Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday: Four Desirable Wagons
Welcome back to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesdays, where I surf around the web in search of locating desirable Station Wagons to bring to your attention. Todays feature is actually a foursome from a dealer located in Milbank, South Dakota. There is some very fine machinery located at this dealer, and I will be showcasing a few during the coming weekend. In the meantime, get ready to enjoy a 1973 AMC Ambassador Wagon, a 1975 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon, a 1986 AMC Eagle Limited Wagon, and a 1993 Buick Roadmaster Wagon.
First up is this Copper Metallic Ambassador Wagon, equipped with everything! According to the listing:
1973 AMC Ambassador Brougham Woodgrain Station Wagon – Only 61,000 miles!! – Copper Metallic w/ Cinnamon interior – An exceptionally nice clean AMC of the 70′s – No rust issues! – Cold A/C – 360 V8 engine w/2 BBL Carb – Factory radio, Power Steering and Brakes – A very nice wagon that came from a true AMC collector who had nothing but the best!
This is one of the last full-sized AMC Wagons, and it is offered at $14,650. See the listing here.
While we are stuck in the 70′s, here is a 1975 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon, and yes it also has everything. According to the ad:
1975 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country 9 Passenger Wagon – 84,000 One Owner miles on this very well cared for mid 70′s Full Size Luxury Wagon! 440 TNT Motor – Factory A/C – 50/50 fron seat (LH power) – Power Tailgate, Window & Lock – Avocado Gold Metallic in color with Black vinyl interior – No Rust Here!!
This car is offered at $9,850, which is somewhat of a bargain. See the listing here.
Moving ahead eleven years, we come to this very desirable 1986 Eagle Limited 4WD wagon. This is one of those iconic AMC vehicles that everyone seems to love. According to the listing:
1984 AMC Eagle Limited Four Wheel Drive Wagon – You don’t see many of these anymore ! – Only 63,030 miles on this exceptionally clean, original, always garaged car! – The car came out of an estate – It has the reliable 4.2 liter 6 cylinder engine with Factory A/C, Power Seats and Door Locks, Tilt Wheel, and Speed Control – Olympic White w/ Mocha Brown Metallic exterior and Tan Leather seats – I see no evidience of any paint work having been redone – Good reliable transportation and good MPG, all with 4WD security!
So how much for a piece of AMC history? $9,850! See the listing here.
Our last wagon from this dealer is a 1993 Buick Roadmaster Wagon, which is also loaded with options. According to the dealer:
1993 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon – Options include Full Power Equipment, Tilt Wheel, Cruise Control, Sentinel Headlamps, Third Seat, Allow Wheels and Vista Roof w/ Shades – Bright White in color w/ Tan Leather interior – A one owner car, bought new in Vero Beach, Florida – Spent winters there and summers up north – Very clean and well cared for – A Lot of car!!
This car is offered at $11,950! See the listing here.
So, are any of these car worthy of lust from the Hoons? I know, let’s see which one you would lust for more by conducting a poll.
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Going to be in that area next week.
Shouldn't have looked at the Eagle. I lust them all, but I can tell myself I need that one.
Got a feeling I might be making a beeline for my Eagle brochure when I get home.
For me, the sheer land-yachtiness of the Town and Country and the rear wheel spats, 440 and factory a/c win it.
Most definitely!! Just look at the drivers cockpit! It just beckons "Floor me! Make me scream!"
Reminds me of an old Hitachi music centre I have in the attic somewhere. This, by the way, is A Good Thing.
While I voted for "I'll take them all," that's not quite true: someone else can have the Chrysler. But the AMCs and the Roadmaster? Who needs more bedrooms when you've got all of that space available?
oops, my comment right below was meant to be a reply to you not a separate post.
I almost wanted to take them all, but then I went for the underdog chrysler, quite the opposite from your reaction I guess. I thought I'd go AMC for sure, but when it comes down to it I can't turn down anything with avocado paint. If anything, I would leave behind the roadmaster, not because it isn't good, but because it just seems vanilla next to these other options.
Man, I could not decide between the Town & Country and the Eagle. Both are awesome, and I would love them both, like twin children. However, my decision came down to "Avocado Gold Metallic in color with Black vinyl interior" and "all with 4WD security!" So I went with the Eagle. Plus, I am cheap.
That Chrysler just screams the epitome of luxo wagons. I love it.
There's a very clean Ambassador wagon here in San Diego that I have seen at several local car shows. Unfortunately it's on donk-ish wheels, but that's easily fixed.
It's a tossup between basically every one. I love Buicks so the Roadmaster is the obvious choice and I usually hate to bring up the price on these things but seriously, $12k for a 15 yr old car? I hate to say it but its ONLY a Roadmaster. Maybe my sentiment will change when these things command some ridiculous premium at some Barret Jackson Auction in the distant future
My vote is the Eagle only because I have never seen one with pillow top seats
That was my thought too, the Buick seemed to be really over priced. Unless it has super low miles, maybe less than 30k.
Also, the Buick is a '93 so it gets demerits for having the low-power, 180 hp 5.7. The 260 hp engine didn't show up until 1994.
I've never been a fan of fake wood. The Chrysler and Buick are both barges and I have absolutely no need for three rows of seats. The AMC is a little better, but that is one really ugly dashboard. The Eagle is by far the best of the bunch, and that rather fetching no-wood color scheme gets my vote.
So is the Roadmaster Wagon the last car to come with factory, not dealer, installed woodgrain?
The Buick would be the one I might actually buy if I needed a family hauler and could talk the wife into it, even though I despise Optispark after dealing with two LT-1 cars. I wonder if you can actually change the back two spark plugs on this Buick, unlike my Camaro or Corvette.
I love the look of the Chrysler tough. Makes me miss my 67 Imperial.
I'm pretty sure some models of the PT Cruiser came with a factory fake woodgrain option. Probably at least one of the Dream Cruiser series had it.
<img src="http://www.innerspaeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ptwood.jpg" width=500>
From just a little bit of research it appears that the woody package was an official dealer accessory, but I'm not sure if they came from the factory that way.
It looks like Allpar reviewed an apparently factory one in 2002. http://www.allpar.com/reviews/2002/pt-cruiser.htm…
I found a window sticker decoding that gives the following information..
WOODGRAIN EXTERIOR ACCENTS
Woodgrain film (N/A w/AMG Flame Exterior Accents). AWW $823.00 $895.00
(columns are description-code-invoice-retail).
I guess it was a factory option then. I wonder if the decals were shipped in the trunk like some of the pace car decal kits from GM.
"…true AMC collector who had nothing but the best."
So he collected other makes, as well? I keed, I keed. Please don't shoot.
Drool!
I'm torn between the Ambassador and the Chrysler. So, I went with the ever-objective measuring stick of just picking the one with the better color combo, and it doesn't get any better than Avacado Green and faux wood for '70s awesomeness.
I voted for the Chrysler. The Ambassador was my 2nd choice, so I was disappointed to see it had only 1 vote, and was in last place.
The Chrysler looks very stately, and that's what wagons like this should look like.
The Ambassador does too, but I'm not a fan of the wood siding tapering down at the rear.
The AMC Eagle is just awesome, but too small for this choice.
In 20 years, I may choose the Buick Roadmaster.
The, what appears to be, woodgrain in the rear spoiler of the AMC Ambassador almost swayed me from voting for the Eagle.
It is definitely woodgrain. I've seen them in real life. This one appears to be slightly less awesome for the presence of a stick-on aftermarket CHMSL.
Like Mr. Steelies, I have to go with pillow top seats. In fact, I lust after pretty much anything that has that cushy goodness about it. My only concern with the Eagle would be that I'd want to hoon it all winter long and it would be a shame to let the salt at it.
And while I like the Ambassador, isn't that an awfully large pile of coin for something like that? Am I missing something about its collectibleness?
I'll take the Chrysler. I'd love to be able to show local minivan drivers what "Town & Country" really mean.
Random thought, imagine if VW made a variant of the '75 Town and Country wagon. Vee Dub never had a right proper land yacht
They were headed that way with the VW 412.
<img src="http://vw-parts.uneedapart.com/images/volkswagen-411-parts.jpg" width="400">
Village and Parks edition.
I'm Jonesing for a Roadmaster, but that one is the wrong year and the wrong price.I see low mileage ones on Craigslist all the time for six grand, and if you only have two thousand bucks to spend, you can still buy one with more life left than the original owner.
The Chrysler ties for the cheapest of the four listed, appears to be in exceptional condition, and has a bunch of great options, not the least of which is the 440. It got my vote.
The summers of my childhood were spent visiting with my cousins at Grandma's ranch in Cornville, Arizona, where Randy and I have now relocated. Grandma had a succession of New Yorker Town & Country wagons, new ones purchased every other year like clockwork, until the K-car variant with a 2.6 Mitsubishi brought that party to a halt. Grandma switched to a Wagoneer, then to a 1990 Explorer, which my folks still drive.
As seniormost grandchild, I got to ride up front with Grandma, admiring the vast array of gauges, buttons, levers, and switches Chrysler had strewn accross the wide dashboard… Nostalgia dictates I must choose the Town & Country (Grandma's were always tan or ivory; never avocado…)
I've seen Grandmas in various colours but I think you are right, never avocado.
There IS an apostrophe there, Smartie-pants (and fellow Grammar Nazi)…
I saw it but still couldn't resist.
If Grandma is avocado, perhaps it's time to do something about it…
http://jalopnik.com/5670759/california-woman-lets…
Want. Want all. Especially the Kenosha iron.
I voted Chrysler because my legendary Lancaster-pilot great uncle had a mid-70s New Yorker in avocado and the T&C is that much awesomer than the New Yorker.
I think their purpose was to have something to hold on to when you are being towed on your roller skates.
Only the rich kids had roller skates. The rest of us used them for standing on the rear bumper at speed while playing fireman.
They are unquestionably badass and they are there to help you climb into the barf seat.
And more likely out of
Unfortunately he joined the great rhubarb in the sky a number of years ago. Halifax missions were some of the worst…
My Grandfather is still hanging on in there, he loved the Halifax but only in Bristol Hercules radial form. He flew with the RCAF, out of Eastmoor, Yorkshire.
My father had an Ambassador when I was a wee Little Hoon exactly like the one. I always said it was the most cmfortable car he ever had.__Gotta go with the Ambassador.
I am having a problem with "luxury" and "vinyl seats" being used in such close proximity. Back in those days the luxury seating material of choice was velour or some other cloth.
I like the roller skate or fireman idea, but I'm guessing the original purpose was to stand on the bumper and access the luggage rack on the roof.
That is, IMO, the right year Roadmaster to have. LT-1's are fun but I have driven the pre-LT-1, 5.7 car and it acquits itself just fine, and returns amazing gas mileage for such a big beast. The '91s with the 5 liter are the slowpokes. Not everyone with an LT-1 has trouble with the Opti-Spark but if you don't have the LT-1 you don't have to worry about it.
Also, the 1993 Roadmaster has one of the best instrument panels ever put in a car. A complete set of highly visible analog gauges. All the other controls you might need without a space robbing center stack and console. Starting in '94 the dash has fewer gauges.
Having said all that, the asking price for this example is out of line.
Buick and the Eagle for me!