1980 S Wood Grain Station Wagon

Its last in 1996 was the caprice classic wagon adorned in fake paneling.

1980 s wood grain station wagon.

Other marques by then were touting the advantages of all steel construction to the buying public. The ford country squire later the ford ltd country squire is a series of station wagons that was assembled by american automaker ford the premium station wagon of the ford division the country squire was distinguished by its external woodgrain trim. By 1955 only ford mercury joined in 1965 by chrysler offered a woodie. Gm s j body chevrolet cavalier and pontiac j2000 station wagons debuted early.

The malibu was offered as station wagon hard as it is to believe today and chevrolet used laguna beach years before mtv as. Until the arrival of the 505. Built from 1970 till 1983 the 504 station wagon was the brand s bread and butter in the u s. Initially limited to use almost exclusively on station wagons by the 1970s you rarely saw a wagon without vinyl faux wood grain siding making them still pretty plentiful today.

Then came the nomad safari tin woodie country squire ranch wagon estate wagon suburban surf wagons fiesta wagon caballero and more. Smaller fwd station wagons also pervaded the 1980s. There s a perfectly good explanation for the car you see above. The chrysler town country k car wagon followed for 1982.

Chrysler s k car plymouth reliant and dodge aries were new for 1981 and the ford escort and mercury lynx replaced the rwd pinto and bobcat that same year. In 1950 plymouth discontinued their woodie station wagon. Buick s 1953 super estate wagon and 1953 roadmaster estate wagon were the last production american station wagons to retain real wood construction. By the 1960 s and 1970 s the family station wagon i e.

Offered with a range of four and six cylinder gas engines plus a. Chevrolet s first woodie the master 85 model jb was produced in 1939 and is a masterpiece of genuine wood construction.