Did some early '60s wagons have a problem with exaust being sucked into the cabin?

FordWagonNut1979's right. this thread was weaving all over the road like my brother after a concert.

For the fumes incident, i have a roof rack on my 84 olds. Its got no spoiler and i havent gotten a whif of anything....up untill i got a hole in the cat. then ever stop light and stop sign with the windows open, i learned to hold my breath

I hate how the trashed the 59' like that. however i think the Chevy gave it one hell of a fight.

 

As I recall, that was one of the big reasons the manufacturers were claiming when they came out with the air deflector, that it would keep exhaust fumes out of the cargo/3rd seat area. Ford stopped offering them as options somewhere in the mid eighties; apparently they made the wagon less aerodynamic and therefore not as efficient. Oh, I see; make the car get better gas mileage as opposed to safer for the kids in the way back. Can you spell PINTO?

 

The bel air also had an x frame. Not exactly known for their strength on the sides of the vehicle. Note the car kinda twists about the cross of the x frame? The only side structure would be the rockers, which are rotted from the inside out. This car was someones pride and joy when they bought it without telling them what would be done with it.
There is also the argument that there was no motor or trans in the car. They never showed there was, and by the crash film, either the motor would have pushed the trans through the firewall or it would have dropped out the bottom. No trans visible in the vids...
Don't get me started on the senseless destruction of a fine antique car to prove a point to the sheeple and do nothing but show conjecture to those who have a brain.

 

I just picked up a set of grab handles with built in air deflectors for my '62 Savoy. Now if I ever get the thing running I'll lfind out how well they work!

 

Never to worry again with a future fumes issue.
No car maker or SUV maker will ever design a rear window to open down into the tail gate.
It costs too much for them to manufacture and adds too much wieght.
This is the very reason why I treasure my wagon!!!!!!!!!!:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

My experience with the old wagons endgates was we never got exhaust fumes. The newer models of the 80's got fumes in. I found if you drove with your endgate open when hauling a load. The endgate acted like a wing that swirled the fumes away further out behind the car where the air over the roof sucked it away. The newer cars with the hatchback or lift gates. These act as scoops to draw the fumes in.
We would get fumes at stops or very low speeds. But not at higher speeds with the endgate open or window down. We would get fumes when the window at times was all the way down. Many a time my drove with the glass open about 4 inches for air flow through the car in the 64 Dodge Polara wagon. It had the 3rd seat in back. Used it for hunting, not just family hauling.