Tag: Wagon
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Rare and Complete with Battle Scars: Nissan Stanza 4WD Wagon
In the mid-to-late 80s, the three major Japanese automakers decided they needed small- to medium-sized wagons with 4WD, perhaps to compete with Subaru and Eagle. Or, maybe they knew AWD was coming on the Tempo/Topaz twins and that they wouldn’t add wagon variants. This was Nissan’s version, known as the Prairie in Japan and some…
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Rare in US: BMW E30 wagon!
Here at Oddimotive, we love E30 BMWs. I, your host, once had a 1988 325ic in the household fleet and thoroughly enjoyed it, although I’d prefer a coupe if I was daily driving it. Here we have a body style never offered in the US, the Touring (AKA wagon) variant. The seller says this is…
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Subaru madness?
Some project cars are worth much more to the builder than to anyone else – often because of personal taste or because they simply don’t make sense to anyone else. Guess which one this is… Click for eBay ad Wilsonville, OR USA $3,000 BIN with offers considered Posted by CG Update: Ended unsold. Fender mirrors…
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Sleeper from hell? 1983 Custom Cruiser Wagon with Buick GN power
We love sleepers. You humble host once owned a 1993 Sentra SE-R, which certainly qualifies, and the SVT Contour that replaced it qualifies, though the body kit may have pushed limits for some. Today’s subject car is an extreme sleeper of the homemade variety: 1983 Olds Wagon with 1986 Buick Grand National power – actually,…
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The beginning of the Subaru you know today
Here we have a 1979 Subaru DL wagon. While this wasn’t the beginning for Subaru in the US, most people know them as the AWD company and/or the wagon company, although we know there’s a WRX generation growing up now. This is where the 4WD and wago traditions started. Brown wheels are full of win.…
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Audi 200 Quattro 20V wagon
Audi practically disappeared from the US market after the ‘unintended acceleration’ debacle, which really just meant the pedals were closer together than yuppies thought they should be. That near-disappearance makes this 1991 Audi 200 rare to begin with. Add in the wagon body and manual transmission and you have something you may never see again.…
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Quickie: Remember the Stanza wagon?
Here we have a 1986 tall Stanza wagon with 4WD. It seems all the Japanese OEMs offered these small-but-tall compact and midsize car-based wagons in the 80s to early 90s. Along with the earlier AMC Eagle, shall we consider these the real predecessors to modern small crossovers? Unfortunately, this ad has little info and the…
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Quickie: Non-pickup Type 3 Squareback
The last Type 3 we featured was a pickup conversion. Frankly, this has real potential if the rust-free claims hold true (despite the gaping hole in the roof). Sitll, one must wonder how, exactly, it got to this state. The ad gives no indication as to whether any engine or transaxle is included…that’s always nice.…
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Quickie: Respect the wagon
This ’71 LTD Country Squire is shockingly well preserved. Who knows why? This particular one is slightly older than the one once owned by your humble host’s grandparents. That was a coppery-rose-on-brown LTD II and was believed to be a 1977 model. It was well known for its surprising torque (it also had the 400)…
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Falcon wagon
Here’s a relatively rare Falcon 2-door wagon. Too bad it doesn’t have a V8… Click for eBay ad $3,550 with 11 bids and no reserve Philadelphia, PA 04/09/2013 Update: Sold for $7,999 with 47 bids Super-clean engine bay with 170 I6. The ‘steer head’ vinyl is awesome. Brown-tone interior trim is an unusual touch that…