Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

Recommended Posts

Posted

All of the US big three built similar cars back then, I once owned a 69 Chevy Caprice Estate with a 390 HP 427, complete with hidden headlights and the wood grain trim. Very rusty, I pulled the engine and TH400 transmission and put them in my 69 Camaro.

Posted

Casino/hotel mogul Bill Harrah had a 1977 Jeep Wagoneer with a V-12 engine from a Ferrari 365 GTC/4. And it was mated to the Jeep's 4-wheel-drive running gear so Mr. Harrah could travel in the snow. Fast! (Photos at link.) 

Wish I could find a picture of Harrah's famous early-Sixties Pontiac Bonneville station wagon.  It had a 421 race-prepped engine and 4-speed transmission, bucket seats and console. Also aluminum front fenders/hood from a Pontiac drag car.  Dual gas tanks were installed for long-distance, high-speed travel.  On those long stretches of Western highway, Mr. Harrah liked to sucker young hot rodders into passing the old geezer driving the Pontiac wagon...

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/08/silver_state_motoring_history/

Posted

I saw a '67 Country Squire at a car show in Columbus, OH some years ago. It had the complete 7-Litre option in it, with the 428, buckets and council, suspension upgrade and all. It also had the original build sheet and invoice along with several hand written letters. One of them was from Lee Iacocca to the original owner explaining that he appreciated that the man had a love for performance cars, but needed a more practical wagon for his young family, and that he would personally contact the plant and authorize the building of such a car! The car was also verified to have been the only Country Squire built with that equipment in 1967. Unfortunately, when I saw it it looked like it was over due for a trip to the junkyard! I only saw that car the one time, that was probably in the early to mid 90s, I really hope that someone stepped up and saved that very unique car.

I took a few pictures of that car at Carlisle. Very interesting!!!!

Posted

All of the US big three built similar cars back then, I once owned a 69 Chevy Caprice Estate with a 390 HP 427, complete with hidden headlights and the wood grain trim. Very rusty, I pulled the engine and TH400 transmission and put them in my 69 Camaro.

My best friend's dad had a '69 Kingswood Estate with the 396, and just about every option Chevy would put on it. What a torque monster.

Posted

My best friend's dad had a '69 Kingswood Estate with the 396, and just about every option Chevy would put on it. What a torque monster.

It's been over 30 years ago, Kingswood was probably the right name. That wagon had all the bells and whistles, tilt wheel and all. The AM-FM stereo went into the Camaro too! The Camaro ran better than the wagon !

Posted

I took a few pictures of that car at Carlisle. Very interesting!!!!

Thanks for sharing that, Ron! I have sometimes wondered what became of that car, and had thought that it had probably given up all it's useful parts to a more popular model years ago. It is nice to hear that it is still intact!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...