Yeah buddy congratulations I didn’t know it was going to be that easy but you got it right out of the gate but I think this is your first one so congratulations on that
When dad died, [ 1962 ]he left mom and me with a 1959 Olds 88. The car was so big that you had to put the front bumper hard against the wall, in order to close down the garage door. Back then, the “roll-down “ doors were wood. The door would rub against the back bumper to the point that it was wearing notches in the wood itself as it went up and down. BIG car‼️ 🚗🙂
This car has the "Safety Spectrum Speedometer." It features three color speed ranges which are: GREEN/0-34 mph; AMBER/35-64 mph; RED/65-120 mph. The illusion of a bar is produced by a rotating drum behind the facia. All full-sized Oldsmobiles had this feature from model years1959-62.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that I saw in the advertisement piece that it was lit up green until about 30 miles an hour but I wasn’t sure about the color change
The 59 left the 50s behind and is moving into the 60s…..and I like that. The dash is great. The speedometer is the redline roller! That was sooooo cool back then. Big assed wagon.
Fun fact: all 59 GM cars had to use the same front doors, meaning a Chevy door would fit a Pontiac, Olds or Buick (not sure about Caddy). Not sure about the back doors. Trim could be added or deleted to make the door look different from one make to another. After the 57 Chrysler products came out, GM hastily made the 58s a one year only style, and quickly redesigned the 59s to be more modern. Sharing doors is one way that GM cut the per unit cost down.
Cadiddle-yak also used the Buick doors in 1959. Harley Earl demanded more of the same ("I told you to put 100 more pounds of chrome on that. That's only 75!") for the '59 models, in final stages of design in late 1956. Earl had left the country for a month or so during that period and left the design studio with their instructions. It happened that one of the mid-level designers had taken a detour passing by a Plymouth storage lot and saw the all-new '57 models awaiting shipping. He hurried to the studio and piled as many of his associates in his car and organized a sort of caravan to see the new Chrysler Corporation models. Of course there was a mutiny against the Earl-mandated bulge barges and when Earl returned, he realized the new guard was right. Designers were instructed to develop designs using the Buick front door surfaces as the template, and the rest was history. Earl retired, the two-year-old B- and C-bodies and the one-year-old A-bodies (Pontiacs and Chevrolets) were replaced with all-new second-rate imitations of the '57 Chryslers, and Ford's 59s went on as previously planned with a remarkable similarity between the GM A-pillars and those of the '59-'60 Mercury (and originally planned senior Edsels as well).
My parents owned a 59 Chevy Parkwood. I really liked t h e styling. A 283 2bbl with a powerglide. Today, I own an 84 Olds Custom Cruiser that I restored. I get a lot of compliments. A lot more goodies than the 59 Parkwood had. The Olds 307 has been rebuilt with roller cam and rockers with case hardened rods. I hope this rebuild holds better than the last one which fractured the #7 piston due to poor quality parts. 😢
15:20 "Everybody needs a cigarette in their mouths ... it's the '50s" That is SO true. Back when EVERY ONE had a giant ashtray on their coffee table in their living room, and giving cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays, was _guaranteed_ to be a good Birthday/Christmas gift for nearly anyone.
It’s amazing how time changes the way you look at things everybody in the 50s saw that smoking was good for you and then it turned out to be not so good for you
Oh, J... First and foremost, I'm a FoMoCo guy, but right next to it, I'm a wagon guy (Estate Wagon, Vista Cruiser, Town and Country, Country Squire, and my personal favorite, Colony Park, etc.) ... this was ALMOST like porn... lol... The '59/'60 GM offerings "I" think were the most handsome out of all the GM offerings until the late 60's. (My Gram had a '59 Invicta) This big, beautiful beast is gorgeous! The one thing I never understood, was why GM didn't use the flat top roof profile for the wagons in '59/'60 like they did starting in '61. I think it would have made for a much cleaner look than the oddly placed rear "vent" window and squiggly C pillar design. Thank you for this awesome episode! WYR: 1) Awwww, man... you know I gotta go Colony Park... but this Olds is a beauty! 2) And again, nothing against the Olds, but I gotta go with the Buick...
You bet I’m glad you did this episode I’m a huge wagon fan as well.. I want to cover them all in the 50s at least.. I was showing my daughter all of the different would you rather choices and her jaw kept dropping every single time she saw one like the Buick Invicta she really likes the mercury with the wood sides she’s never seen wood sides on a vehicle before.. i’ve never seen one of those in the wild definitely a car that I would love to feature one day =) I knew a guy who had a 60 finned Plymouth wagon as well as a bunch of other cars supposed to do but.. never happened
What a great car. First round goes to the Mercury. I’ve always loved Colony Parks, we had two of them in our family when I was growing up-a ‘77 and an ‘82. Both big, powerful, comfortable, beautiful and super reliable. Second round goes to the Buick. I had a ‘59 Electra four window hardtop, and the ‘59s get my vote every time. Incidentally, I think the LeSabre wagon that you show in the photo sold a few years ago for $150,000. It’s a stunning vehicle, but holy crap, what a price! Nobody thought to save the wagons though, so now they’re scarce.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that insight I have never seen a Buick Invicta wagon in the wild it’s definitely a vehicle I definitely wanna cover going to try to do more wagons this year but like you said they didn’t get saved for reasons I can’t explain very popular now..
my parents had a rare 64 dynamic wagon big v8 three on the tree black on black. what a beautiful car. had to sell cause it was almost impossible for my mom to push in the clutch. very short thro but very stiff. must have been very few wi th a stick so they just made it work. should have been hydraulic
Awesome thank you so much for sharing the memory of your 1964 dynamic wagon I wonder if they could put a different spring on the clutch.. idk I’ve drove cars specially Chrysler products from the 70s with lean burn engines that the Excelerator was really hard to push because the spring on the carburetor needed adjusted or just a different spring all together
The 59 is sleeker and far less frumpy-looking than the 58. Many hints of the "Rocket" motif all over, and the two-tone stripe isn't overdone. Those who haven't seen these old wagons in person will be impressed with their size, they are BIG cars. The riding experience is something akin to being in a boat, floating and rolling along. I'm not really an Olds fan but it gets both WYR's with it's very tasteful styling.
I totally agree the 59 is sleeker but the 58 is definitely a vehicle that I want to feature one day I’ve been looking for one they’re not the easiest car to find
@@What.its.like. Station wagons tend to get used up then scrapped for the heavier weight of the metal. Painters used to use them for work which used up a lot of them. Or they got wasted in demolition derbys as another viewer said. Unless they have something special going for them like the Chevy SS wagon or the Vista Cruiser with the roof edge glass, they have almost no collector value so they don't get preserved.
Classic auto Mall has a vista cruiser I want to do that next time if it’s still there.. It’s crazy how things change with time you know when you guys were kids you probably didn’t wanna be caught dead in a wagon I want to buy a 59 cross country Rambler wagon and drive across country that’s a dream of mine I want to take my kids and have a great time if it’s not a 59 cross country could be any old car I think doing a road trip and Classic Car would be awesome
Awesome video, Jay!...To me, the 1959 Oldsmobile dynamic 88 wagon ranks right up there with my favorite period wagon…the Pontiac!!...BTW - Classic Auto Mall has a really nice, well preserved 1952 Plymouth Cambridge sedan…would love to see a video on this and a comparison to the back to the 1952 Dodge Wayfarer from your prior video!!!
I totally agree with you the hard top look was something very special.. The wagons were a really hard choice for me I love that mercury wagon I’ve never seen one in person
Tuesday is going to be a blast I have no idea what to expect bills are pretty cool guy the topic for discussion is going to be entry-level Classic Cars he’s going to do before war war one that is his area of expertise Glad you dig this episode =)
I have a 60 olds myself, not a wagon but a sedan, it’s interesting to see what they removed and added on the 60, here’s hoping my restoration efforts go well :3
I love the new designs of the different autos of this model year, each are so cool and unique IMO. In the first WYR the Mercury would be my choice, in the second, all are great, I think the Buick has such s bold sort of menacing look, I would probably go with the Olds! 😎
I'm old as this car, seen many, but never saw the embedded rocket theme. Look closer at the wonderful artistry in the body. Beneath the detailed rockets atop the fenders begin the representation of two full length boosters fused into the body. Red on the tailgate suggests a main engine.
Awesome observation I saw that as well but I didn’t see it in person I saw it when I was looking at the video footage and I was like wow that’s really cool how they did that but I didn’t comment on it.. that new camera is really something I really want to go out and shoot some more stuff with it. I only used it that one lol
@@What.its.like. The new camera is better, though the previous was excellent. Maybe you should consult with the Bigfoot hunters? It's a great series, and a rare concept getting so close to a single vehicle. Others do it but often digress excessively. Even though I was there with many of these cars, we are both learning from you. Who says the young are all hopeless? We my age were, too.
There are a lot of millennials out there that think just like you I was born in the wrong time period if I had access to a time machine I would go back in a heartbeat the only thing that I would miss is the technology I said it once before it would be really hard doing this in the 50s.. The automotive sector was totally different independent automotive journalist wasn’t really a thing..
Thanks for the video Jay I think the 59 olds is and always has been a acquired taste I’ll take the 59 mercury because it’s cool and a hardtop and the 59 Pontiac it has a face that looks pissed off 😂😂
Thank you so much for watching this I agree the 59 has a face that looks kinds of upset.. i’ve never seen a Pontiac wagon or any of the other wagons on this list frankly other than the olds
@@What.its.like. - a cool video would be on some of the hardtop wagons from the late 50’s I believe they all had them the coolest I’ve seen is the 58 Buick caballero
There were no full sized Oldsmobile wagons produced from 1965 to '70. Oldsmobile wagons returned with the introduction of the 1971 Custom Cruiser. Buick stopped full sized wagon production at the same time but resumed when the Estate wagon was introduced in 1970. My cars of choice here would be the DeSoto wagon and the Buick wagon.
For WYR, it's the Mercury, then the Pontiac. I always liked the split grille of the Pontiacs. My uncle drove a '59 Olds four-door sedan (same color as this) for a little while, but it was way past its prime by then. The New Jersey climate wasn't kind to cars that were more than a few years old...RUST!!! So it's interesting to see an unrestored survivor car like this one. I wonder what its history is?
I was showing my daughter all the different wagon options and she was her mouth was wide open jaw dropped at cars look that good every single one I showed her she’s like I want that one
Thank you for posting this car and your review. Thank you for going into detail about this car. That headlight design theme was used in the late 1960's and again in the 1980's on the Olds Firenza. it is interesting how the wagon carried on until 1992 and was called Custom Cruiser from the 1970's through the early 1990's. The other interesting thing is the attention to detail as well. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching today’s episode is going to be 1965 Mercury Park Lane I love covering the cars that never get featured and that is definitely a car that doesn’t get featured that often How do you like the new camera I absolutely love it that was the only time that I used it was that one day to shoot like 15 cars or whatever it ended up being.. =) I love that you can see all of the different lines and all of the different details the GoPro just doesn’t have the capability of seeing all of the lines like this new camera can
59 Olds wagon 59 Pontiac wagon When you look at the specs for that car the 0 to 60 time of under 9 seconds is pretty spectacular for a big car like that. That car has a lot of bright work on it. IMO That makes it a lot more stylish than your normal family wagon sold at that time. Our family always had station wagons for the majority of the years we kids were growing up. I have fond memories of many meals with everyone gathered around the tailgate.
1959 Ambassador cross country wagon with a 327 does 0to 60 in about the same time there was lots of cars that were pretty quick in the 50s I just got overshadowed by the Corvette.. lol
1. Have to go with the Mercury Colony Park 2. Identical roof and glass. Tough choice. Pontiac for its cleaner design, Buick for its demanding presence.
Great choices I tried to make the wagons hard I was showing my daughter pictures of those wagons and she was just blown away by the different designs and asked me why they don’t make cars pretty like that now.. And I told her those cars or even before me whose cars are before my dad in a lot of ways.. man long time ago
The absence of the brake master cylinder in the engine bay is indeed confounding. It's a hanging pedal, so maybe it's somewhere in/under the dashboard?
WYR Scenario 1- 59 Plymouth wagon . My parents had one. It was our first wagon. My siblings and I had fun playing in the back when we went for a drive ( Yea imagine that now) Scenario 2 - 59 Oldsmobile wagon.
7:50 I know they weren't thinking about it back then, but that "eyebrow" above the grill, it seems like that would trap a LOT of air, and not be very aerodynamic at all.
Hi Jay!: The Olds wagon is SO COOL! 1959 was a pretty good year styling wise for GM. Some of the cars were a little spaceship looking, but they were all at least semi-attractive. In 1958, you had an ok looking Chevy and Pontiac, but the Buick, Olds, and Cadillac. . .UGH! But the 1959 cars paved the way for the NICE GM designs of the 1960's. Heck, everyone had great looking cars in the 1960's! At any rate, I really like the 1959 Oldsmobile. This wagon version is a really interesting ride! Plus you can haul stuff! WYR's Oldsmobile for both!
I like the '58. It's a masterpiece of monstrosity. The '59 is low, and having owned a 59 Bel Aire, I can say those seats were downright uncomfortable. The '58 was higher and more pleasant for a human being to sit in.
One has to saythat there was a lot of design work in the car bodies at that time, as opposed to nowadays, where autos are all looking cheap but cost more.
I couldn’t get the tailgate open any time anything gives me problems like that I stop trying so I’m not sure I think it’s a six passenger but I’m not entirely sure
Typically, the rear seats in “third row” wagons in those days were entered through the tailgate. The second row was virtually always a bench that only folded down to extend the load floor.
WYR 1: All of them. WYR 2: All of them. NTT: I don't know, but it's groovy. Oldsmobile went out of business before their time. When I saw you were doing an Olds, I thought of a movie quote. "That son of a bitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the Equator!" -Mr. Parker, A Christmas Story
That’s a great quote great choices the wagons would’ve been really hard to pick I was showing my daughter and she was just blown away by the different designs that they had back then she asked me why they don’t make cars like that anymore I want to try to get my kids into the Classic stuff the good stuff =)
@@What.its.like. They're popular because of their practicality. It's more obvious how practical they are today than it was back then becaise we have more uses now than we did then.
58 Dash, but rest 59... When that thing was made, the back seat passengers were generally kids, standing on the seat...hey, it was the 50's... 59 Mercury (found one I see) 59 Buick
59 Buick, Oldsmobile and Chevy wagons all seem kinda yuck to me. I'm not a big Chrysler guy but if I was alive in 59, I would have gone for the Chrysler wagon with the 383 but the Mercury's wagon looks like it was designed as a wagon and not just a add-on to a sedan, the Mercury's 10x better looking than all other 59 wagons.
That mercury wagon is drop dead gorgeous hope I can find one this year I’ve never seen one I would totally rock that look the Pontiac looks pretty cool too I mean they all look cool I like the Buick as well =)
That car was in rough shape. Maybe someone could adopt it and rescue it. Don't like any of the choices you gave us but for looks it has to be the DeSoto. I prefer the 58 model year for GM.
Some of these land monsters were wonderfully strange. This beast could take on any SUV for cargo and passengers. Too bad the SUVs killed them but now they are at least back as a species of car/wagon and not an SUV. Back in the day you had to parallel park to get your license. You had plenty of glass and mirrors, but you were steering a high-powered barge!
Classic auto mall has 1000 cars over 1000 cars for sale.. I’m not sure what you mean by digital magazine information I get a lot of the brochures from this site oldcarbrochures.com
I absolutely love doing it I love making videos on cars that never got videoed or reviewed everybody is in there something different in the different cars never got love this channel gives them all the love that they never got.. I try to be as thorough as possible with all the angles for anybody that’s restoring these they can see where the trim pieces go
It says Quadra jet in the advertisement piece.. I’ve been corrected about that before I’m always very hesitant to say that word but that is how it’s laid out in the advertisement piece click on the link scroll over to specifications and go down to engine choices it’s super interesting oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html
@@What.its.like. BOP had new innovations before Chevy did in many cases. like THM400 made its debut in Pontiac in 64. So Q-jets may have been earlier than 65 (that is when chevy did it) but I seriously doubt 59. In 59 Chevy used Carter WCFB 4 bbls, I think the 4-jet came around 62/63.
I just thought that was very interesting I didn’t think they went back that far I stop saying what the carburetors were unless it’s stated in an advertisement piece..
I’m going to send you this advertisement piece I was very hesitant to say Quadra jet but that’s what the advertisement says oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html The ad is also in the video but for whatever reason I got super blurry when I try to put it in there
@@What.its.like. Thanks a LOT for sending that link! I see they call it a "Quadri-Jet" ... I suppose a marketing term for a 4-bbl carb. vs the "Quadrajet" which was such a specific type of popular carburetor through the '60s. I remember when the Quadrajets were popular, and there was this ONE GUY who was a GENIUS because he was expert at overhauling Quadrajets. I think the vacuum secondaries scared the heck out of everyone back then.
Beautiful car, but needs work. Is $25k a fair price considering the pitted chrome, chipped paint, beat up roof interior, and dirty interior doors, etc.?
Would you rather 1: DeSoto, then Edsel, then Studebaker Lark, then (wild card) Borgward Isabella Kombi. Would you rather 2: Buick by miles on styling, but the torque tube drive is a downside. Pontiac, maybe, but I'm not reaally a fan of the '59='60 GM styling from any division.
Speaking of wild cards, Rambler Six, Rebel, Classic, and Ambassador wagons of that period were handy size and amazingly capacious. '61 Ambassador has unique and attractive styling. Still, I can't overlook the torque tube drive.
WYR: 1) Mercury - a hardtop; Mercury built more hardtop wagons than any sigle nameplate. 2) the Buick, unless I were offered a Bonneville, but the one pictured is not.
Awesome information I did not know that I’ve never seen a 59 mercury wagon but that design looks absolutely gorgeous I hope I cross paths with one this year
Let’s Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams. Featured on the album of the same name. Also on the Footloose Original Soundtrack. It topped at #1 on the billboard 100 for the week ending May 26, 1984. Also #1 on R&B and Dance lists. It rose to number 2 in the UK, #1 was Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham. On a side note I met George Michael in a gay bar. This was a long long time prior to him coming out publicly: He told me the music was better in the gay bar. I had already been talking to him. I went to the restroom and he came in as I was washing my hands. I had told him that some of my friends said he was gay and some said straight. I’m the restroom he asked what I thought, we heard the outer door open and he pulled me into a stall, note I was very willing. He pulled me to an embrace and kissed me tongue and all. He said now what do you think and I told him I was leaning towards gay, but it would take more than a kiss for me to be convinced, but it was a great kiss. I thought he was gay, but I told him I thought he might be bisexual, but with more than a kiss I might be convinced otherwise. Damn he was hot and I still love listening to him sing and talk. He had an amazing accent. So sexy.
Linear look. Is that what they called this monstrosity? Only slightly less ugly than the over-chromed '58 Blimp 88 and 98. Quadrajet 4 bbl? The 1954-63 Chilton's say they used Carter carbs.
Look at the advertisement piece under dynamic 88 engine under specs oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html
Wagons in this era were the cross-overs of the time. GM's 1958 cars were very unattractive to me. the 57's and the 59's look better. I know that the wagons of the 1950's were huge - long and wide - but only as tall as a sedan. That's the big difference between then and now.
Is it Let's Hear it for the Boy, by Deneice Williams?
Yeah buddy congratulations I didn’t know it was going to be that easy but you got it right out of the gate but I think this is your first one so congratulations on that
I'd always thought it was 'boys' not 'boy' in that song. I see they are saying it both ways here.
Yeah I always thought it was boys as well but the title is boy..
I was gonna guess that. It is boy too. 😉
When dad died, [ 1962 ]he left mom and me with a 1959 Olds 88. The car was so big that you had to put the front bumper hard against the wall, in order to close down the garage door. Back then, the “roll-down “ doors were wood. The door would rub against the back bumper to the point that it was wearing notches in the wood itself as it went up and down.
BIG car‼️
🚗🙂
This car has the "Safety Spectrum Speedometer." It features three color speed ranges which are: GREEN/0-34 mph; AMBER/35-64 mph; RED/65-120 mph. The illusion of a bar is produced by a rotating drum behind the facia. All full-sized Oldsmobiles had this feature from model years1959-62.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that I saw in the advertisement piece that it was lit up green until about 30 miles an hour but I wasn’t sure about the color change
The 59 left the 50s behind and is moving into the 60s…..and I like that. The dash is great. The speedometer is the redline roller! That was sooooo cool back then. Big assed wagon.
I also own a 2018 Buick Regal TourX. A beautiful, fully equipped wagon with z 2.4 turbo engine.
Fun fact: all 59 GM cars had to use the same front doors, meaning a Chevy door would fit a Pontiac, Olds or Buick (not sure about Caddy). Not sure about the back doors. Trim could be added or deleted to make the door look different from one make to another. After the 57 Chrysler products came out, GM hastily made the 58s a one year only style, and quickly redesigned the 59s to be more modern. Sharing doors is one way that GM cut the per unit cost down.
Great information I did not know that thank you so much for sharing that
Cadiddle-yak also used the Buick doors in 1959.
Harley Earl demanded more of the same ("I told you to put 100 more pounds of chrome on that. That's only 75!") for the '59 models, in final stages of design in late 1956.
Earl had left the country for a month or so during that period and left the design studio with their instructions.
It happened that one of the mid-level designers had taken a detour passing by a Plymouth storage lot and saw the all-new '57 models awaiting shipping. He hurried to the studio and piled as many of his associates in his car and organized a sort of caravan to see the new Chrysler Corporation models.
Of course there was a mutiny against the Earl-mandated bulge barges and when Earl returned, he realized the new guard was right.
Designers were instructed to develop designs using the Buick front door surfaces as the template, and the rest was history.
Earl retired, the two-year-old B- and C-bodies and the one-year-old A-bodies (Pontiacs and Chevrolets) were replaced with all-new second-rate imitations of the '57 Chryslers, and Ford's 59s went on as previously planned with a remarkable similarity between the GM A-pillars and those of the '59-'60 Mercury (and originally planned senior Edsels as well).
Super Interesting point. It's amazing how the different divisions all managed to make _very_ different looking cars with that restriction.
@@josephgaviota Definitely not 'badge engineered' like most GM stuff from 1980 on.
Love me some Oldsmobile!
My parents owned a 59 Chevy Parkwood. I really liked t h e styling. A 283 2bbl with a powerglide. Today, I own an 84 Olds Custom Cruiser that I restored. I get a lot of compliments. A lot more goodies than the 59 Parkwood had. The Olds 307 has been rebuilt with roller cam and rockers with case hardened rods. I hope this rebuild holds better than the last one which fractured the #7 piston due to poor quality parts. 😢
Another great feature car, Jay. Such exuberant styling! I'll take the Mercury and the Buick.
=) awesome choices
Beautiful Car!💕
15:20 "Everybody needs a cigarette in their mouths ... it's the '50s"
That is SO true. Back when EVERY ONE had a giant ashtray on their coffee table in their living room, and giving cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays, was _guaranteed_ to be a good Birthday/Christmas gift for nearly anyone.
It’s amazing how time changes the way you look at things everybody in the 50s saw that smoking was good for you and then it turned out to be not so good for you
Oh, J... First and foremost, I'm a FoMoCo guy, but right next to it, I'm a wagon guy (Estate Wagon, Vista Cruiser, Town and Country, Country Squire, and my personal favorite, Colony Park, etc.) ... this was ALMOST like porn... lol... The '59/'60 GM offerings "I" think were the most handsome out of all the GM offerings until the late 60's. (My Gram had a '59 Invicta) This big, beautiful beast is gorgeous! The one thing I never understood, was why GM didn't use the flat top roof profile for the wagons in '59/'60 like they did starting in '61. I think it would have made for a much cleaner look than the oddly placed rear "vent" window and squiggly C pillar design. Thank you for this awesome episode! WYR: 1) Awwww, man... you know I gotta go Colony Park... but this Olds is a beauty! 2) And again, nothing against the Olds, but I gotta go with the Buick...
You bet I’m glad you did this episode I’m a huge wagon fan as well.. I want to cover them all in the 50s at least.. I was showing my daughter all of the different would you rather choices and her jaw kept dropping every single time she saw one like the Buick Invicta she really likes the mercury with the wood sides she’s never seen wood sides on a vehicle before.. i’ve never seen one of those in the wild definitely a car that I would love to feature one day =)
I knew a guy who had a 60 finned Plymouth wagon as well as a bunch of other cars supposed to do but.. never happened
What a great car. First round goes to the Mercury. I’ve always loved Colony Parks, we had two of them in our family when I was growing up-a ‘77 and an ‘82. Both big, powerful, comfortable, beautiful and super reliable.
Second round goes to the Buick. I had a ‘59 Electra four window hardtop, and the ‘59s get my vote every time. Incidentally, I think the LeSabre wagon that you show in the photo sold a few years ago for $150,000. It’s a stunning vehicle, but holy crap, what a price! Nobody thought to save the wagons though, so now they’re scarce.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that insight I have never seen a Buick Invicta wagon in the wild it’s definitely a vehicle I definitely wanna cover going to try to do more wagons this year but like you said they didn’t get saved for reasons I can’t explain very popular now..
In 59, Buick did not offer an Electra wagon, only Invicta and Le Sabre. @@What.its.like.
Thank you for that correction
my parents had a rare 64 dynamic wagon big v8 three on the tree black on black. what a beautiful car. had to sell cause it was almost impossible for my mom to push in the clutch. very short thro but very stiff. must have been very few wi th a stick so they just made it work. should have been hydraulic
Awesome thank you so much for sharing the memory of your 1964 dynamic wagon I wonder if they could put a different spring on the clutch.. idk I’ve drove cars specially Chrysler products from the 70s with lean burn engines that the Excelerator was really hard to push because the spring on the carburetor needed adjusted or just a different spring all together
1964 was temporarily the last year for full sized Olds & Buick wagons.
Regular production cars didn’t use hydraulic clutch actuators in those days…far too expensive compared to sticking a mechanical linkage on it.
The 59 is sleeker and far less frumpy-looking than the 58. Many hints of the "Rocket" motif all over, and the two-tone stripe isn't overdone. Those who haven't seen these old wagons in person will be impressed with their size, they are BIG cars. The riding experience is something akin to being in a boat, floating and rolling along. I'm not really an Olds fan but it gets both WYR's with it's very tasteful styling.
I totally agree the 59 is sleeker but the 58 is definitely a vehicle that I want to feature one day I’ve been looking for one they’re not the easiest car to find
@@What.its.like. Station wagons tend to get used up then scrapped for the heavier weight of the metal. Painters used to use them for work which used up a lot of them. Or they got wasted in demolition derbys as another viewer said. Unless they have something special going for them like the Chevy SS wagon or the Vista Cruiser with the roof edge glass, they have almost no collector value so they don't get preserved.
Classic auto Mall has a vista cruiser I want to do that next time if it’s still there..
It’s crazy how things change with time you know when you guys were kids you probably didn’t wanna be caught dead in a wagon I want to buy a 59 cross country Rambler wagon and drive across country that’s a dream of mine I want to take my kids and have a great time if it’s not a 59 cross country could be any old car I think doing a road trip and Classic Car would be awesome
Awesome video, Jay!...To me, the 1959 Oldsmobile dynamic 88 wagon ranks right up there with my favorite period wagon…the Pontiac!!...BTW - Classic Auto Mall has a really nice, well preserved 1952 Plymouth Cambridge sedan…would love to see a video on this and a comparison to the back to the 1952 Dodge Wayfarer from your prior video!!!
I’m pretty sure I shot it that one is in the pipeline green I believe =)
Great choices glad you dig this video
Love it!
Yes, for some reasons I like weird looking vehicles, especially station wagons 🙂🙃🙂
Me too =)
I wish GM had kept the hardtop look for the ‘59 & ‘60 wagons.
‘59 Mercury wagon. Colony Park.
I totally agree with you the hard top look was something very special..
The wagons were a really hard choice for me I love that mercury wagon I’ve never seen one in person
Pontiac Wagon is my favorite 👍. But all wagons are good 😊...
Another great Episode 👏👏
Looking forward to Tuesday ✌️😉
Tuesday is going to be a blast I have no idea what to expect bills are pretty cool guy the topic for discussion is going to be entry-level Classic Cars he’s going to do before war war one that is his area of expertise
Glad you dig this episode =)
I have a 60 olds myself, not a wagon but a sedan, it’s interesting to see what they removed and added on the 60, here’s hoping my restoration efforts go well :3
WYR De Soto and the Buick
Awesome choices
I love the new designs of the different autos of this model year, each are so cool and unique IMO. In the first WYR the Mercury would be my choice, in the second, all are great, I think the Buick has such s bold sort of menacing look, I would probably go with the Olds! 😎
Awesome choices =)
I'm old as this car, seen many, but never saw the embedded rocket theme. Look closer at the wonderful artistry in the body. Beneath the detailed rockets atop the fenders begin the representation of two full length boosters fused into the body. Red on the tailgate suggests a main engine.
Awesome observation I saw that as well but I didn’t see it in person I saw it when I was looking at the video footage and I was like wow that’s really cool how they did that but I didn’t comment on it.. that new camera is really something I really want to go out and shoot some more stuff with it. I only used it that one lol
@@What.its.like. The new camera is better, though the previous was excellent. Maybe you should consult with the Bigfoot hunters? It's a great series, and a rare concept getting so close to a single vehicle. Others do it but often digress excessively. Even though I was there with many of these cars, we are both learning from you. Who says the young are all hopeless? We my age were, too.
There are a lot of millennials out there that think just like you I was born in the wrong time period if I had access to a time machine I would go back in a heartbeat the only thing that I would miss is the technology I said it once before it would be really hard doing this in the 50s.. The automotive sector was totally different independent automotive journalist wasn’t really a thing..
Thanks for the video Jay I think the 59 olds is and always has been a acquired taste I’ll take the 59 mercury because it’s cool and a hardtop and the 59 Pontiac it has a face that looks pissed off 😂😂
Thank you so much for watching this I agree the 59 has a face that looks kinds of upset.. i’ve never seen a Pontiac wagon or any of the other wagons on this list frankly other than the olds
@@What.its.like. - a cool video would be on some of the hardtop wagons from the late 50’s I believe they all had them the coolest I’ve seen is the 58 Buick caballero
I’m a huge wagon fan I want to cover all of the 50s wagons every single one =)
TIIS CAR IS JUST A PICE OF ART I HAD ONE LOVED IT.
Totally agree =)
Any cool stories of you and your old wagon
I have hundreds want to hear...
Do share =)
WYR: De Soto, Pontiac. More wagons!
Awesome choices totally agree we need to cover more wagons this year they’re just hard to fine man
Beautiful car I just love wagons and it doesn't really matter if its chev ford dodge etc there all gorgeous
Totally agree especially in the 50s
All of these late 1950 GM wagons met their final days in Demo Derby’s at county fairs Grandpappy a mopar man would say that was all they were good for
Grandpappy knew his vehicles 🙃
Back then nobody wanted a 58-59 car regardless of the make in 1978 you could buy a good running 59 caddy for around a $100
That’s crazy I wish I had a time machine
There were no full sized Oldsmobile wagons produced from 1965 to '70. Oldsmobile wagons returned with the introduction of the 1971 Custom Cruiser. Buick stopped full sized wagon production at the same time but resumed when the Estate wagon was introduced in 1970. My cars of choice here would be the DeSoto wagon and the Buick wagon.
Great information thank you so much for sharing that I did not know that trivia
The '58 Olds, the DeSoto and the Buick.
Awesome choices =)
Give me the chrome-slathered 1958 Oldsmobile any day!
For WYR, it's the Mercury, then the Pontiac. I always liked the split grille of the Pontiacs.
My uncle drove a '59 Olds four-door sedan (same color as this) for a little while, but it was way past its prime by then. The New Jersey climate wasn't kind to cars that were more than a few years old...RUST!!! So it's interesting to see an unrestored survivor car like this one. I wonder what its history is?
I like almost all those choices as #1 choice.
Yeah I tried to make the wagons hard they had a lot of great offerings I could add to the edsel wagon in that equation
WYR -1- Desoto -2- Buick
Sweet choices =)
ITS hard to choose Justin but I think I would choose the Buick Invicta wagon 👍
I was showing my daughter all the different wagon options and she was her mouth was wide open jaw dropped at cars look that good every single one I showed her she’s like I want that one
Thank you for posting this car and your review. Thank you for going into detail about this car. That headlight design theme was used in the late 1960's and again in the 1980's on the Olds Firenza. it is interesting how the wagon carried on until 1992 and was called Custom Cruiser from the 1970's through the early 1990's. The other interesting thing is the attention to detail as well. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching today’s episode is going to be 1965 Mercury Park Lane I love covering the cars that never get featured and that is definitely a car that doesn’t get featured that often
How do you like the new camera I absolutely love it that was the only time that I used it was that one day to shoot like 15 cars or whatever it ended up being.. =) I love that you can see all of the different lines and all of the different details the GoPro just doesn’t have the capability of seeing all of the lines like this new camera can
@@What.its.like. Carry on with your new camera and you can see a difference in quality. You keep finding the ones other will not review or dismiss.
59 Olds wagon
59 Pontiac wagon
When you look at the specs for that car the 0 to 60 time of under 9 seconds is pretty spectacular for a big car like that.
That car has a lot of bright work on it. IMO That makes it a lot more stylish than your normal family wagon sold at that time.
Our family always had station wagons for the majority of the years we kids were growing up. I have fond memories of many meals with everyone gathered around the tailgate.
Great choices yeah that might actually be a topic for another video powerful underrated 50s wagons that were really fast for the time =)
@@What.its.like. If you ever do decide to do that my guess is that Oldsmobile will be right up there at the top of the list or very close to the top.
1959 Ambassador cross country wagon with a 327 does 0to 60 in about the same time there was lots of cars that were pretty quick in the 50s I just got overshadowed by the Corvette.. lol
1. Have to go with the Mercury Colony Park
2. Identical roof and glass. Tough choice. Pontiac for its cleaner design, Buick for its demanding presence.
Great choices I tried to make the wagons hard I was showing my daughter pictures of those wagons and she was just blown away by the different designs and asked me why they don’t make cars pretty like that now..
And I told her those cars or even before me whose cars are before my dad in a lot of ways.. man long time ago
The absence of the brake master cylinder in the engine bay is indeed confounding. It's a hanging pedal, so maybe it's somewhere in/under the dashboard?
Yeah it was super interesting.
Nice 😊
I think ALL the GM '59s were outstanding, they seem like rolling art nowadays!
Totally agree =)
WYR Scenario 1- 59 Plymouth wagon . My parents had one. It was our first wagon. My siblings and I had fun playing in the back when we went for a drive ( Yea imagine that now) Scenario 2 - 59 Oldsmobile wagon.
Awesome =)
7:50 I know they weren't thinking about it back then, but that "eyebrow" above the grill, it seems like that would trap a LOT of air, and not be very aerodynamic at all.
I like the 1958 model.
Oh to be alive in 1959 living in San Bernadino driving a new Oldsmobile.
Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy -
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@@What.its.like. by 15 seconds
Pretty much it was really close there was five of you guys fighting for title all within seconds milliseconds of one another
Hi Jay!: The Olds wagon is SO COOL! 1959 was a pretty good year styling wise for GM. Some of the cars were a little spaceship looking, but they were all at least semi-attractive. In 1958, you had an ok looking Chevy and Pontiac, but the Buick, Olds, and Cadillac. . .UGH! But the 1959 cars paved the way for the NICE GM designs of the 1960's. Heck, everyone had great looking cars in the 1960's! At any rate, I really like the 1959 Oldsmobile. This wagon version is a really interesting ride! Plus you can haul stuff! WYR's Oldsmobile for both!
Awesome choices great insight and information as usual thank you so much Jeffrey =)
Denice Willams Let’s here it for the boys
Yeah buddy that is the song and band unfortunately AMCgull80 just beat you for title
Let’s hear it for the boy. Deniece Williams
Yeah buddy that is the song and band unfortunately AMCgull80 just beat you for title
Mercury Wagon and Buick Wagon
Awesome choices =)
Mercury wagon, are very classy.
Very I hope to do one this year
Olds wagon , buick wagon !
I like the '58. It's a masterpiece of monstrosity. The '59 is low, and having owned a 59 Bel Aire, I can say those seats were downright uncomfortable. The '58 was higher and more pleasant for a human being to sit in.
I want to find a 58 Oldsmobile there’s a lot to go over with that car =) yeah I’m with you the seats Left more to be desired
It would be great to buy a 1961 Chevy Impala 2-door bubble top with a 283 engine.
👏👏👏👏
Both Nice ,59 though
1959 Oldsmobile
1959 Buick
Thought I saw the master cylinder on firewall sans booster
Great choices I’ll have to take another look
One has to saythat there was a lot of design work in the car bodies at that time, as opposed to nowadays, where autos are all looking cheap but cost more.
The 1958 looks like a Buick refrigerator next to the 1959...
It’s amazing what a year will do
Deniese Williams... Let's hear it for our boys 🤞
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Is that a 9 passenger wagon? Usually if the rear seat is split, the smaller seat folds forward so people can get into the 3rd row rear seat.
I couldn’t get the tailgate open any time anything gives me problems like that I stop trying so I’m not sure I think it’s a six passenger but I’m not entirely sure
Typically, the rear seats in “third row” wagons in those days were entered through the tailgate. The second row was virtually always a bench that only folded down to extend the load floor.
Great vid!!!!!
Thank you so much I have a question for you could you email me we can exchange information
What_its_like@yahoo.com
WYR 1: DeSoto WYR 2: Buick. That Olds looks like a survivor.
Awesome choices totally agree this Oldsmobile definitely seems like a survivor it’s in pretty good shape if it’s all original all things considered
WYR 1: All of them.
WYR 2: All of them.
NTT: I don't know, but it's groovy.
Oldsmobile went out of business before their time. When I saw you were doing an Olds, I thought of a movie quote. "That son of a bitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the Equator!" -Mr. Parker, A Christmas Story
That’s a great quote great choices the wagons would’ve been really hard to pick I was showing my daughter and she was just blown away by the different designs that they had back then she asked me why they don’t make cars like that anymore I want to try to get my kids into the Classic stuff the good stuff =)
@@What.its.like. I'm sad for you because you haven't had a chance to film a Chevy Nova wagon yet. You NEVER see those!
I’ve been looking wagons are really hard to find for some reason they’re extremely popular right now doesn’t matter what kind
@@What.its.like. They're popular because of their practicality. It's more obvious how practical they are today than it was back then becaise we have more uses now than we did then.
@@What.its.like.Sounds like good parenting, Jay. Start them young!
Wrong type of white walls fot 1959
Olds and Buick
Awesome choices
58 Dash, but rest 59...
When that thing was made, the back seat passengers were generally kids, standing on the seat...hey, it was the 50's...
59 Mercury (found one I see)
59 Buick
It has a longer, lower, wider glove box! Would You Rather #1 1959 Olds Dynamic 88 Wagon and #2 1959 Pontiac Wagon.
That was a fast car for the time
It was in the kicker is it was a base model three speed manual is the key their automatic version doesn’t go as fast
59 Buick, Oldsmobile and Chevy wagons all seem kinda yuck to me.
I'm not a big Chrysler guy but if I was alive in 59, I would have gone for the Chrysler wagon with the 383 but the Mercury's wagon looks like it was designed as a wagon and not just a add-on to a sedan, the Mercury's 10x better looking than all other 59 wagons.
That mercury wagon is drop dead gorgeous hope I can find one this year I’ve never seen one I would totally rock that look the Pontiac looks pretty cool too I mean they all look cool I like the Buick as well =)
That car was in rough shape. Maybe someone could adopt it and rescue it. Don't like any of the choices you gave us but for looks it has to be the DeSoto. I prefer the 58 model year for GM.
ALLWAYS thought those Olds with the double spacing of the headlights was kinda visually challenging...like my eyes wouldn't focus properly..😅🙂😐
Like the 58, MUCH better!
Can’t wait to find one =)
Some of these land monsters were wonderfully strange. This beast could take on any SUV for cargo and passengers. Too bad the SUVs killed them but now they are at least back as a species of car/wagon and not an SUV. Back in the day you had to parallel park to get your license. You had plenty of glass and mirrors, but you were steering a high-powered barge!
Wagons are super hot right now it seems
At first glance I thought the thumbnail looked like a '59 Edsel Villager.
Yeah you’re right it kind of does I want to hit Edsel wagons they are so cool =)
Where do you find all these classic cars' digital magazine information?
Classic auto mall has 1000 cars over 1000 cars for sale..
I’m not sure what you mean by digital magazine information I get a lot of the brochures from this site
oldcarbrochures.com
@@What.its.like. Thanks a lot, man, this is what I wanted and love your content...Keep making such informative videos on these beauties❤
I absolutely love doing it I love making videos on cars that never got videoed or reviewed everybody is in there something different in the different cars never got love this channel gives them all the love that they never got..
I try to be as thorough as possible with all the angles for anybody that’s restoring these they can see where the trim pieces go
I hate to nit-pick but, GM didn't use the Q-jet until 65. What you should have said it Rochester 4-jet.
It says Quadra jet in the advertisement piece..
I’ve been corrected about that before I’m always very hesitant to say that word but that is how it’s laid out in the advertisement piece click on the link scroll over to specifications and go down to engine choices it’s super interesting
oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html
@@What.its.like. BOP had new innovations before Chevy did in many cases. like THM400 made its debut in Pontiac in 64. So Q-jets may have been earlier than 65 (that is when chevy did it) but I seriously doubt 59. In 59 Chevy used Carter WCFB 4 bbls, I think the 4-jet came around 62/63.
I just thought that was very interesting I didn’t think they went back that far I stop saying what the carburetors were unless it’s stated in an advertisement piece..
6:15 I don't think the Quadrajet was available in 1959.
I’m going to send you this advertisement piece I was very hesitant to say Quadra jet but that’s what the advertisement says
oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html
The ad is also in the video but for whatever reason I got super blurry when I try to put it in there
@@What.its.like. Thanks a LOT for sending that link!
I see they call it a "Quadri-Jet" ... I suppose a marketing term for a 4-bbl carb.
vs the "Quadrajet" which was such a specific type of popular carburetor through the '60s.
I remember when the Quadrajets were popular, and there was this ONE GUY who was a GENIUS because he was expert at overhauling Quadrajets. I think the vacuum secondaries scared the heck out of everyone back then.
Beautiful car, but needs work. Is $25k a fair price considering the pitted chrome, chipped paint, beat up roof interior, and dirty interior doors, etc.?
www.jdpower.com/cars/1959/oldsmobile/dynamic-88/fiesta-4-door-station-wagon
I would take the DeSoto, as the Brand was already dying.
1950s capitalist Burma had cars like that.
The Murc then Poncho.
Awesome choices
Would you rather 1: DeSoto, then Edsel, then Studebaker Lark, then (wild card) Borgward Isabella Kombi.
Would you rather 2: Buick by miles on styling, but the torque tube drive is a downside. Pontiac, maybe, but I'm not reaally a fan of the '59='60 GM styling from any division.
Speaking of wild cards, Rambler Six, Rebel, Classic, and Ambassador wagons of that period were handy size and amazingly capacious. '61 Ambassador has unique and attractive styling.
Still, I can't overlook the torque tube drive.
WYR: 1) Mercury - a hardtop; Mercury built more hardtop wagons than any sigle nameplate. 2) the Buick, unless I were offered a Bonneville, but the one pictured is not.
Awesome information I did not know that I’ve never seen a 59 mercury wagon but that design looks absolutely gorgeous I hope I cross paths with one this year
Olds ,Pontiac
59 Merc- olds
58 wagon was cooler!
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On a side note I met George Michael in a gay bar. This was a long long time prior to him coming out publicly: He told me the music was better in the gay bar. I had already been talking to him. I went to the restroom and he came in as I was washing my hands. I had told him that some of my friends said he was gay and some said straight. I’m the restroom he asked what I thought, we heard the outer door open and he pulled me into a stall, note I was very willing. He pulled me to an embrace and kissed me tongue and all. He said now what do you think and I told him I was leaning towards gay, but it would take more than a kiss for me to be convinced, but it was a great kiss. I thought he was gay, but I told him I thought he might be bisexual, but with more than a kiss I might be convinced otherwise. Damn he was hot and I still love listening to him sing and talk. He had an amazing accent. So sexy.
question 1 #3, question 2 # the only good looking one in the group is 3
Sweet choices
Linear look. Is that what they called this monstrosity? Only slightly less ugly than the over-chromed '58 Blimp 88 and 98. Quadrajet 4 bbl? The 1954-63 Chilton's say they used Carter carbs.
Look at the advertisement piece under dynamic 88 engine under specs
oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile/1959%20Oldsmobile%20Brochure/1959%20Oldsmobile-30-31.html
@@What.its.like. - I do not want to have to download the PDF.
It’s a link
Not a scam and don’t have to download anything
Wagons in this era were the cross-overs of the time. GM's 1958 cars were very unattractive to me. the 57's and the 59's look better. I know that the wagons of the 1950's were huge - long and wide - but only as tall as a sedan. That's the big difference between then and now.
Think we found the origin of the term 'coyote ugly'
Get to the content please
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58 Beautiful, in an ugly sort of way
( like Barbra Streisand)
Haha yeah =)