1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate station wagon in green has been parked in woods for three decades and is covered in pine straw and sunk to the rims in the dirt.
We love vintage station wagons. What were we supposed to do when the opportunity presented itself to own a well-optioned 1974 Caprice Estate Wagon?
Look at all the boxes the original owner checked off… tilt wheel, air conditioning, power windows, power seats, power door locks, third-row seat, roof rack, and more.
Green inside, green outside:
The color of our former party wagon is also interesting. Code 49 on the trim tag. Some GM literature refers to this hue as Medium Green Metallic. Others call it Medium Green Poly. Our favorite paint of this era was Medium Dark Green. So, not too dark. No, not dark enough. A compromise was in order, but what do we call it? One year prior to our wagon, a beautiful green offered on the Trans Am (Code 48) Brewster Green.
Bench seat fun:
Our big green party machine was used as a family car and fulfilled its station wagon destiny. Road trips to grocery runs, this wagon did it all. We spoke with the seller’s daughter who took her driver’s license test in the green wagon. The car she didn’t want to be seen in has a fan following now.
Now we load it up and assess the damage and fill out our rust and corrosion score card. How did the wagon fare in the battle of Alabama environmental elements? Inventory the good parts and bad parts. Once we have that hammered out, we can determine the fate of this car. Something good will come out of this. How could it not? Junkyard Life and a vintage wagon… What could go wrong?
