Wagons at Detroit Autorama

I thought you might appreciate some of the wagons that I saw at Autorama yesterday.

The show is on two floors of the COBO Center; upstairs are the more traditional show cars and downstairs you'll find motorcycles, Rat Rods and anything with a matte finish.

First, the wagons that were upstairs.

This local Malibu had some nice woodwork in the rear compartment:




Paul and Todd Reiter (Reiter's Metal Craft) had this 57 Nomad at their booth. This car was a total rust-bucket; they have re-built the body using a combination of reproduction panels and their own fabricated pieces. Somebody is going to be showing a really nice car at next year's show:


A very sweet 57 Nomad:


I've now seen this 53 at several shows. It is beautiful:


Not a wagon, but "almost". This 47 Crosley has been campaigned for decades. It's a 10.00 to 10.20 car...way cool:




Now, to the "downstairs" wagons...

Very cool panel:


Regularly driven, this 59 Brookwood had a couple of surprises for me:


Not all Chevy...check out the front end:


That cool "Grocery Getter" decal is the latest from Bewber!!!

Here's a closer look at the owner's display board:


I thought this was cool:


I understand...it was on this car:


The pinnacle award at Detroit's Autorama is the Ridler (pronounced "Riddler") award. Based on creativity, engineering and workmanship, the award is one of the premier national awards.

The field is narrowed down to eight finalists (known as "The Great 8) on Saturday and the winner is announced on Sunday afternoon.

There were no wagons in the "Great 8" this year, but here is a link to photos of the Great 8 cars:
http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/2011show/2012_great_8_detroit_autorama/

I'd have a hard time choosing one winner out of that group...but I really liked the 53 pick-up.

 

I love the Wagon pictures ....... Thank you for sharing them.

 

Great pictures, looks like it was a good time!

 

Here was one of my fav from the basement ....

 

How in the world did I miss that one???!!!???:confused:

 

That 50 was WAYYYY cool, but I must admit, I have a soft spot for that 59 Brookwood wink, wink.

 

So, tell us more about it!

 

It's just a fun old car, my daily driver when the evil salt monster goes into hibernation.

I put almost 5,000 miles on it last year and never went anywhere

 

Originally from Utah, I bought it in Texas 2 years ago, so its very solid.

I only had it 2 months before rear ending someone due to flip-flop / floor mat incompatibility. I was so bummed!!!

Instead of hanging a fender on it I hunted down a catalina 9 pass for a parts donor and made what I've wanted for many years by swapping the clip. The front of the pontiac and chevy rear work very good and imo look better than either one stock.

 

I figured there would be an interesting story behind that Pontiac front swap!