My dad always owned station wagons. They're wonderfully versatile and tractable vehicles. It's a shame that they've all but disappeared from the marketplace.
FYI: It's a '56 Chevy Nomad (2 door) wagon, quite rare. The " 57's had a much sharper tail fin, supposedly patterned after the F-86 Saber Jet. My buddy in high school had one.
No, BJ, it's not a Nomad. The Nomad was Chevrolet's top of the line 2 door wagon, with a sloped pillar behind the hardtop door. The car in this photo (with an upright sedan post B-pillar and C-pillar) is a '56 Chevrolet Two-Ten Handyman 6 passenger station wagon. Chev also offered a more stripped down version called the One-Fifty. You can see the different models here: http://56classicchevy.com/1956-chevrolet-station-wagons
Well there yah go. me going off a fifty year old memory, and somebody who has so much free time that they research a simple internet comment. My compliments to you "Steve' for a totally tactless comment.
With all due respect, BJ, I think you're being a tad hypersensitive.
I didn't find Steve's comment to be at all tactless. Steve was just correcting a minor error and elaborating on the car's lineage. I read no malice in Steve's comment whatsoever.
Peace. This fabulous blog is no place for ill feeling.
Similar... 1955 Pontiac Sedan Delivery. http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2012/02/gas-prices-1979-calgary.html I'll have to do a post on it one of these days, when i find out where it went after I sold it. Miss that car...
My dad always owned station wagons. They're wonderfully versatile and tractable vehicles. It's a shame that they've all but disappeared from the marketplace.
ReplyDeleteFYI: It's a '56 Chevy Nomad (2 door) wagon, quite rare. The " 57's had a much sharper tail fin, supposedly patterned after the F-86 Saber Jet. My buddy in high school had one.
ReplyDeleteNo, BJ, it's not a Nomad. The Nomad was Chevrolet's top of the line 2 door wagon, with a sloped pillar behind the hardtop door.
ReplyDeleteThe car in this photo (with an upright sedan post B-pillar and C-pillar) is a '56 Chevrolet Two-Ten Handyman 6 passenger station wagon. Chev also offered a more stripped down version called the One-Fifty.
You can see the different models here:
http://56classicchevy.com/1956-chevrolet-station-wagons
But you're absolutely correct on the year, I apologize and have fixed it!
ReplyDeleteWell there yah go. me going off a fifty year old memory, and somebody who has so much free time that they research a simple internet comment. My compliments to you "Steve' for a totally tactless comment.
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect, BJ, I think you're being a tad hypersensitive.
ReplyDeleteI didn't find Steve's comment to be at all tactless. Steve was just correcting a minor error and elaborating on the car's lineage. I read no malice in Steve's comment whatsoever.
Peace. This fabulous blog is no place for ill feeling.
didn't you have a teal one of these years ago ?
ReplyDeleteSimilar... 1955 Pontiac Sedan Delivery. http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2012/02/gas-prices-1979-calgary.html
DeleteI'll have to do a post on it one of these days, when i find out where it went after I sold it. Miss that car...