Was in the opening scene 1st couple seasons of married with children.
3
Pretty good in desert sand!
3
Probably has the 400M V8.
Anemic dog…
2
My dad drove us all over the country in outsized staton wagons with oversized engines and only stopped driving them because they stopped making them. These were the kind with the trick door that opened sideways or down, the sliding down glass in the back window, the rear-facing no seatbelt having kid seat that folded up from the rear deck just in front of the window so you could make faces at the people following or just creep them out by staring, and sometimes the window was down and you could do experiments with seeing how high your sister’s dolls would bounce if you dropped them out the back at highway speeds. If someone got tired it was easy to just throw a mattress, be it an air mattress or an actual one, back in the area behind the front facing seat, it was that roomy, and sleep your way to a St. Louis in the days well before they would beat you up for the crime of being White.
These land whales had mush bucket suspensions and weighted a whole bunch, so they had a real nice ride even if they didn’t always turn as fast as Dad would have liked or brake as fast as Dad thought they should. Some of this on longer trips also helped to enhance my vocabulary as Dad would sometimes let out words I was told he must have learned in the Air Force because nice people didn’t talk like that according to my Mom as she glared at him while trying to refold the road map, dozens of which we had in the commodious glove box. It was also fun to slide along the bench seats and have the privilege sometimes of sitting between Mom and Dad in the middle because you COULD then, and learn things like how you can pull OUT the radio push buttons and then push them back IN to assign them to stations that Dad didn’t particularly WANT them assigned to, and all those sliders for the HVAC system were fun too, good times, good times…
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Aside from the wood panels and the avocado color, it’s basically a Suburban or an Escalade. Nothing that a rapper would be ashamed to be seen in, with the right rims and trim package.
7
This, paired with the EM50 Urban Assault Vehicle would be so cool, just sitting nose to nose in a circular driveway
5
Does it come with a broken dog leash tied to the back?
8
Can be serviced at all nationwide Ford dealers.
*except headlights which are Chrysler/Plymouth*
3
ThirdTwin: That’s not Avocado, it’s “Metallic Pea”.
5
I miss cars that float you down the highway on a couch while steering them with 2 fingers on an extra thin steering wheel. If they built what was an easily obtainable common land yacht from the 70s and 80s today with equal interior comfort it would be considered a high end luxury vehicle for over $100k.
8
Our first “family” vehicle was a Ford station wagon. That thing got us through college after my now ex hurt his back and went back to college on rehab. Then we moved to Indiana and back. It was a workhorse. When we finally swapped it out for an SUV it was like losing part of the family.
And nothing I’ve had since has been as reliable either.
6
She’s a beaut, Clark.
14
Had a ’73 Pontiac station wagon… 455″ engine… Turbo 400 transmission… air bags for the suspension that could be accessed on the driver’s side front inner fender. Can’t remember why I sold it but still miss it to this day. What a boat!!
6
A brand new 1970 Ford Country Squire. 2 adults, 6 kids and hockey gear for a 6 hour drive into Canada for tournaments. Good times.
4
Small Horses FIT
2
You think you hate it now, but wait ’til you drive it.
5
It gotz no hubcaps – itz no good without hubcaps.
3
That Grill cowling indicates a Northern Tier variant. The rear facing ‘Split Gunner Bench’ was great for napping because it was so cold.
2
Miss the Pontiac station wagon from childhood. Don’t miss the rear facing back seat deviod of air conditioning… Later, spent many hours “fixing” rust holes in a friend’s LTD wagon….but boat-o-matic, oh-yeah!
“It gotz no hubcaps – itz no good without hubcaps.”
They were stolen in St. Louis.
2
Don’t tell me to slow down on my comments. I’ll stop my extremely measly monthly donation…lol
When did this shit start with the slowing down on commenting??
2
It gotz no hubcaps – No no, that is the “Lug Nut Cooler” option in the high performance package!
2
I have my maternal grandfather’s 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III in my garage. It is so pimp. I have been trying to decide whether to restore her back to original, or a restomod with Bluetooth connectivity, modern suspension, things like that. On the flip side, the car has the 460 c.i. engine, 4 barrel carb, rear drive, all the fun stuff. She gets about 3 feet to the gallon & sounds like a jet when you floor it. Whooosh!!! A very sharp looking car, as well. It is not chopped, but the roof line came from the factory looking like it was. Black on black, still shiny paint. I have never bothered to look at what she’s worth, as she is priceless to me & will never even consider selling. Seeing the family truckster above tells me that I will be in my shop this weekend, looking for parts online! The war wagon will rise again!
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@Redcat 66
Cars like yours are getting really popular at local cruise-ins. People keeping the original and also resto-moding them. Look up the local cruise-ins in your area. They are fun to go to and you meet so many like-minded people.
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That car is illegal in Illinois
State Police say you get ticketed for more than 4 headlights on at one time.
That included fog lights
Back . . . . . to the Dis`cussin. A TRXTR Plated Time Machine. GOOD GOLLY.
@ Redcat 66;
Are you sure it isn’t a hearse? The only black cars I recall from the 70s belonged to undertakers or Mennonites.
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@ CJ
Try waiting longer before pushing buttons again.
It seems to take a few seconds to process before posting and when you retry it stops the process. Any who, that’s what I got.
@Jethro & @Smarter than a Circus Dog. The town about 30 miles north of my abode has brought back the weekend cruise-in. I will be attending in the fall when I get some needed work on done on the car, brakes, tires, etc. No, Circus Dog it is not a hearse & I am definitely not a Mennonite!!! That made my day! Had a good laugh. Thanks!
Griswold Family Vacation car!
It’s a long way down the holiday road…
Dead grandma on the roof tied into her rocking in pouring rain. ‘Can’t help it but could not stop laughing!
Great fun-funny movie all the way through.
Inspired by this family classic, I’m sure:
https://images.classic.com/vehicles/c234cf10983708607215dc9c3dae3827d76d5963.jpg?auto=format&fit=crop&ar=16:9&w=7400
https://youtu.be/5HbBL62IiRE
Oddly, John Wayne drove something similar
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I_SWwIi0sJc
Now With the NEW Solar Wind Hydrogen-Atomic Magnetic POWER!
It’s a challenge from past Ford, “Green this.”
Movie car sold at Barrett-Jackson auction.
https://youtu.be/mmRtzqgn2d8
Wayne’s Word pacer sold at auction
https://youtu.be/m0MuxlvlFNM
Was in the opening scene 1st couple seasons of married with children.
Pretty good in desert sand!
Probably has the 400M V8.
Anemic dog…
My dad drove us all over the country in outsized staton wagons with oversized engines and only stopped driving them because they stopped making them. These were the kind with the trick door that opened sideways or down, the sliding down glass in the back window, the rear-facing no seatbelt having kid seat that folded up from the rear deck just in front of the window so you could make faces at the people following or just creep them out by staring, and sometimes the window was down and you could do experiments with seeing how high your sister’s dolls would bounce if you dropped them out the back at highway speeds. If someone got tired it was easy to just throw a mattress, be it an air mattress or an actual one, back in the area behind the front facing seat, it was that roomy, and sleep your way to a St. Louis in the days well before they would beat you up for the crime of being White.
These land whales had mush bucket suspensions and weighted a whole bunch, so they had a real nice ride even if they didn’t always turn as fast as Dad would have liked or brake as fast as Dad thought they should. Some of this on longer trips also helped to enhance my vocabulary as Dad would sometimes let out words I was told he must have learned in the Air Force because nice people didn’t talk like that according to my Mom as she glared at him while trying to refold the road map, dozens of which we had in the commodious glove box. It was also fun to slide along the bench seats and have the privilege sometimes of sitting between Mom and Dad in the middle because you COULD then, and learn things like how you can pull OUT the radio push buttons and then push them back IN to assign them to stations that Dad didn’t particularly WANT them assigned to, and all those sliders for the HVAC system were fun too, good times, good times…
Aside from the wood panels and the avocado color, it’s basically a Suburban or an Escalade. Nothing that a rapper would be ashamed to be seen in, with the right rims and trim package.
This, paired with the EM50 Urban Assault Vehicle would be so cool, just sitting nose to nose in a circular driveway
Does it come with a broken dog leash tied to the back?
Can be serviced at all nationwide Ford dealers.
*except headlights which are Chrysler/Plymouth*
ThirdTwin: That’s not Avocado, it’s “Metallic Pea”.
I miss cars that float you down the highway on a couch while steering them with 2 fingers on an extra thin steering wheel. If they built what was an easily obtainable common land yacht from the 70s and 80s today with equal interior comfort it would be considered a high end luxury vehicle for over $100k.
Our first “family” vehicle was a Ford station wagon. That thing got us through college after my now ex hurt his back and went back to college on rehab. Then we moved to Indiana and back. It was a workhorse. When we finally swapped it out for an SUV it was like losing part of the family.
And nothing I’ve had since has been as reliable either.
She’s a beaut, Clark.
Had a ’73 Pontiac station wagon… 455″ engine… Turbo 400 transmission… air bags for the suspension that could be accessed on the driver’s side front inner fender. Can’t remember why I sold it but still miss it to this day. What a boat!!
A brand new 1970 Ford Country Squire. 2 adults, 6 kids and hockey gear for a 6 hour drive into Canada for tournaments. Good times.
Small Horses FIT
You think you hate it now, but wait ’til you drive it.
It gotz no hubcaps – itz no good without hubcaps.
That Grill cowling indicates a Northern Tier variant. The rear facing ‘Split Gunner Bench’ was great for napping because it was so cold.
Miss the Pontiac station wagon from childhood. Don’t miss the rear facing back seat deviod of air conditioning… Later, spent many hours “fixing” rust holes in a friend’s LTD wagon….but boat-o-matic, oh-yeah!
“It gotz no hubcaps – itz no good without hubcaps.”
They were stolen in St. Louis.
Don’t tell me to slow down on my comments. I’ll stop my extremely measly monthly donation…lol
When did this shit start with the slowing down on commenting??
It gotz no hubcaps – No no, that is the “Lug Nut Cooler” option in the high performance package!
I have my maternal grandfather’s 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III in my garage. It is so pimp. I have been trying to decide whether to restore her back to original, or a restomod with Bluetooth connectivity, modern suspension, things like that. On the flip side, the car has the 460 c.i. engine, 4 barrel carb, rear drive, all the fun stuff. She gets about 3 feet to the gallon & sounds like a jet when you floor it. Whooosh!!! A very sharp looking car, as well. It is not chopped, but the roof line came from the factory looking like it was. Black on black, still shiny paint. I have never bothered to look at what she’s worth, as she is priceless to me & will never even consider selling. Seeing the family truckster above tells me that I will be in my shop this weekend, looking for parts online! The war wagon will rise again!
@Redcat 66
Cars like yours are getting really popular at local cruise-ins. People keeping the original and also resto-moding them. Look up the local cruise-ins in your area. They are fun to go to and you meet so many like-minded people.
That car is illegal in Illinois
State Police say you get ticketed for more than 4 headlights on at one time.
That included fog lights
Back . . . . . to the Dis`cussin. A TRXTR Plated Time Machine. GOOD GOLLY.
@ Redcat 66;
Are you sure it isn’t a hearse? The only black cars I recall from the 70s belonged to undertakers or Mennonites.
@ CJ
Try waiting longer before pushing buttons again.
It seems to take a few seconds to process before posting and when you retry it stops the process. Any who, that’s what I got.
@Jethro & @Smarter than a Circus Dog. The town about 30 miles north of my abode has brought back the weekend cruise-in. I will be attending in the fall when I get some needed work on done on the car, brakes, tires, etc. No, Circus Dog it is not a hearse & I am definitely not a Mennonite!!! That made my day! Had a good laugh. Thanks!