360 V8. Nice looking interior. 1978 Chrysler Town &Country - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle... (craigslist.org)
I always thought that the front ends of those cars look like they're upside down. Parking lights and turn signals are usually below the headlights, not above. Witness a same-year Toronado, which has a very similar headlight/parking light arrangement. Except that they're stacked in proper order, with the headlights above the parking lights, as God intended.
Unless it is the Wagon Queen Family Truckster, which gives you parking lights both above and below the headlights.
I saw a reproduction of that car at the Barrett-Jackson show and auction in Phoenix is January 2020. There were actually five identical wagons used in the movie according to the information card with the car. They all started out as 1985 Ford LTD wagons.. It sold for $28,600.
speaking of the family truckster, its amazing how on almost every wagon on Bring a Trailer at least 1 person comments about it being a family truckster, if not the seller.
Well, they had to do SOMETHING to differentiate it from the Dodge Diplomat..... This is the one that has a 440 under the hood, by the way.....
Even though the family truckster was made from a Ford wagon, the town and country looks the most like it in real life! I saw a truckster re-creation at the Atlantic City car show and auction about two or three years ago. It was an extremely accurate re-creation. Some of these re-creations are so very detailed it’s almost unbelievable. Can’t imagine how much money they spent
The movie was released in July 1983. From Wikipedia. Wagon Queen Family Truckster[edit] Wagon Queen Family Truckster The Wagon Queen Family Truckster station wagon was created specifically for the film. It is based on a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon.[12] The car was designed by George Barris, and it lampooned American cars of the late 1970s. The Truckster features a "metallic pea" green paint scheme, extensive imitation wood-paneling decals, eight headlights (the second pair was taken from another Crown Victoria/Country Squire and mounted upside-down above the stock pair), a grille area largely covered by bodywork with only two small openings close to the bumper, an oddly-placed fuel filler door and an airbag made from a trashcan liner.[13]
Here is the most involved thread on the SWF about a WQFT build...... http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/threads/building-a-wagon-queen-family-truckster.45322/