Homebuilt wagon?

I cruise the internet looking and dreaming of building various rides. Something I think I have missed. A custom or homebuilt but nice wagon.

With all the knowledge here I figure somebody could point me in the right direction.

A wagon that didnt come from the factory, but should have.

I mean shouldnt the Bugatti Veyron come in a wagon? Shouldnt somebody really rich do that? Buy it and build it. (I just dont know where the dog would ride)

 

Yes, that is what I was looking for, Thanks.

What car would you like to see a wagon built from that never was?

 

I was always put off (particularly in the 60's through the 80's) by manufacturers building their 'muscle cars' in only 2-door coupe, hardtop and convertible form. Why not a Olds 4-4-2 wagon? Why not a GTO wagon?

Not surprisingly, lots of wagon guys have done just that. Would have taken very little investment for the manufacturers in most cases.

I guess it's all in the sales figures, though. Chevy tried it ONE YEAR, wth a Chevelle Malibu SS wagon, in 1973. Didn't sell very many of them. Then again, the 'regular' '73 Malibu SS coupe didn't sell real well, either.

You can also take this idea and apply it to 4-door hardtops and sedans, too. I think a 454-powered '70 Chevelle 4-door hardtop would be a hoot.....

 

Chrysler DID make muscle 4dr and wagons...

There are a couple 1966 Dodge Coronet 4 dr original hemi cars..

In 1968 and 1969 Dodge Coronet wagon 440 power..
Yes, municipal cars...

1970 also have full size Plymouth AWD which were on 'loan' to Michigan
Hiway Patrol ..

And of course the 1969 thru 1971 TNT Chrysler full size wagons.. (T&C).. :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

Well yeah, in the 60's you could 'technically' get some wagons with big engines, but you wouldn't necessarily find them on the dealer's lot. In most cases, you also couldn't order them with the 'sport package' equipment such as the bucket seats and console. All you ended up with was a plain Jane wagon with a big motor.

 

I've got a friend who owned one of the few original Max Wedge Super Stock wagons. A guy in IL across the river from St Louis now owns it

 

Back in 1968, still in my senior year of high school, I worked for a local Chevy dealer. I was the new car/used car detail guy. One Saturday morning I came in to find a 1966 Chevelle 2 door wagon, 396, 4 sp, with bucket seats sitting in the bay. I asked who traded this and was told the guy who owned it ordered it that way. The only one I have ever seen then or up to now that was a factory muscle wagon.

 

Got some more info on this awd

 

1. Last Chevelle 2-door wagon was model-year '65.
2. Whoever told you it was factory-ordered was misinformed. Didn't happen. It was built by somebody.

 

I know on the Pontiacs you could get just about anything. And while they didn't call it a 'sport package' I've seen the bucket seat/console/4spd/big engine wagons. True, there weren't many on the dealer lots like that, but it's way more in the way of options than we have today.

 

We sold a 66 427-390 4 speed with air Impala wagon last year. All original except for a repaint & rebuild on the engine.
I know a guy with a 66 427-425 4 speed woodie. His uncle bought it new. If you look in the classified ads in the back of a Hot Rod mag from the early 70's you'll see it for sale. His uncle couldn't sell it & wouldn't sell just the drivetrain.

 

I think that is why the amazing wagons like the Magnum SRT 8 and the CTS V are mind blowers! It is incredible for full on hot rod wagons to be built in a time when it feels like nothing is as good as it was in the "good old days", especially the almost extinct traditional American station wagon. David

 

Someplace down here, I'm thinkin Kissimmee, Florida, maybe, there was a shop that advertised "YOU DREAM IT WE BUILD IT."
Money talks.