Had replaced all of the power window motors, along with putting new tires and a battery. Plus, it was inspected.
My wife and I had one of these when our 5 kids were very young. Ours was a dark brown colored one with dark brown leather interior. We had ours for 7 years before trading it in for a Chevrolet Suburban. We missed that wagon.
Back in 2008, we surfed the Internet looking for 1 that looked just like ours, and we found it. The wagon was located in Tennessee. We called the owner. He was asking $2500 for it. The owner said that the wagon was always garage kept, and never driven in bad weather.
So we rented a car and drove from New Jersey just to see the car. When we saw it, it was exactly like ours. So we gave the owner the money, and it was homeward bound to New Jersey where it was going to stay forever. It ran great, too!
We took care of what needed to be taken of to it. It looks like brand new!! Then we told all of kids to come to the house one weekend. When they saw the wagon, they were shocked. They asked us what we paid for it, and where we got it. Then we took the kids for a ride in the wagon that they do so remember when they were kids. Lots of memories were in that one. This one ices the cake. They loved it then, and love this one even more so.
It runs perfectly, and it still has the original 8 track player. It rides like new. It is such a comfortable wagon. And yes, gas mileage is not that good.
Do we plan on keeping it? Definitely. We love it to death. Even our grandchildren love it.
Trust us, they do not make vehicles like this anymore. These were great family wagons, and still are. It is big both inside and outside.
Good for you for seeking out this gem! These were wonderful cars from a wonderful time in America - all down hill since then I'm afraid. Back then the average American worker could drive around in a huge land yacht with a 6+ litre V8, now he's lucky if he can afford a 2 litre four cylinder tin can.
"It runs perfectly, and it still has the original 8 track player."
What a great story.
If you do play some old 8 tracks like I did a few years ago, be aware that after all these years, the adhesive that glues the tape together in a continuous loop most likely will have let go. So when you play the tape, it comes apart and possibly gets all tangled up in the player, wound up around a capstan, and you have to take a knife to trim it off. So get any tapes refurbished before playing them. Sorry I don't know who can do that though.
"refurbish" 8-track tapes?
Are you serious? Just mount an aftermarket cd player in the humongous glove box. Then you will still be able to keep the original "look" as well as music without having to deal with technology that was obsolete 20 years ago.
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