David Conwill
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How on earth can anybody hate faux woodgrain?
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How on earth can anybody hate faux woodgrain?
You could quite often find really early Rolls Royce Shooting brakes for sale in the British magazine 'Motorsport' back in the 60s. Quite a few though were re-bodied, as were also hearse models.
I bet those big old American cars are quite a shock over there, eh? I have a couple European friends who own big 70's Ford Country Squire wagons and live over there and said they get quite a bit of attention wherever they go!
Edward, thanks for the Morris pics, I really like those!
"I'm always a little in awe of the sheer size of Yank cars from the 80s and earlier. First time I saw a 56 Caddy in the flesh, I couldn't believe it - thing was the size of a Routemaster bus. Love the styling of the U cars of that period, but certainly not a practical size over here (and far too thirsty)."
Cadillacs aren't exactly economy cars over here either. But at least they are more in scale to the roads and buildings.
Nice Buick Tom. I still have my '79 Lesabre 2 door in that same awesome 1970s maytag green. There aren't many cars out today that can rival the comfort of those big squishy American land barges.
I'm actually surprised Cadillac made a new wagon. I'd love to see the sales numbers on it...
I still see a few mint condition wagons running around my part of town, the best examples of course are late model Roadmasters.
Although that Marquis Estate wagon you've got Tom, is probably the best riding one out of the bunch.
I had an uncle with the same model wagon Hollyweird used to make the "family truckster", same color and everything...LOL