyota Landcruiser Station Wagon.
The one I wanted is a Willy's Overland wagon:
My father had a '54 Overland, the Purple & Yellow one. Later in the early '60s he got a Ford Falcon two door wagon. When I got back in '70 I got a '64 Land Rover LWB.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 15:18:34 GMT -5
Interesting, as I had a 1948 Willy's Wagon with a Falcon 6 swapped in. Drove like a tank and didn't like going over 50 mph. They looked cool, but they were an uncivilized handful to drive.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 5, 2018 15:26:21 GMT -5
Interesting, as I had a 1948 Willy's Wagon with a Falcon 6 swapped in. Drove like a tank and didn't like going over 50 mph. They looked cool, but they were an uncivilized handful to drive. I was staying at a hotel in California, and a husband and wife were passing through on the way to a car show, I forget what classic she drove, but her husband drove a 1950's Dodge Power Wagon stock 4 WD, and he had a matching trailer from the same model made from the bed...it was quite the vehicle, but the wife told me that she couldn't drive it as it was a beast.....4WD technology was definitely pretty unrefined back then. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 16:44:22 GMT -5
My parents had a '74 Chrylser station wagon - white with faux wood panels on the side. They only kept it a few years because people kept running into it. Final straw was when somebody jumped the curb, drove across the front lawn and hit it while parked in the driveway. 1974 Chrysler Town & Country
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 16:47:47 GMT -5
Land Yacht personified, with that MoPar wagon!
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Post by toshtego on Aug 5, 2018 16:58:08 GMT -5
Interesting, as I had a 1948 Willy's Wagon with a Falcon 6 swapped in. Drove like a tank and didn't like going over 50 mph. They looked cool, but they were an uncivilized handful to drive. They were geared low for off-road use and the four-cylinder engine was not meant for speed. They finally put a small six cylinder in them. Yes, 50 MPH was about it back then. Leaf spring suspension all around, kind of stiff. Most were a three-speed non-synchro with a two speed transfer case. Good enough for rural conditions. |
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