Wagons in vintage Street scenes

I had forgotten about those full width mud flaps that were specifically for station wagons.

 

anyone else notice the clamshell trouble??

 

Wagons were a lot longer then. Maybe carmakers knew how to make a naughty spot that kids actually liked.

 

Bad run on the assembly line?

Up here, when they were posting news items about the plant shutdowns, we noticed they had a lot of hot women working the truck tailgate installations, some of them looked about the same vintage.

 

Yeah, it probably sounded like a trash compactor!
I bet the RH striker and latch were misaligned, and the incredibly strong motor pulled the LH side up no matter what was going on.

Just a few days ago when I was adjusting mine, I came close to cutting my thumb off when I got it caught between the LH pillar and the top edge of the tailgate. Smashed it real good! OUCH!

David

 

You're one of the few qualified to speak to the details. But David, next time use a nail clipper, and don't hide the cookie jar in the tailgate. You'll get your knuckles rapped every time.

 

Everybody in my family called it the "way back" as well.

 

Hey,, I got that full width mud flap for the 59 Rambler,, its aftermarket NOS i found at a flea market for $7.00,, as soon as weather is better its going on,, gotta read the generic directions first.

 

I obviously lived a deprived and sheltered childhood. We just called it "the third seat".

 

Oh yeah...well not as deprived and sheltered as my childhood!
My dad only ever bought 6-passenger wagons, so there wasn't a third seat, or a "way back"!




<this is all 6 of us crammed into the Squire on a typical outing.



David

 

I love the emoticons except in our family the "mom emoticon" needs to be stomping the floor like a brake pedal while sucking air through her teeth.

 

Wagons were so much a part of daily life until the mid eighties when the mini-scams came out. There were wagons on virtually every street. You could usually tell who was driving their mom's car on cruise nights because it was the wagon. Now they are almost an oddity.

Wait till you hit a bird, like a duck or seagull with that wing out back .