In 1965 my father was returning with the family from a 3 year tour in Germany courtesy of the US Army. He ordered a new car which was waiting for us at a dealership in NJ when we pulled into port in NYC. It was a black 1965 Olds Vista Cruiser with red interior. 330 cubic inch V8 and - yeah, he did it - a 4 speed manual transmission. Over the years it acquired bigger sway bars, bigger chromed/reversed wheels and tires, Thrush mufflers and a Hurst shifter - complete with decal "Shift as Hard as You Like - But Don't Break Your Arm". What a car to learn to drive on!!! My buddies all called it the Dragin' Wagon.
Those are the best cars GM made from a car guy standpoint. They were beasts within a slippery skin that beheld generations worth of memories in a decade that car guys nowadays are still trying to achieve
Sentimentally, I couldn't agree more. As a terminally-infected car guy almost 70 years old, all the vehicles from that era are pretty much "trucks" by today's standards. But it sure was a lot of fun at the time! My first car was a '55 Chevy - and it was truckish compared to dad's wagon.
Thanks Myles -- he was indeed. WAY before it was cool to do so, he wore his hair long after he retired from the military. I can remember other people at church asking dad why he let me wear my hair long....he smiled and said "Look at mine? He doesn't party, he's a good student, he's got a job, he doesn't get in trouble, he respects me and his mom. He can wear his hair down to his ass if he wants to." @@myleslong5584
My 1st car was a 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer station wagon. It had a 410 hp 413 ci and a 3 speed manual. My father bought it new in Grand Jct, CO. He was told it'd been ordered by a Colorado sheriffs department. I won a lot of stoplight derbies against muscle cars.
My Neighbor had a '69 Vista Cruiser with the 455, when Grandma visted from Chicago, she would drive us to the beach, like a maniac, and looking out the back window, hearing that quadrajet moan at every stop sign, good times.
In 1967 I went to an NHRA National event that featured 2 car haulers full of white with blue trim Factory FORD race cars, including a full size 1967 station wagon with slicks, a 4 speed and a 427 dual quad under the hood... Despite sitting right beside a 427 SOHC Mustang sportback, most people in the pits waere jazzed by that wicked wagon. I recall seeing that wagon, the SOHC Mustang and a couple of other cars from that very day go across the auction block at a Barrett Jackson., for big bucks. I remember that day also for having been able to sit in a Top Fuel Dragster cockpit. Great fun at age 15!
at 1:43, there is no possible way in hades that the 1969 Olds Vista Cruiser wagon with a 455 engine was EVER built from the factory with a 700R4 Transmission since the 700R4 wasnt introduced by GM until 1981
There also was never a TH700R4 trans with a BOP bellhousing. Either they used an adapter plate, or they used a TH200R4 which usually had both Chevy & BOP bellhousing patterns.
We had a brand new '72 Buick Estate Wagon which I believe was the 455ci & Dad drove it until you could practically see through it from the rust. Some guys bought it for the motor in 80's
My father bought a new 1970 Plymouth Sport Suburban wagon, fully loaded with a 383 Magnum under the hood, the new style 2 way rear wagon door with disappearing glass and could open as a normal wagon or could be opened like a regular door, it was the talk of the block.
A friend's older brother owned a 1970 white with wood grain, Buick Sport wagon with a stage 1 package. Every time it shifted, the rear tires chirped. That beast hauled ass.
A friend of mine had one of the rarest 1963 Nova wagons built. He was a ex GM executive and got permission the have it built with a 327 4 speed instead of the standard 283 powerglide.
I had a '64 Nova 400 wagon with a 300 hp. 327 and 4 speed in college. Came from the factory with the 4 speed and a 283. The first owner had a crate motor installed before he picked the car up from the dealer. I installed 3 leaf springs from a Camaro. It was a great car.
I remember all the station wagon muscle car's from the 60s cause they raced em and hauled the family around in em lol..I always liked station wagons and they mostly had big block 4speed transmissions and they ran a pretty good E/T in em as well..I've had my eyes on a 66 Galaxie station wagon with a 428 4speed and a 65 Dodge Coronet 440 with the big 318 4speed in it and they're both completely original but I don't think their 4sale but it doesn't hurt to ask every now and then lol..The 66 Ford has fake wood grain down both sides and it reminds me of a sleeper until ya notice the badges on the front rear part of the fenders cause it's got 428 on em. It's a nice tan with tan interior vehicle..
Factory, or not, they are all incredible. A soccer mom could blow your doors off bringing the kids home from school. I like the imposing look/stance of the CTS-V......
1969 Olds Vista cruiser with a CD player from the factory? That 18 years ahead of the time. wow a million-dollar option. the 700 R4 transmission came out in 1982.
@@pd07 Then put the word "CUSTOM" in your title the way you have it worded makes it sound factory. you have one factory made car in this video the lead story also making it sound like factory made cars. You put c clown vista cruiser Hurst but they made factory INDY pace car from vista cruisers.
Hell, my grandpap's 455 '71 Vista was quite a hot rod you wouldn't know it was. Jeez it had massive torque. I wish I could've gotten it, to just put some rims on, shave the chrome and paint.
The Vista Cruiser didn't exactly need the Hurst upgrade. The stock versions were just as badass as the one featured, even though the featured one isn't genuine. They were monsters, straight from the factory!
They made factory Indy pace cars out of them. They were used by the medical teams and track officials. You can still find a few driving around Lansing Michigan home of Oldsmobile.
you missed the best mussel wagon of all, the Ford Country Squier 428 Cobra Jet 4spd, 1 of 1 ... yup its still on the road, in good shape but could use a frame off...
Very cool. I love wagons. There was also a very cool Chevy II wagon. Let's not forget the Nomad (though not muscle from factory). Love the CTS-V. Guy in town (fairly small mid south city) who has one w/ 6 Spd. manual.. Super rare.
You might notice he actually isn't just telling about factory cars but mixes it all together. It's quite confusing really as he says things like "This one wasn't actually produced in it's day but was the idea of a coup,e of guys that wanted to make it. They added the SS badges and put it the 445Ci engine and 4 speed manual. It was also available with an automatic transmission and a spoiler". So it's all mushed together. Weird.
True. I suppose the modded cars shown weren't really 'restomods' (modern running gear w/ old body) but imagined factory muscle cars using the original running gear. I'm not really a vintage guy, but if I had money to burn, would be cool to have a tricked out Nomad. In Surf Green w/ antique white roof to match my vintage Fender Strat. I'm more into the modern stuff like the CTS-V or the Audi Avant or stuff from AMG though I have to make do w/ my Golf Sportwagon turned into a sleeper GTI. @@friguy4444
I loved my 2006 Magnum R/T it got wide eyes from the japanese import crowd when I started leaving them in the rearview at 100mph and still pulling like a draft horse.
I believe Pontiac made 4 GTO wagons in 1972. Don't quote me on that, but I remember reading about a handful of GOAT wagons made during a single model year. Though heavier than their coupe and sedan counterparts, the extra weight was on the rear and that actually was a bit of a benefit in the muscle car era. The extra weight helped keep the rear down and let the tires hook up on the pavement. Those old polyglass bias tires were not so good at grabbing the street back then!
The HHR SS also came with a factory 8inch subwoofer mounted in the back,, these cars are now extremely hard to find! I wish I didn’t sell my blue one now!
I don’t understand. The only ones that look that they were from factory was the first Pontiac, the HHR, and the Cadillac? I like wagoons and always wanted to build a “SS” Chevelle wagoon. I like the Hurst/Olds and remember seeing a H/O wagon on Facebook marketplace or eBay once.
I remember when the 1961 Pontiac wagon showed up on Ebay pre-restoration. 2 guys recognized the car, the "Buy it now" went away and a bidding war started. I can't remember what it sold for.
I don't recall the year(s), but I do remember Buick offering factory GS wagons. I don't know that I ever saw one of the wagons, but I saw them in the Buick sales brochures of the time. The reasoning behind the wagons was quite simple: Insurance rates on muscle cars was outrageously high. However, no insurer listed such a thing as a high performance station wagon. They were a beast, with grocery getter insurance rates.
I sold a 1972(?) Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon to a guy back around 1978. He found an Olds 442 front clip at a salvage yard and installed on the station wagon.
If there is ever an European musclecar list, the Volvo 850 T5R Estate belongs in that lineup. There are plenty of vids here of these tearing up the Nürburgring!
I'm not a historian, but I'm thinking the '69 Olds Vista Cruise MIGHT not have come with a CD player or a 700-R4... Edit: I thought these were supposed to be factory cars, nevermind.
Agreed, Jim. I think when the title says "coolest wagons ever built" it is normal to think of this as meaning factory produced, given that if you were just talking about what people might have "made" in their own garages, it could literally mean anything (like the ghostbusters vehicle etc).
@@jeelsvealnerve1163 Yeah, my '87/78 (78 front end on an 87 model)El Camino was a HOSS, but it didn't come with the .030-over 10.7:1 aluminum 5.3, Tremec TKO 5-speed, or 3.89:1 Currie 9" I put in it, to say nothing of the suspension and chassis parts I both bolted in and had built. The hottest '87 (or '78) could never have TOUCHED my car, and that was because it was built in 2006, haha! Likewise, no amount of cam, compression, or the fanciest MSD box could compete with what they build now.
I stuffed a 400 cubic inch HO Pontiac engine in my plain jane 1979 Chevrolet Malibu wagon, used the lockup torque converter turbo 350 transmission with a toggle switch to lock it up, also I used a diesel Oldsmobile right side exhaust manifold and large diameter exhaust system, Chevy S 10 pickup 15 inch wheels with dog dish hubcaps, Super Sleeper! Blindingly quick, but I would lunch th torque converter after 5 or 6 hard lockup launches
My family had a 1972 FORD Country Squire Wagon wit a 400M engine and a tow package drivetrain. Let me tell you, that car was fast! Regularly beat out cars that had race gearing such as a 4.11 or 3:90 rear axle. When the car hit passing gear, it was like light speed, and we would just wave goodbye to the car thrashing gears next to us!
Nice wagons, missed out on one, since this isnt all factory built cars, I currently own a 1969 corvette sportwagon, supposed to be built by chuck miller, has a 390 hp 427, munci 4spd, cowel hood, with an ac delco cb/radio, is yellow with tobacco/brown interior I bought it off an old closed out dealership, north of Memphis Tennessee, about 3 years ago, in process of making it road worthy again.😊
The 1970 Ford Torino wagon with the big 429 cubic inch engine and C6 trans was super rare and looked beautiful. There is an original orange one still in Wisconsin that I saw at a show last year. It was real.
I knew of a guy that had worked for a Chevy dealership and, at least the story was back then, special ordered an Impala wagon with a 427 and 4 speed, AC, etc., to haul the Corvette he raced in SCCA events.
If were going to mention performance wagons,where is the rare 1979 Dodge and Plymouth Sport Utility wagons? They came with 318 or 360 V8's and were stripped down for performance with 3.21 gears. I do realize performance was relative back then. I believe Mopar Muscle wrote an article about them.
First wagon I ever owned I bought from my best friends dad. It was a 1974 Ford Country Squire with a 1968 428 CJ c-6 trans out of a Mustang that he owned but wreck. Best $50 I ever spent ! 😊
Dang that old hurst vista cruiser is Bad ass ! Wish my current driver 95 cutlass cruiser wagon was that thing! I get people stop me every time I’m out saying how they miss the wagons! Very neat ! 🫡🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸
You are correct about the avaiability in 1969. But, the 700R4 was built in 1981 for the 1982 new vehicles. It was the answer to giving the TH350 a 4th overdrive gear. Then, in 1990, it was renamed the 4L60. 700R4's were still made up until 1993. The 4L60 was REnamed the 4L60E (Electronic) after 1990 although 4L60's were still available until 1993. Confusing, right? Now, try to rebuild a 700R4 on your own with all the conflicting years & specs. Not fun.
In 1965 my father was returning with the family from a 3 year tour in Germany courtesy of the US Army. He ordered a new car which was waiting for us at a dealership in NJ when we pulled into port in NYC. It was a black 1965 Olds Vista Cruiser with red interior. 330 cubic inch V8 and - yeah, he did it - a 4 speed manual transmission. Over the years it acquired bigger sway bars, bigger chromed/reversed wheels and tires, Thrush mufflers and a Hurst shifter - complete with decal "Shift as Hard as You Like - But Don't Break Your Arm". What a car to learn to drive on!!! My buddies all called it the Dragin' Wagon.
Those are the best cars GM made from a car guy standpoint. They were beasts within a slippery skin that beheld generations worth of memories in a decade that car guys nowadays are still trying to achieve
Sentimentally, I couldn't agree more. As a terminally-infected car guy almost 70 years old, all the vehicles from that era are pretty much "trucks" by today's standards. But it sure was a lot of fun at the time! My first car was a '55 Chevy - and it was truckish compared to dad's wagon.
@@michaelyount3176 Your dad seems like he must’ve been a pretty cool guy. You’re lucky,in that respect.
Thanks Myles -- he was indeed. WAY before it was cool to do so, he wore his hair long after he retired from the military. I can remember other people at church asking dad why he let me wear my hair long....he smiled and said "Look at mine? He doesn't party, he's a good student, he's got a job, he doesn't get in trouble, he respects me and his mom. He can wear his hair down to his ass if he wants to." @@myleslong5584
@@user-xj4jh8ho4x Yea, right up to and including the ol fabled reliable automatic tranny that fell apart @ 65K miles.
My 1st car was a 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer station wagon. It had a 410 hp 413 ci and a 3 speed manual. My father bought it new in Grand Jct, CO. He was told it'd been ordered by a Colorado sheriffs department. I won a lot of stoplight derbies against muscle cars.
My Neighbor had a '69 Vista Cruiser with the 455, when Grandma visted from Chicago, she would drive us to the beach, like a maniac, and looking out the back window, hearing that quadrajet moan at every stop sign, good times.
in 69 all you could get in a vista cruiser was a 400
In 1967 I went to an NHRA National event that featured 2 car haulers full of white with blue trim Factory FORD race cars, including a full size 1967 station wagon with slicks, a 4 speed and a 427 dual quad under the hood... Despite sitting right beside a 427 SOHC Mustang sportback, most people in the pits waere jazzed by that wicked wagon. I recall seeing that wagon, the SOHC Mustang and a couple of other cars from that very day go across the auction block at a Barrett Jackson., for big bucks. I remember that day also for having been able to sit in a Top Fuel Dragster cockpit. Great fun at age 15!
Great story. I was also 15 in 1967. Great times!
at 1:43, there is no possible way in hades that the 1969 Olds Vista Cruiser wagon with a 455 engine was EVER built from the factory with a 700R4 Transmission since the 700R4 wasnt introduced by GM until 1981
Probably was installed when they said it was rebuilt in 2011.
There also was never a TH700R4 trans with a BOP bellhousing. Either they used an adapter plate, or they used a TH200R4 which usually had both Chevy & BOP bellhousing patterns.
It had a CD player? Hahaha. I think he was just describing what custom mods the new owner did to it.
It probably had a turbo 400
Right!!! turbo 400, mabey . Lol
We had a brand new '72 Buick Estate Wagon which I believe was the 455ci & Dad drove it until you could practically see through it from the rust. Some guys bought it for the motor in 80's
My father bought a new 1970 Plymouth Sport Suburban wagon, fully loaded with a 383 Magnum under the hood, the new style 2 way rear wagon door with disappearing glass and could open as a normal wagon or could be opened like a regular door, it was the talk of the block.
The vista cruiser was my favorite.
They're bad ass!
A friend's older brother owned a 1970 white with wood grain, Buick Sport wagon with a stage 1 package. Every time it shifted, the rear tires chirped. That beast hauled ass.
A friend of mine had one of the rarest 1963 Nova wagons built. He was a ex GM executive and got permission the have it built with a 327 4 speed instead of the standard 283 powerglide.
I had a '64 Nova 400 wagon with a 300 hp. 327 and 4 speed in college. Came from the factory with the 4 speed and a 283. The first owner had a crate motor installed before he picked the car up from the dealer. I installed 3 leaf springs from a Camaro. It was a great car.
How is my old 1999 Ford Escort not on this list! 2.0 straight outa' Mexico!
Even more blasphemous: excluding the Volare Fun Runner sport wagon from the list!
LOL
I remember all the station wagon muscle car's from the 60s cause they raced em and hauled the family around in em lol..I always liked station wagons and they mostly had big block 4speed transmissions and they ran a pretty good E/T in em as well..I've had my eyes on a 66 Galaxie station wagon with a 428 4speed and a 65 Dodge Coronet 440 with the big 318 4speed in it and they're both completely original but I don't think their 4sale but it doesn't hurt to ask every now and then lol..The 66 Ford has fake wood grain down both sides and it reminds me of a sleeper until ya notice the badges on the front rear part of the fenders cause it's got 428 on em. It's a nice tan with tan interior vehicle..
Had a 71 ford LTD with a429 and ran great. Miss that wagon. It hauled me and my friends every ware.
My grandpa had one. It was brown😢 but man oh man was it a badass. He pulled an 18' camper all over the northwest with it😊
My folks had two of them at different times. 429 is sweet .
I wouldn't mind having one now.
Factory, or not, they are all incredible. A soccer mom could blow your doors off bringing the kids home from school. I like the imposing look/stance of the CTS-V......
As a kid from the 1980s this is the most beautiful station wagon
I love the wagons. Surprised the AMC S/C rambler wagon wasn't on here. Out of Colorado I believe.
1969 Olds Vista cruiser with a CD player from the factory? That 18 years ahead of the time. wow a million-dollar option. the 700 R4 transmission came out in 1982.
They are not original. You know.
@@pd07 Then put the word "CUSTOM" in your title the way you have it worded makes it sound factory. you have one factory made car in this video the lead story also making it sound like factory made cars. You put c clown vista cruiser Hurst but they made factory INDY pace car from vista cruisers.
Hell, my grandpap's 455 '71 Vista was quite a hot rod you wouldn't know it was. Jeez it had massive torque. I wish I could've gotten it, to just put some rims on, shave the chrome and paint.
That 70 Coronet wagon before the start was GREAT!
Not sure about "sticky wheels," but a lot of cool cars!
It broke my heart when they crushed the Vista Cruiser in Family Vacation.
The Vista Cruiser didn't exactly need the Hurst upgrade. The stock versions were just as badass as the one featured, even though the featured one isn't genuine. They were monsters, straight from the factory!
I love classic wagons Chevy Malibu, Olds Hurst, Buick GSX wagon is my favorites and too Cadillac CTS-V wagon
They made factory Indy pace cars out of them. They were used by the medical teams and track officials. You can still find a few driving around Lansing Michigan home of Oldsmobile.
you missed the best mussel wagon of all, the Ford Country Squier 428 Cobra Jet 4spd, 1 of 1 ... yup its still on the road, in good shape but could use a frame off...
It will be in the following videos. Thank you for sharing.
The one that had to be signed off by Lee Iacocca himself, the CEO of Ford at the time.
The Superbee Stationwagon is actually on sale in Switzerland: 75'000 CHF
How can ya not love a station wagon
I would love one of those Magnum SRT8 wagons. The CTSV Caddy would be a very close second.
Almost nothing cooler than a classic wagon with 400 hp and a 4 speed.
No CD players when that olds was made. Great video though. That olds is wild.
@1:35. A CD player in a 69? I think you meant to say 8 track playing Conway Twitty.
It was added later, not original :(
I thought the Magnum SRT8 and the 300C Touring SRT8 were the only ones
I would add the Magnum R/T as at 340 Net HP it put out more HP than most of the engines mentioned in the video.
Would love to grab hold of a CTS-V wagon. One of my dream cars.
My 71 chevelle wagon turned into a super rare crewcab dually Elcamino.
HRSS jeez, the 1968 buik sport wagon was very cool, Mercedes Benz AMG makes some killer station wagons
Very cool. I love wagons. There was also a very cool Chevy II wagon. Let's not forget the Nomad (though not muscle from factory). Love the CTS-V. Guy in town (fairly small mid south city) who has one w/ 6 Spd. manual.. Super rare.
You might notice he actually isn't just telling about factory cars but mixes it all together. It's quite confusing really as he says things like "This one wasn't actually produced in it's day but was the idea of a coup,e of guys that wanted to make it. They added the SS badges and put it the 445Ci engine and 4 speed manual. It was also available with an automatic transmission and a spoiler". So it's all mushed together. Weird.
True. I suppose the modded cars shown weren't really 'restomods' (modern running gear w/ old body) but imagined factory muscle cars using the original running gear. I'm not really a vintage guy, but if I had money to burn, would be cool to have a tricked out Nomad. In Surf Green w/ antique white roof to match my vintage Fender Strat. I'm more into the modern stuff like the CTS-V or the Audi Avant or stuff from AMG though I have to make do w/ my Golf Sportwagon turned into a sleeper GTI. @@friguy4444
Like I always say. One of each please! Especially the Hurst/Olds.
What is a nonfunctional interior?
You said 1 wagon had a functional interior.
A list like this without the Chevy Nomad on it cannot be taken seriously.
I loved my 2006 Magnum R/T it got wide eyes from the japanese import crowd when I started leaving them in the rearview at 100mph and still pulling like a draft horse.
Currently driving a 65 Nova wagon. 350/700r4/3.08, Mustang II front subframe, with 66 Chevelle SS hood scoops molded in. Silver blue with a white top.
I believe Pontiac made 4 GTO wagons in 1972. Don't quote me on that, but I remember reading about a handful of GOAT wagons made during a single model year. Though heavier than their coupe and sedan counterparts, the extra weight was on the rear and that actually was a bit of a benefit in the muscle car era. The extra weight helped keep the rear down and let the tires hook up on the pavement. Those old polyglass bias tires were not so good at grabbing the street back then!
The HHR SS also came with a factory 8inch subwoofer mounted in the back,, these cars are now extremely hard to find! I wish I didn’t sell my blue one now!
And here I was thinking that my mom’s 1983 Chevy Malibu station wagon was cool. It was her first new car, and we drove that car everywhere.
The Cadillac CTS-V wagon is worth getting. That would be the ultimate grocery getter.
I don’t understand. The only ones that look that they were from factory was the first Pontiac, the HHR, and the Cadillac? I like wagoons and always wanted to build a “SS” Chevelle wagoon. I like the Hurst/Olds and remember seeing a H/O wagon on Facebook marketplace or eBay once.
I remember when the 1961 Pontiac wagon showed up on Ebay pre-restoration. 2 guys recognized the car, the "Buy it now" went away and a bidding war started. I can't remember what it sold for.
If the Hurst Olds wagon is supposed to be a factory equipped car, it did not come with a CD Player in 1969!
Love my 2011 CTs-v wagon, will never sell it
Vista Cruiser were AWESOME
My 2004 Ford Focus wagon is the most comfortable and easiest to drive than any of the dozens of vehicles I've owned. Has good power too.
Ford had some cool ass wagons too and I’m a Chevy guy. 67 country squire 428/4speed is cool as hell. I appreciate all vintage iron as I get old.
I don't recall the year(s), but I do remember Buick offering factory GS wagons. I don't know that I ever saw one of the wagons, but I saw them in the Buick sales brochures of the time. The reasoning behind the wagons was quite simple: Insurance rates on muscle cars was outrageously high. However, no insurer listed such a thing as a high performance station wagon. They were a beast, with grocery getter insurance rates.
Ive loved wagons since i was a kid. I still want a pinto or vega wagon..
I sold a 1972(?) Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon to a guy back around 1978. He found an Olds 442 front clip at a salvage yard and installed on the station wagon.
If there is ever an European musclecar list, the Volvo 850 T5R Estate belongs in that lineup. There are plenty of vids here of these tearing up the Nürburgring!
Fathers in spirit of the Audi RS6.
The HHR is the near beer in this crowd.
Don't overlook 1976 custom cruiser olds 455 with all options.Lucky me.Tucked in my garage for 45 years
I'm not a historian, but I'm thinking the '69 Olds Vista Cruise MIGHT not have come with a CD player or a 700-R4...
Edit: I thought these were supposed to be factory cars, nevermind.
They did say it was rebuilt in 2011.
@@basilcarroll9729 Well, it was worded funny, but I caught that eventually.
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney Yes
Agreed, Jim. I think when the title says "coolest wagons ever built" it is normal to think of this as meaning factory produced, given that if you were just talking about what people might have "made" in their own garages, it could literally mean anything (like the ghostbusters vehicle etc).
@@jeelsvealnerve1163 Yeah, my '87/78 (78 front end on an 87 model)El Camino was a HOSS, but it didn't come with the .030-over 10.7:1 aluminum 5.3, Tremec TKO 5-speed, or 3.89:1 Currie 9" I put in it, to say nothing of the suspension and chassis parts I both bolted in and had built. The hottest '87 (or '78) could never have TOUCHED my car, and that was because it was built in 2006, haha! Likewise, no amount of cam, compression, or the fanciest MSD box could compete with what they build now.
I stuffed a 400 cubic inch HO Pontiac engine in my plain jane 1979 Chevrolet Malibu wagon, used the lockup torque converter turbo 350 transmission with a toggle switch to lock it up, also I used a diesel Oldsmobile right side exhaust manifold and large diameter exhaust system, Chevy S 10 pickup 15 inch wheels with dog dish hubcaps, Super Sleeper! Blindingly quick, but I would lunch th torque converter after 5 or 6 hard lockup launches
The Hurst Olds wagon was not equipped with a CD player
I drove fast street racer cars in the 60s and 70s.. never heard the term 'muscle cars' for about 20 yrs. later..
I never know there is American muscle wagon exist at all I did not expect that
Olds Vista Cruiser..... "We're all alright".
Love me some Buicks and the Olds.
You missed the 65 Hemi wagons and 69 Ford 428SCJ and 1970 429SCJ 4sp wagons, the Chevy 69 427 Factory cars.
My favorite being a Ford guy is the 68 mustang wagon? The LTD model. ✌️👍🤪🤪🤪🤪
Long live Stationwagons!
Great video. 👍
My family had a 1972 FORD Country Squire Wagon wit a 400M engine and a tow package drivetrain. Let me tell you, that car was fast! Regularly beat out cars that had race gearing such as a 4.11 or 3:90 rear axle. When the car hit passing gear, it was like light speed, and we would just wave goodbye to the car thrashing gears next to us!
1:13 they actually put a wing on the roof of a station wagon 😅
Nice wagons, missed out on one, since this isnt all factory built cars,
I currently own a 1969 corvette sportwagon, supposed to be built by chuck miller, has a 390 hp 427, munci 4spd, cowel hood, with an ac delco cb/radio, is yellow with tobacco/brown interior
I bought it off an old closed out dealership, north of Memphis Tennessee, about 3 years ago, in process of making it road worthy again.😊
Wow, a “69” olds with a CD player!!! That is very rare. Many said it was ahead of its time!
There are a couple of factory built muscle car wagons that you have forgotten all about.
Please let me know those names, maybe they will appear in upcoming videos.
74 caprice wagon maybe not a true musclewagon
The 1970 Ford Torino wagon with the big 429 cubic inch engine and C6 trans was super rare and looked beautiful. There is an original orange one still in Wisconsin that I saw at a show last year. It was real.
The Buick Sport Wagons....
You got the chevy hhr wrong it was in production through the 2011 model year
if this would have been about sedans , i would vote for the chevy ss from a few years back..i dont remember when they stopped production tho
regarding theDodge Magnum, sticky 20" wheels? Maybe it is the 20" tires that are sticky?
John Wayne 1970s Pontiac Station Wagons bought me here.
I built a 67 Plymouth belvedere station wagon with a tuned 440 and pistol grip 4 speed. I wanted a muscle bound family hauler
I knew of a guy that had worked for a Chevy dealership and, at least the story was back then, special ordered an Impala wagon with a 427 and 4 speed, AC, etc., to haul the Corvette he raced in SCCA events.
Are you kidding me? Not a mention of the Nomad station wagon? The Ford Falcon with the 302?
My boss had a 65 Chevy wagon with a 396 4spd posi. Black with white interior.
If were going to mention performance wagons,where is the rare 1979 Dodge and Plymouth Sport Utility wagons? They came with 318 or 360 V8's and were stripped down for performance with 3.21 gears. I do realize performance was relative back then. I believe Mopar Muscle wrote an article about them.
I'm disappointed that you didn't mention the three Pontiac GTO wagons built by and for three employees. Check with the Pontiac Historical Society.
First wagon I ever owned I bought from my best friends dad.
It was a 1974 Ford Country Squire with a 1968 428 CJ c-6 trans out of a Mustang that he owned but wreck.
Best $50 I ever spent ! 😊
I love station wagon
390 4spd AMC ambassador wagon
The Vista Cruiser from that 70s show but on steroids!
Dang that old hurst vista cruiser is Bad ass ! Wish my current driver 95 cutlass cruiser wagon was that thing! I get people stop me every time I’m out saying how they miss the wagons! Very neat ! 🫡🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸
Could you throw the drivetrain from an 88 LSS into your Cruiser Wagon? That might be a little more interesting for you.
@@myleslong5584 front wheel drive, plus I’m handicapped 🤔cool idea though!🫡🇺🇸
@@kevinsmith7697 Ahhh…dang! Never even thought about fwd. Alas,I’d imagine that it would be difficult to even locate such a rare drivetrain,anyways.
This Sucks...another good car video channel that never let's you hear the engines
I want to know how many collum 4spd 409 chevy wagons were built
Missed the 57 chevy nomad
The 69 Olds couldn't have had a 700r4 transmission as they didn't exist until the 90s!
You are correct about the avaiability in 1969. But, the 700R4 was built in 1981 for the 1982 new vehicles. It was the answer to giving the TH350 a 4th overdrive gear. Then, in 1990, it was renamed the 4L60. 700R4's were still made up until 1993. The 4L60 was REnamed the 4L60E (Electronic) after 1990 although 4L60's were still available until 1993.
Confusing, right? Now, try to rebuild a 700R4 on your own with all the conflicting years & specs. Not fun.
The Hurt Olds had a CD player? Wow…truly ahead of its time!? 😂
The CD player was added later, not original :(
i like gmc / mopar / mid size wagons.
how is the 90s Buick Roadmaster wagon not here the the Caliber and HHR are? No Fords...
I'd love to have a cts-v wagon
The 69 Hurst/Olds wagon caught my eye but I don't think they had CD players in 69..
My brother bought a copo 69 2 door chevelle Malibu wagon 427 4 speed with tow package
Cd player? Try 8 track.
1973 Grand safari Pontiac station wagon 455