Car of the Week: 1960 Ford Country Squire

[dodgechargerfan]

While nearly every other 1960s teenage boy was dreaming of two-door muscle cars with mag wheels and loud pipes, Tom Murray was ogling cars with more doors and long roofs. The St. Paul, Minn., resident suggests that his early love for station wagons placed him in the uncool set, but in reality, maybe he was just ahead of the curve.

“I have always been a Ford station wagon fan,” Murray said. “My first car was a 1958 Ford station wagon. I was probably not cool, that is why I like station wagons.”

Today, that station wagon stigma is gone and Murray is one of the coolest cats at car shows with his 1960 Ford Country Squire, a car he’s been drooling over since 1967.

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[bsman]

The archetype of the Wagon Queen Family Truckster!

 

[Prages]

You think you hate it now...just wait until you drive it.

 

[mongooz]

my family had a '63 country squire. i always rod in the 'way back'. big enough for a 5 year old to play with toys while riding.

 

[Steverino]

When it comes to station wagons, you can't leave out the Olds Vista Cruiser.

And being a GM, the Fisher body platforms often reached across the BOP lines. I don't think Pontiac went along, but Buick did.

Not a big fan of the low-profile tires, but the lines are lovely.