Station Wagons are For Moms and Europe: The weird world of custom wagons

[Woodski]

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It was sold through Chrysler dealers as an OE car, not something some 'gangsta' did to his Magnum.

[l5gcw0b]

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Notice the euro side markers....

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

How is the silver Dodge Viper custom wagon not mentioned.. I can't find pics of it but it was in a Mopar magazine about 8-10 years ago..

[Air-over-water]

How is the silver Dodge Viper custom wagon not mentioned.. I can't find pics of it but it was in a Mopar magazine about 8-10 years ago..

There was this blue concept viper

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

There was this blue concept viper

Iirc the builder made a bunch of concept pictures, it was green I believe. Which he then built it, and it was silver. Even my dad remembers seeing it, I just can't find pics on Google. Very strange

[Air-over-water]

Iirc the builder made a bunch of concept pictures, it was green I believe. Which he then built it, and it was silver. Even my dad remembers seeing it, I just can't find pics on Google. Very strange

I have seen the green viper sketches and vaguely remember the silver car in a picture.
I also found another picture of a blue shooting brake viper but it looks either shopped or hacked together.

[Buddhak]

I must be alone on this one, but I just don't get the fascination

You're probably not alone.

I grew up with wagons. We always had one as far back as I can remember....even a silver Pinto wagon with red plastic interior. I really love them. Respectable gas mileage, utility of a truck, comfort of a car.

I'm currently on the hunt for a proper E39 540it.

[BlownWideOpen]

It was sold through Chrysler dealers as an OE car, not something some 'gangsta' did to his Magnum.

I know it was, but it is just a Magnum with a 300 front on it.

[NadaGTI]

Seriously bump this thread

[VikingVR6GTI]

Ok, I'm over my laziness.....

Taurus SHO wagons:

Worst photoshop ever?

[Troike]

wtf
Most people probably do not know, there was a 5-door 900 made in 1979 + 1980 only (as well as a 99 5-door). More of a hatch of course, but serves the same purpose:

It's a 'shop, and a good one. One that has inspired many daydreams for me. There have been many Mk2 wagon 'shops, and several actual builds, but none have looked half as cool as this one.

just get a B3...

Mercedes 190SLT constructed out of a 190SL and a W123.

beautiful!

[sortadelux]

As a confessed wagon fanboi, I can't believe that I missed the beginning of this thread. There are very few of those examples that I would not drive. Especially the 900. That car is so weird and awesome at the same time! Makes me miss my old 900T.

[Lujess]

I posted these on another thread recently, but worth sharing again....I loved this car(owned while living in Switzerland)

Volvo V70 R...300 bhp

[VDub2625]

I know it was, but it is just a Magnum with a 300 front on it.

And a Magnum is just a 300 with a hatchback. Point?

[ModestGirl]

mk2 front and fox rear? This one might be a shop, but that seems doable.

But then why not just have a fox.

Because Frankenwagon!

(and for the record, this mom does not prefer SUVs.)

[VDub2625]

Using a Golf hatch SHOULD be easy- but the one problem to creating a Mk2 wagon is the body line under the window. It ceases before the rear door is up, and needs to be extended out, meaning minor work on the rear door that no one ever seems to want to do. Otherwise the glass looks lost on the sea of C/D pillar body panel. That shop gets it right.

[BlownWideOpen]

And a Magnum is just a 300 with a hatchback. Point?

Go back to the first post for which this comment was originally made for, shmelt

[FACTORYBOOST]

GTR


Awesome!



No, just no

Challenger

Absolutely not.

IMO

[geofftii2002]

^ I kinda like the vista roof on the Challenger. It's period appropriate.

I can't find photos of the actual car we did some restoration work on (I think it was blue) but anyway, there's the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Mulliner Estate Wagon:





There's also Michael Schudroff's Shadow "panel delivery" shop truck:


1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow shooting brake by Alex Nunez, on Flickr

A Silver Seraph shooting brake:


Rolls Royce Silver Seraph Shooting Brake by RGT3 Pics, on Flickr

My old client's Bentley Mk6 Shooting Brake with body by Rippon Brothers:



And another Silver Shadow Shooting Brake:




Oh, and someone was looking for the name of the coachbuilder on the Cadillac wagons a couple pages back. It's Hess & Eisenhardt.

[MRVW00]

The RR's are AMAZING!
WOW

[ModestGirl]

GTR wagon...no. Just no.

[Martinus]

Official shooting brake thread ???

[tobin_bass]

long live longroofs

[tgodbout]

Ferrari actually built a wagon of sorts, and raced it....the 1962 250GT...nicknamed The Breadvan -

Quite the contrary actually. This was engineered by Bizzarrini and built by Piero Drogo to compete against the factory Ferrari's at Le Mans. It is based on a SWB 250 GT chassis with a new body obviously.

[VDub2625]

Go back to the first post for which this comment was originally made for, shmelt

I did. Everyone seems to be arguing that the Chrysler 300 Toruing sold in Europe is just a Magnum with a 300 front. That's like arguing that a Jetta is not a Jetta, it's just a Golf with a different front and rear. It's both, saying it is "just" a Magnum with a 300 front is just not right. If Chrysler sold it as a 300 Touring, it's a 300 Touring. They're the same model either way, just different body styles and names depending on the market.

I would have let it go but so many people seem to be so staunchly defending that point and it's just silly

[Boogety Boogety]

Oh, c'mon...



Actually, came for the Cadillac wagons, left satisfied... Fort Worth (I think) family had one around here some thirty-plus years ago. With a matching Cadillac pickup truck... (!)

[Air-over-water]

GTR wagon...no. Just no.

Well it is just a Stagea wagon with a GTR front end.

[Preppy]

Officially, unofficial.

[IC AI]

BMW themselves made a 735 station wagon that they displayed at a car show.

[NadaGTI]

Bump?

[VWguy2004]

S-Class

You know... I never really was much for this year of S Class... But having said that, i would rock the ever loving sh!t out of this!

Please tell me it's real, and not a potatoshop.