Carspotting: Unlocking A Rusty Station Wagon’s True Value

Who knew that much-maligned station wagons would become not only acceptable, but highly desirable, in the 21st century? Certainly not the hardware seller who saw this intact ’57 Plymouth’s true value as inexpensive support for his movable sign alongside busy Highway 101 on California’s north coast. In that store owner’s defense, nearly nobody in the… The post Carspotting: Unlocking A Rusty Station Wagon’s True Value appeared first on The Online Automotive Marketplace.

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Carspotting: Unlocking A Rusty Station Wagon’s True Value

Who knew that much-maligned station wagons would become not only acceptable, but highly desirable, in the 21st century? Certainly not the hardware seller who saw this intact ’57 Plymouth’s true value as inexpensive support for his movable sign alongside busy Highway 101 on California’s north coast. In that store owner’s defense, nearly nobody in the previous century expected long-roof Mopars to ever appreciate past scrap-metal rates.    

  

Date: Summer 2006

Photographer: Dave Wallace

Location:  Highway 101/Northern California Coast 

Source:  Wallace Family Archive

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