The Family Truckster before the Griswolds

Posted By on December 6, 2017

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Now if I were to be true to myself, I’d be driving a station wagon like this Buick Special Estate Wagon, Model 49 mentioned in Hemmigs. As posted previously, my first car was almost a 1958 Buick Special, but after my stint with wagons in the 1980s (Volvo DL245, Chevrolet Caprice Wagon and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser), I have a soft spot for one that puts them all into one classy (classic) vehicle.

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Just FYI, that "soft spot" isn’t really soft enough for me to give up my BMW X5 35d diesel SUV … and "yes I know" the Griswold Family Truckster was a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire based station wagon (below).

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