Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Winter will soon be here.

 

The caddy belongs to the secretary.
The other two are workers who arrived early and everyone knows the pretty secretary is paid the best and arrives late each day.

 

I totally dig the 60-63 Ranchero... hiding the 1985 Pontiac Fiero.

 

If winter looked like this I would be fine with it. I think I can hear Bing Crosby in the background.

 

Yup, sure beets this...... no Bing a singing on any ones minds here.......maybe AC/DC...Hells Bells!

 

Being a Colony Park enthusiast, I'd like to find a Ranchero with woodie on it... Have long thought, no proper car collection would be complete without the two door convertible, the two door coupe, the four door sedan, the station wagon(even understand they made some two door wagons as well)and the Ranchero. All with woodie. vary the drivetrains.

 

I'm assuming the real wood "woodies" like the 46-51 Chrysler Town & Country "woody" convertibles, 2 door hardtops, and 4 door sedans, and the 46-48 Ford and Mercury Sportsman 'woody" convertibles, and the 46-48 Chevrolet convertibles, coupes and aerosedans with the dealer installed Country Club "woody" trim, are all a bit too expensive to fill in the collection with. In addition to the 49-51 2 door Ford and Mercury "woody" wagons, there were some European "woody" 2 door wagons with a minimal amount of real wood trim. The Morris Minor, the 60's Mini Cooper wagon, and the late 50's British Ford Squire are the European 2 door woody wagons that we see on rare occasions in the U.S.
Assuming real wood, and imports are not being considered for your collection, then that leaves steel bodied cars with faux wood paneling. Your choices would then include the 68 Mercury Park Lane convertible and 2 door hardtop with the optional "woody" Yacht Deck paneling, the 68 & 69 Chrysler Newport convertible and 2 door hardtop with the optional Town & Country-type Sport Deck "woody" side paneling, the Pinto and Bobcat hatchbacks with the "woody" side trim and the early to mid 80's Chrysler LeBaron convertibles with the "woody" side trim. I believe the 2 door "woody" wagons are limited to the Pinto and Bobcat wagons, AMC Pacer wagon, the Chevy Vega & Monza wagons, and the Pontiac Astre wagons (and even an early 70's German made Buick Opel wagon).
There were "woody" versions of the Omni and Horizon 4 door sedans and, I believe, a "woody" version of the Chevy Chevette sedan as well. But if you go to that extreme, then you'll need a "woody" version of the Chrysler, Plymouth, or Dodge mini-van, and possibly a mid 70's Chevy Suburban or 80's Jeep Wagonaire with the "woody" side trim. Then of course, there were full size Dodge pickup trucks with wood paneling. The mid to late 70's "Lil Red Express" trucks with real wood on the sides of the bed and the tailgate was the best known, but Dodge also offered fake wood on the sides and tailgate in 1971 with the Dodge D100 Adventurer Special Edition (a one year only model) pickup truck.
As for the Ranchero, I believe the "woody" versions didn't start until the 1970 model year. I believe Chevrolet started offering "woody" paneling on El Caminos starting in 73.