I've found out this about the model year 1972 Chevrolet intermediate size wagons: Base wagon is the Nomad Station Wagon, came with l6 or V8 engines. The Chevelle station wagon is named the Greenbrier Station Wagon, V8 engines only. The Malibu station wagon is named the Concours Station Wagon, V8 engines only. And there is a seperate series that's named the Concours Estate Wagon, V8 engines only. VIN starting with: 1B36 = Nomad Station Wagon, 4 drs, 2 seats, dual tail gate 1C36 = Greenbrier Station Wagon, 4 drs, 2 seats, dual tail gate 1C46 = Greenbrier Station Wagon, 4 drs, 3 seats, dual tail gate 1D36 = Concours Station Wagon, 4 drs, 2 seats, dual tail gate 1D46 = Concours Station Wagon, 4 drs, 3 seats, dual tail gate 1H36 = Concours Estate Wagon, 4 drs, 2 seats, dual tail gate 1H46 = Concours Estate Wagon, 4 drs, 3 seats, dual tail gate Production figures:
I've found the production figures in the "Encyclopedia of American Cars from 1930": Nomad L6: 2,956 Nomad V8: 7,768 Greenbrier 2 seats: 6,975 Greenbrier 3 seats: 2,370 Concours 2 seats: 17,968 Concours 3 seats: 6,560 Concours Estate Wagon 2 seats: 5,331 Concours Estate Wagon 3 seats: 4,407 That's a total of 54,335 Chevelle wagons for model year 1972
Hey y'all Well, I can't say a whole about the Chevelle wagon we have, I haven't been around it that much..we looked at it this past Monday, the 6th, then bought it on Tuesday. When we saw it, it was in back yard in high grass..and fill with wasps..which I was stung by..OUCH! hehe.. anyway, I can tell you it's blue with lots of body rust and needs to be completely taken apart and redone. We plan to restore to it's original state, except for the color...and we may add some wood panels .... We'll see. I should have some pictures for y'all tomorrow...my husband and is picking it up with the trailer then and taking it to our shop...while I spend the day working of course...:banghead3: Oh, and Krash, we're in South LAHOOOOOZIANA!
Never saw any of those models up here! And I lived 10 blocks from the Canadian plant where they built the coupes and sedans. Go figure. I guess the AutoPact didn't cover them.
Canyon. Glad you found us. Growing up, our neighbor across the street had a 72 Chevelle Concours Estate...dark green w/ woodgrain. I always liked that car. Glad to see that the car y'all bought is being resurrected and steered away from the crusher. Can't wait to see the . In the meantime, I found a page from Chevelles.com that is about the 72 wagons. http://www.chevelles.com/wagons/72wagon.html
Hey Tophers..Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, those Concours Estates are Coooooool! We may even add the woodgrain to the one we got, though it's not an Estate...not sure yet. Actually, as a kid our nextdoor neighbor had a green wagon with woodgrain, also...not sure what make and model, but I do remember that station wagon...would love to see it now! Pictures soon!
Not sure I would put DiNoc on a wood delete wagon. But, it isn't my wagon. Can't wait for the pix, canyon!
Thanks Silverfox! NOt sure what we're gonna do..just thinking at this point..we have a ways to go before we get to the body
Hey Silver..I just watched a YT video on DiNoc...interesting stuff! Do you know, is that what they used on all the wagons back in the '70's?? THANKS!
Don't know for sure, canyon. I presume so. Pretty much common in the day. BIG problem today is finding ANYTHING that looks factory. I have looked at most all of the suppliers and none of them match the factory pattern or color. If I wanted to do a replacement or addition like you mention, I would have to just pass. You may not care if it looks factory since your wagon was wood delete but I'm a stickler when it comes to having an old car look factory original. You will find some suppliers out there but look at the pattern and color of their stuff and then look at a good example of the factory stuff on a cherry wagon.
Welcome canyontide. I agree about not making a non-woody original into a woody, much as I love woodgrain Di-Noc. The problem is, on the original woody Concours Estate, the body panels had holes punched through the sheet metal for attaching the lighter-colored trim (aluminum wrapped in light color Di-Noc) that framed the darker Di-Noc. If you're turning a non-woody into a woody, you'd probably have to use an adhesive-backed trim that won't look like the original trim, and as for collectability, I think this would reduce the value of the car. Probably tmi, but hope this helps your decision.
merc brings up a good point. I am not aware of the body style of your wagon but he, apparently, is and if it is a "framed" dinoc then you have other major problems.
Wow, y'all rock...thanks so much for all the great advice! Can't wait to get everyone's opinion on the car when I post the pictures!
One thing I didn't realize about the Di-Noc, is that the same vehicle might have different Di-Noc, depending on the year. Just saw in another post that of the B-body Buicks from '78 - '90, there were different wood patterns used - some light, some dark. And the vehicle was basically the same.
