Robin had a question about a wagon he just bought. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to research it at the moment, so I’ll throw it out to you all.
Robin writes, ” just purchased a 1957 Station Wagon that, from the pictures on Craigs List, appeared to be a Parkway conversion. Upon further inspection I am totally confused. It has the rear doors of a delivery wagon that appear to be factory. The windows however, are not flush but recessed and the wheel wells are squared instead of rounded. The history, according to the seller, was:
1. sold to US Forest Service
2. 12 years ago sold to a fella in Moab, UT.
3. The gentleman I purchased it from got it three years ago and used it as a “daily driver” for two years. It sat for one year when they decided to sell it.
To make a long story short; did they make station wagons with the “delivery” doors? Some more pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alturusphoto/sets/72157629855658998/”
Dunno. Here are three ideas:
1. Someone swapped the panel doors on a regular wagon.
2. The USFS placed a special order for the wagon body (with the sliding windows), but with the Delivery panel doors.
3. Something else.
Regardless… looks like a great Wagon! If it were newer and had the flattened rear wheelwells, it’d be Traveler, but Willys only made those from 1960 through 1964.
Maybe Paul Berry knows the answer to this one.
You have a super window delivery –introduced in 1955
I’ve never heard of the super window delivery. I’m need to make a list of all the different models and years.
– Dave
if you had found a four door you would have a very very very rare bird
Wow!
Thanks everyone for the great information. I have a good starting point for my research.
Robin,
We started a thread on your wagon (http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/WillysTech/message/183463) over on WillysTech Yahoo group. WillysTech and oldwillysforum.com are a wealth of information from some great Willys folks.
Dan B.
I think Willys would have built a vehicle any way the buyer wanted, especially if it was for a large USFS contract. There may be more of them out there just like this.