what made YOU love long roofs?? let us know. post pics

[Longroof79]

When I was pretty small, my dad owned a blue 1956 Ford Ranch Wagon. It looked a lot like the one below, the only thin missing is a little towheaded 5 year old boy climbing all over it. The seats were vinyl and had lots of different brands burned into them along with steer skulls, horseshoes, and other things that might be ranch-related. Like most kids back then, I loved anything western. cowboys, Indians, ranches, horses, guns, etc., and this car just reeked of all that stuff. Wonderful!

I would play in the back seat on long trips- no seat belts back then! - with all my cowboy stuff and the car felt like another big toy my dad had bought for me (not as good as a horse, but pretty close) . Plus my dad would haul lots of things in it, huge loads that I didn't think would fit, but always did. It seemed to me there wasn't anything that he couldn't fit in there somehow. I try to do the same thing these days with my wagon.

We owned other cars over the years- Fords, Chevys, Pontiacs; a few wagons, most not. But wagons just 'feel' right.

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AZ, Gotta love the Ford Ranch wagon. Ford's answer to the Chevy Nomad and Pontiac Safari. Very cool cars. I see one that shows up at the local cruise-in's and car shows. I believe it's also a '56.

 

[Blake442]

Where have you been hiding that one, Lue. That's clean. Great family truckster. Kinda looks like the one Blake has.

That's cuz I sold it to him!

 

[Blake442]

I've loved G-body wagons ever since I can remember. Growing up in the '80s G-bodies were everywhere.
My neighbors had a white/woodgrain '83 Cutlass Cruiser, and our babysitter had a brown '79 Lemans wagon.
We had the top-of-the-line K-car... an '83 Chrysler Lebaron Town & Country wagon. Woodgrain and everything... :lol:
As a kid I really liked the look of the back with the taillights in the bumpers, and I liked the el caminos for the same reason. Probably why my first car was an '84 El Camino.

My first wagon was a '79 Malibu that I bought in December '05 for $500. It had a 267-2bbl/TH350 with 164K miles on it.
It was SUPER rusty! But I kept it going and though I had to fix a few things along the way, it was really good to me.
I began looking for a cleaner one to build, and ended up buying my '83 Olds Cutlass wagon in June of '08.
I stopped driving the Malibu in August '08 cuz it needed too much money thrown at it, so I started driving my truck.
In May '09 I got sick of driving the pickup and sold it to buy the '81 Buick Century wagon.
I parted out the Malibu in October '09 with 225K on it. I still miss that car :lol:
In April '10 I sold the Buick to a friend, but by September it was mine again. I sold it again a few months ago.

It just doesn't feel right having only one wagon, but now that the fleet is thinning slightly maybe I can make some more progress on the others... :lol:

 

[papabearxl]

My first longroof experience, was when I was 3 or 4 years old (1976-1977), my Dad bought a brand new pea-green Vovlvo wagon......it was a total lemon (early forray into fuel injection, and it would never run), but I loved that car. The Vovlo was traded in for a new AMC Hornet wagon, dark bown with the woodgrain! Yeah, we rocked wagons inthe 70s.....my Uncle had a 72 Olds Vista, as well....

 

[Bonnewagon]

Whoa there! Lue- you bought the Buick 350 conversion? GOOD SCORE!! :shock:

 

[Longroof79]

Where have you been hiding that one, Lue. That's clean. Great family truckster. Kinda looks like the one Blake has.

That's cuz I sold it to him!

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No wonder it looks familiar.... :lol: I now realize that it has a Minnesota tag on it. :wink:

 

[Longroof79]

Whoa there! Lue- you bought the Buick 350 conversion? GOOD SCORE!! :shock:

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Wow!! I forgot that it had a Buick 350 in it...that's awesome. It is a good score indeed.

How's it run, Lue or Blake?

 

[sleepycutlasscruzer]

god bless wagons!!!!

 

[Lue]

Whoa there! Lue- you bought the Buick 350 conversion? GOOD SCORE!! :shock:

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Wow!! I forgot that it had a Buick 350 in it...that's awesome. It is a good score indeed.

How's it run, Lue or Blake?

I agree, i feel like i scored too :lol: . I've yet to sort out a few things, so i havent driven it yet.

 

[liquidh8]

My father had a 1957 Chevy 150 2 door wagon. Pretty sure it was the 150, it had the 55 bel air style side trim. Anyway, he used to take my and my one younger brother with my mom to ATCO and bracket race it. The we would go to the drive in theater and lay in the back with blankets and watch movies. i have god memories of that car, I was only like 5 years old.