My family 72' Dodge Monaco station wagon was like a member of the family..

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    Hi! I'm new here...
    I know it sounds corny, but my family went on road trips, skiing in NH, and our 72' Dodge Monaco wagon took us everywhere- it was, in my mind, as much a part of the family as our pets..And when the Monaco 'died', I was upset-I wept...
    My folks bought the car new in 72' when i was 4, and it died in 84' when I was 16....I miss that old car...

    Since then I've been interested in the cars of my youth- the late 1960s-late 1970s, in particular, station wagons.
    Station wagons were THE quintessential baby boomer/generation X era family car, and it always puzzled me how so many car buffs took minimal interest in station wagons...


    I haven't seen another 72' Dodge Monaco station wagon since the 1980s- I assume they must be very rare- was it a limited production? It was a gorgous car- black leather seats, hideaway headlamps..
     
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    Lots of Mopar guys will help you find one. Welcome aboard. :Welcome:
     
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    oops....Krash beat me to it! :oops:
     
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    Welcome to the group. you should fit in nice
     
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    Welcome to the forum! I think that the majority of us had a Wagon as a part of our childhood, and I guess it got us the way we are now! I know it did for me!
     
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    Ahh yes,the Dodge wagons with the airliner fuselage bodies!..Another reason to have won the Lottery allready.:mad: I've seen a few for sale at SoCal Car Shows,during the last decade or so.But not in the papers,magazines or on the streets.They're rare here too.
     
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    Our Monaco had nice leather seats...Before we even drove it off the lot in '72, I managed (as a 4 year old) to chew a hole in the leather on the inside of one of the doors...My mother was less than happy...
     
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    :Welcome: Mr. T. I grew up in Walpole Ma. I don't miss the winters there at all.
     
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    I'd like to miss the winters here.:mad: :D
     
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    It snowed all weekend, and the cold froze my eyes
     
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