Station wagon vs sedan tailight designs

I recall that many station wagons from the 50s, 60s and 70s had totally different tailights than their sedan counterparts-But sometimes they were the same....

I really liked the tailight design of the Edsel Wagon:











Are there any instances where you think the tailights used for a station wagon were better looking than that same year sedan counterpart?

I'd love to find a gallery that compares the back end views of sedans and their station wagon counterparts..

 

91-96 Roadmasters. The Sedan Tails were FUGLY!

 

Reminds me of a joke.

A lady drives up to the pumps and asks the attendant for wind-something for the windshield. The gas-jockey says, "lady we don't have wind for the windshield, but we might have tail for the taillights."

Anyway, here's a couple places for your Saturday afternoon:

The Old Car Manual Project:
http://www.tocmp.com/

has been upgraded here:
http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/main.php

I keep the old link because they've got old carburetor manuals.

 

The LTD's around 77 or so had way cooler tail lights for the wagons, those tall, caddy looking ones. SHARP! And the Caprices and similar GM full-sized 77-90 all had nicer looking tail lights than the sedan counterparts.

On the other End GM in 58 had way better set ups for the sedans than the wagons, but that was only because of tailgate clearance.

 

The Chevrolet Covair station wagon (I forget the proper name for the staion wagon version of the Covair) had interesting taillights..

 

Any ideas as to the year and make of this station wagon- and are the tailights on this wagon the same- or different than it's sedan counterpart?
It looks a bit like a rocketship. Is this a 58 Buick Roadmaster?

 

1958 Oldsmobubble! Nice one too!

 

A '58 Oldsmobile, thanks..I still can't decide if this wagon is gorgous or hideous...They certainly didn't hold back when designing cars in the 50s...

 

The 58 Olds and Buicks, in my own opinion, are the best designed cars ever to roll out of Motown. Big fins, enough chromium to wreck three town's water supplies, and available in 1, 2, and even 3 tond paint jobs!

 

Have a look at the frame underneath. It's a miniature of the Titanic's Hull and just about as thick. They were built FOREVER. No planned obsolescence in those days.

 

They usually had Air-ride. The frame is an X-frame and monstrous boxed side rails. Lighter cars like the Chevies had channel side rails, IIRC. I like the Olds tech better than the Buick of the same era. The Buicks had the Driveshaft in an enclosed tube. Major PAIN to change any part of the driveline, even removing the engine and tranny. Much easier to maintain.

 

Those X-Frames are great, until you have to deal with Driveshaft modification, right Normie?!