In the Mopar Blog Garage: 1972 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon

These pics are from the day we first picked up the car last month. I was hoping to get a better photo shoot in before the end of the year, but it looks like it’s not gonna happen. So here it is, all 18.7 feet of C-barge goodness.

This is an all-original one owner car with just 90,000 miles on the odometer. This is the 9-passenger model with a rear-facing third row bench seat, and is fairly loaded, with 440 power. One resource tells me that there were 14,116 Town & Country wagons produced in 1972, though not many are left. When is the last time you saw one on the road or at a show?

How cool is this? Well, John Lennon owned one. Check out the 1972 Chrysler station wagon dealership data book and Hemmings has a very good overview on the model. Stay tuned, though, we will have more on this big C monster in the New Year! More pics after the jump!

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What Road Runners Are Made Of

Here’s an illustration that Hot Rod Magazine used in their review of a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner in their November 1967 issue. Back then Editor Eric Dahlquist wrote:

“And that, pal, is what Road Runners are made of. It’s a supercar in every sense of the term but one—price. That’s why you’re going to love it. The accessories, a very few, like the Hemi, are there, but the basic package will blow the doors off almost anything in the asphalt jungle, and some of those cats cost a grand more. You can do a lot with that extra thousand dollars.”

Pretty cool, huh? Via Hot Rod

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Nelson Racing Widebody 1968 Charger Returns to SEMA

We showed you this car last year. Now it’s back and badder than ever. But even with over 2,000 hours in that body–which is six inches wider than stock–it’s still not quite done… Oh, and regarding the motor: the 9.4 liter Hemi is rated at over 2,000 horsepower. More pics after the jump!

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