Station Wagons North East

2008-12-06T03:17:00.000-05:00

ISWC photos on Flickr

2008-06-30T03:00:00.003-04:00

International Station Wagon Club 2008

Photos on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xfolkboat/sets/72157605832058924/

ISWC Convention on YOU TUBE!

2008-06-26T05:20:00.002-04:00

International Station Wagon Club Meet Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS7oxN2rLL8

International Station Wagon Club National Meet Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLeeE2Wa4mA

Love will keep them together with their wagons and tunes

2008-06-22T18:49:00.001-04:00

Love will keep them together with their wagons and tunes
By Taryn Plumb, Globe Correspondent June 22, 2008

STURBRIDGE - When Eric Ringstrom climbs into his liberty-white Buick behemoth with faux wood paneling and tan corduroy seats, he's fully drenched in the '70s.

The click of a key prompts the back window and tailgate to slide open like a yawning clamshell. A dashboard 8-track grooves with Barry Manilow and Captain & Tennille.

"It's the whole nostalgia thing," shrugged the Wallingford, Conn., resident, leaning up against the 1976 wagon's hulk during the International Station Wagon Club convention at the Publick House yesterday. "I love the styling. I love a big car."

Drivers of about 75 station wagons - one from as far as Ontario - gathered to gawk at one another's wagons. They arrived Tuesday and wrapped up yesterday. The group claims 175 members from the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia.

In the parking lot behind the Publick House, station wagons from various eras sat in diagonal rows like an out-of-sync timeline. Chrome, fins, and hardtops glared with the afternoon sun; propped-open hoods boasted HEMI and V8 engines. There was a 2000 Mercedes-Benz E320 silver wagon, a lipstick-red, 1957 Chevy Bel Air, and a1966 Pontiac Bonneville in fountain blue.
"Every one of us grew up in wagons," said club president Charles Snyder, who motored his 1974 Montego up from Pittsburgh. "That's why we like them."
Despite the gas mileage.

"We used a half a tank on the way up," lamented Ringstrom, who said his trip from Wallingford was about 65 miles, and he got about 8 miles per gallon. "You can't afford to drive them anymore."

Ringstrom drives a 1991 burgundy Ford Country Squire named Jerry, which has logged 208,000 miles. "We got a lot of thumbs-up on the way here," he said with a laugh.
Station wagons, designed to carry luggage, first appeared in the 1910s as "depot hacks," or taxicabs, at train stations, according to stationwagon.com.

Later, after World War II, the mass-produced station wagon many Americans loaded into as kids, meant to be economical and functional, rumbled onto the roads. There were hardtops, soft tops, "compacts," two doors, four-doors and "woodys." The original family-mover, they prospered until the 1980s, according to stationwagon.com, when minivans began to bump them off the roads.

Franklin resident Jack Lane is proud to say he owns a very rare version of a woody.
A 1953 Ford Country Squire - tan, with a bulbous hood and maple detailing - he says it is one of only four of its kind in the country. And don't be fooled by its antique look: It can roar up to 70 miles an hour.

"This car going down the road," he grinned, eyes shielded by a straw hat, "people notice it."

www.boston.com

Blackstone Valley Classic Car Appraisals

2008-04-08T16:58:00.005-04:00

Station Wagon Restoration, Repair and Appraisals available. Call 6PM - 9PM Est. for an appointment.

Station Wagons North East

2008-02-07T02:18:00.002-05:00

Email: StationWagonsNorthEast@yahoo.com for more information about the 2008 International Station Wagon Convention. See our other events listed below.

Welcome to Station Wagons North East. Your online group for station wagon owners and fans in the North Eastern USA and Canada.

2008 International Station Wagon Club Convention Sturbridge, Massachusetts June 18,19,20,21.

http://www.iswc.us/

Highlights of the convention will be a tour of the Collings Foundation and Micro-Motors:

Collings Foundation: http://www.collingsfoundation.org/

Micro-Motors: http://www.bubbledrome.com/

Early Bird attendees: Our travels will take us to The Star Diner Rhode Island's largest vintage diner.

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Plymouth Woody Resource

2008-01-02T20:16:00.016-05:00

http://plymouthwoodys.com/

2007-10-02T02:00:00.002-04:00

Breaking News:

Members of the Penn's Wood Woodie Club will support and participate in the 2008 International Station Wagon Convention.

Here is their Blog: http://www.penns-woods.blogspot.com/

Yankee Wood & Capital District Chapters of the National Woodie Club will be joining us also :

Yankee Wood Chapter:

http://www.nationalwoodieclub.com/chapter_yank.htm

Capital District:

http://www.nationalwoodieclub.com/chapter_capdc.htm

17 Station Wagons at North East Meet 09/30/07

2007-09-30T20:01:00.000-04:00

Click on the photos for a better view..

17 STATION WAGONS BROUGHT THEIR OWNERS TO THE PLANNING MEETING FOR THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL STATION WAGON CLUB CONVENTION.

INTERNATIONAL STATION WAGON CLUB
HTTP://WWW.ISWC.US

IF THIS IS WHAT WE SAW FOR OUR INFORMAL GATHERING, IMAGINE WHAT WE WILL SEE IN 2008

THE YANKEE-WOOD & PENN's-WOOD
WOODIE WAGON CLUBS WILL BE JOINING US FOR THE 2008 CONVENTION, MAKING IT THE LAGEST WOODIE WAGON MEET THE NORTHEASTERN USA HAS EVER SEEN!

Studebaker Wagon Forum

2007-09-20T03:19:00.000-04:00

Studebaker Station Wagon Owners now have there own discussion board. You can check it out here:

http://studebakerconestoga.com/

The search for a vintage station wagon to restore..

2007-09-18T05:44:00.000-04:00

I found this web site that will not only assist you in finding that vintage wagon you want to restore but it will also keep those wagons from being demolished.

http://www.derbygear.com

Kimball Farm Cruise

2007-09-14T01:58:00.000-04:00

Kimball Farm: http://www.kimballfarm.com/event.html

Thursday 9/13 was the final cruise of the season at Kimball Farm in Westford, MA.

Five wagons were in attendance. When I arrived the sun was going down but I did get a photo of the 1966 Chevy Caprice Wagon.

Fiat Wagon

Ford Falcon Wagon

Chevy Wagon

Ford Ranch Wagon

Ford Depot Hack

The Official Disc Jockey of Station Wagons North East

2007-09-10T20:48:00.000-04:00

Cruisin Bruce Palmer (Vintage Station Wagon Owner) and the best darn DJ in the North Eastern United States will be spinning the Old 45's at the 2008 International Station Wagon Club Convention June 2008.

Check out Cruisin Bruce's web site.
http://www.cruisinbruce.com/MemoBoard.html

Wachusett Old Car Show 2007 in Massachusetts

2007-09-10T03:23:00.001-04:00

Hillman Wagon owned by a Mr. hillman.

Please join or discussion group at:

2007-03-05T16:47:00.000-05:00

If you love Station Wagons please join or discussion group at:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/StationWagonsNorthEast