My ultimate 'classic' 2-door import "Sport Wagon"

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Some of you might remember that I love station wagons. I drive a 1992 Honda Accord wagon, and love it. Growing up, my parents almost always owned a station wagon (always blue), and other than a couple years when only owned a 1966 Mustang ( B) ), I've always otherwise owned and driven blue station wagons.

So on Saturday, I had just driven through the drive-through ATM, and instead of turning left to go to my next destination, suddenly this vision of vehicular amazingness heads toward me from the left --- and I'm all like DAMN, what the hell is THAT???!!!!

Then, as it drives past me, I realize that it's a station wagon, and I'm all like --- HOLY COW, I've GOT to find out what kind of car that is!!!!

So of course I turn right (not in the direction I needed to go), and I proceed to follow this mega-cool station wagon for about half-a-mile, where it luckily parked. I roll down my window as I pull up next to it, and ask the driver - "hey man, what year of car that??" - and he says "1973". Me: "That is THE coolest station wagon I think I've ever seen!!".

So I get home, and do a Google search on "Volvo wagon 1973", where I find out that it's a "Volvo 1800 ES" (and there were only less than 9,000 ever made) ---- and thus, now, here's a few pictures of some "Volvo 1800 ES" wagons, which I think are just about the coolest thing I've seen on the road in years... B)

Edited February 24, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[Claude]

Hi Rooster, great to see you you back.

The front of the Volvo looks classy (Aston Martin style), but the rear window is too big in my view. It reminds me af a small US car from the 70's, whose name I don't remember (Coluche drives one in the Louis de Funès movie "L'aîle ou la cuisse")

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[Uncle Skid]

That is a pretty cool looking ride, in a retro-sort of way.

But Claude's right -- the first thing I thought of when I saw the back of it was the Ford Pinto.

My parents had a Pinto wagon back in the late seventies. IIRC, it was the first car I ever drove, and I almost ran it into a tree. At least I didn't BACK it into a tree!!

Edited February 24, 2004 by Uncle Skid

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[BeBop]

Yeah, I had one of those. Had a two door coupe too. Not great cars - fairly reliable, but when something went wrong, it was always costly and difficult to get repaired. I suppose that, by modern standards, one wouldn't even consider them fairly reliable any more. But the coupe especially was pleasing to the eye.

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[Bright Moments]

one for auction RIGHT NOW!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=2461533409

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[Jim Dye]

Kind of reminds me of the Avanti. B)

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[Chrome]

Aston Martin Virage "Shooting Brake":

Edited February 24, 2004 by Chrome

[BERIGAN]

As an old car nut, that is what is called a restorable car!

I think I might have seen one back in St. Louis, at least the front looks pretty familiar....cool looking!

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Aston Martin Virage "Shooting Brake":

B) B) B) B) B)

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Still love these things.