MANUAL WAGON!

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 08/22/2017 at 14:59 • Filed to: None

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I’m going to look at an old wagon, not the one in the picture. but something like it. Six, three on the tree, running, drives. this sort of thing is my bag baby. BUT, Mrs doorhandle has capped the number of cars I can drive and park. (she’s right, you know) So one has to go. That one will probably be the mustang. I thing a wagon is more my thing than a muscle car.

What would you do? Bonus to anyone who can guess exactly the car I’ve found. I’m not posting the actual car because I’m seriously trying to make this happen. If you can guess the model of poncho I have in mind I’ll plotz! gotta be the only remaining one.

Die-Trying > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:09

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STARCHIEF...............

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Die-Trying 08/22/2017 at 15:11

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close...but not starcheif

lone_liberal > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:14

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Parisienne Wagon! Wait, that was my grandfather’s last car.

Die-Trying > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:17

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i used to drive past one of these out in west texas on a real regular basis. it was the same shade of blue someone had elcamino-ized it. it had monster 10 inch wide ansen slots on in the back. left a real impression. it never moved in 15 years, until one day it was gone. gone but not forgotten.......

WilliamsSW > lone_liberal 08/22/2017 at 15:21

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Ah, I came to post this! !! About the only other possibility would be a Tempest, which doesn’t look like his picture.

I bet you’re right.

lone_liberal > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 15:24

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I think the pic is a Catalina wagon.

Die-Trying > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 15:26

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youre thinking of a catalina?

WilliamsSW > lone_liberal 08/22/2017 at 15:29

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It is, but for at least most of the 1960s, big Pontiacs all had a V8 in the US - the Tempest / Lemans was the only way to get 4 or 6 cylinders.

Canadian Pontiac mirrored a lot of Chevy drive trains, so they were available with a 6.

Nothing > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:32

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Wagons are cool. I personally would like a Gran Torino Wagon, but there are quite a few out there I’d still take in a heartbeat. Alas, I won’t be ditching the Cougar for one.

I looked at a Catalina before I got the Cougar. It was cool, just not what I wanted at the time.

lone_liberal > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 15:37

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I actually tend to forget that the Parisienne was a Canadian thing since my grandfather had one here in the states. His was from the mid-80s so pretty late in the model run and I’m not sure where exactly he got it, but being in Washington it probably wasn’t too difficult.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 15:38

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I am in Canada, so there’s that.

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:43

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Haha - I wasn’t thinking, but I figured you probably were - Chevy was the only GM brand to offer 6's in full sized cars in the US in that era.

Good luck — hope you get it, and post some pics! Sounds awesome—

WilliamsSW > Die-Trying 08/22/2017 at 15:46

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I was trying to remember the Canadian Pontiacs from that time - Laurentian, Parisienne, and Strato Chief, I think—US cars all had V8 power as far as I know (I’m 100% sure through 1964, and fairly sure from there until 1977).

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 15:50

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no time to get into it, but canadian ponchos are fascinating, and the origin of most export pontiacs and aussie pontiacs. check out canadianponcho.com

Die-Trying > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:51

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low trim bonneville?......

crowmolly > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 15:53

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Chieftain?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > crowmolly 08/22/2017 at 15:57

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not a chieftain.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Die-Trying 08/22/2017 at 15:58

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where’d you get a pic of my sweet barnfind?

crowmolly > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 16:01

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Damn. My first guess was Safari but I don’t think Pontiac made them in 6's.

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 16:02

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Nice! Thanks - being in the US, I know just enough to be dangerous about the Canadian Pontiacs. Are you the owner of the ‘65 Strato Chief 6/stick on here? I can’t remember - but someone on here does.

I’ve always had a thing for Acadians/Beaumonts, partly because I love the Nova/Chevelle/GTO from that same era.

Die-Trying > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 16:10

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its from the vacation at the beach, went and dipped the toes/tires in the waves.........

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 08/22/2017 at 16:17

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you mean this ol beater?, so probably me. Not too many of those out there.

I regret selling that car.

deekster_caddy > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 16:49

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If it’s a 6 it has to be the mid-size. I know the Buick Sportwagons but I can’t think of the name of the Pontiac wagons. Tempest?

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/22/2017 at 20:13

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That’s it!! Sorry, didn’t realize you sold it.

Sounds like this wagon could replace it!

Spoon II > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/23/2017 at 01:17

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That’s pretty much my favorite grill and light setup of all time!