There are those that love wood paneling

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
04/10/2015 at 12:04 • Filed to: None

And those that are wrong. With rumors flying around that Jeep will reintroduce the Grand Wagoneer name for 2018, I set out to find what made the original such a success. The Grand Wagoneer was a brilliant SUV which finally bridged the gap from job site to country club. It became a symbol of wealthy north easterners and the official car of Lands End catalogs for years.

I personally think that the Grand Wagoneer can attribute a lot of its success to the fact that traditional full-size, rear-drive, big-block powered, luxury cars were mostly dead by the time the Grand Wagoneer was on scene in the mid 80's. But regardless of how it became so popular, I want one.

I wrote an article on the classic Grand Wagoneer and why it became such a icon. You can read it !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! if you're interested.

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DISCUSSION (16)

bob and john > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/10/2015 at 12:07

Wood paneling works on some cars and colors. It would NOT work on your newport or my moms lexus.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/10/2015 at 12:08

I'm in favor of Wood on the outside of a car under one circumstance:

It's real wood.

Which is why the strip of fake wood on my Montego's exterior will be black when I'm done with the car.

HammerheadFistpunch > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/10/2015 at 12:10

I think there is not a single car today that can pull off exterior wood and any attempt to do so looks really bad. Leave retro touches like that in the past.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > bob and john
04/10/2015 at 12:10

Kinja'd!!!

Are you sure? But you're right. It really only works on wagons and SUV's.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
04/10/2015 at 12:11

I'd agree with that. Keep us posted on the build progress! She's looking great.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > HammerheadFistpunch
04/10/2015 at 12:14

*tries to imagine a McLaren 650S with faux wood paneling down the side

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
04/10/2015 at 12:17

Thanks man! Always great to hear that.

I don't know how much more will be done this year. I'd like to do ignition, but I think the floor pans are the only other target for the year.

jariten1781 > HammerheadFistpunch
04/10/2015 at 12:37

Kinja'd!!!

This one isn't the best, but I've seen some conversion Sprinters with wood that look decent. Especially when they they do a solid run of rear wood around the car where that one has the plastic bump strip.