1971 Chrysler Town & Country

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5643430988.html

 

Brady Bunch.

 

????

 

That was always a Plymouth Satellite wagon - but same era.

 

Period correct lots and lots of green as well

 

I know the owner and have seen this car. It has had a lot of mechanical work done to it and is a very nice ride. It's ready to get in and drive anywhere. If I didn't have so much going on I'd buy it.

 

If the Brady's had been rich, this would have been their wagon... they had to settle for a Plymoth Satellite Custom.

Interesting that the interior of this '71 T&C is no more luxurious than that of a '71 Chevy Kingswood Estate. Note the lack of wood-grain accents on the rear doors and very minimal elsewhere... in this era, wood-grain meant luxury, but Mopars seemed to be a notch behind Ford and GM in terms of luxury (when compared to cars of the same stature).

 

Down to $6000.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5643430988.html

 

Actually, it seems to me that the correlation between luxury level and the amount of woodgrain varied by make. While most makes applied exterior woodgrain only to their top subseries, Pontiac (in some years) offered it on both their top and mid-level wagons (e.g., Grand Safari and Catalina Safari). Town & Country, it should be noted, was typically the most expensive wagon on the market, and, unlike on the second most expensive wagon, the Buick Estate wagon, woodgrain was standard on the Chrysler.

As for interior woodgrain, Mopar didn't seem to use as much as GM or Ford. In some years the Buick was very nearly over the top in the amount of interior woodgrain it used. You might view the greater restraint shown on the T&C interior as understated luxury. It certainly seems to give one very different pictures of how stylists presented their views of luxury in the different makes/divisions in that era.