Since there have been a few wagon posts here recently, I’m adding a recent Outtake by itself rather than saving it for a longer post. I’m pretty sure this is a 1969.
Are the painted sides instead of wood grain original, or is this a tasteful restoration?
By the way, this is another CC find due to our recently becoming dog owners: it was parked across from a local dog park.
Super cool! My guess is that the car had faded paint and wood and when it was repainted, rather than mess with trying to replace the DiNoc, the owner made it a two-tone. Looks pretty sharp that way, but I’d prefer it with the wood and white wall tires. I am fairly sure Chrysler didn’t offer a delete option for the standard woodgrain applique.
Is that a black license plate? Is that an original one or one of the new reissues? Used to be that meant it was registered in CA since the 60s, a cool prestige item for 1960’s cars.
Dogs enrich your life in all sorts of unexpected ways!
I stand corrected. I looked in the 69 Chrysler brochure and lo and behold it says the simulated cherrywood vinyl applique may be deleted. Of course, they don’t show a picture so I don’t know if that would give you slick sides, or if it still has the same trim-surrounded area sans wood. And it doesn’t say anything about if you could get a contrasting color in that area (I tend to doubt it).
Yes, but you’re still correct about how dogs enrich one’s life!
Fuselage wagons, among the most stylish full-sized wagons, of the 1970s. The rear air deflector, was always such a neat, and well-integrated accessory. And the optional rear fender skirts, looked good.
The concave tailgate styling, looked more futuristic to me, than GM’s clamshell design.
Contrast this with a K-Car-based Town & Country from the 80’s. Yikes.
Great wagons, and expensive! We bought a used one in the ’80s from a ship captain, an olive green ’72 T &C 6 passenger. Fab boat hauler but fuelish with the 440 4bbl. One door panel had bad DiNoc but I was able to still order the piece from the dealer! Sold it to a cousin who later sold it for an Aries wagon! Saw it at Carlisle years later.
Not exactly the same, but my parents 1969 Plymouth Fury Custom Suburban. Their least favorite car in 56 years of marriage. Unreliable, abysmal fuel economy, weak air conditioning which could not overcome the black vinyl interior, seats shaped like balloons (so much for lateral support), I could go on. But as a teenager, I discovered you could throw the rear end into a very nice sideways drift on gravel roads. Good training for bad weather driving skills!
Good looking wagon! What is that yellow smudge on the very back “D” pillar above the tailgate?
Looks like an ad for Dirty Burger!
Not familar with that restaurant here in the South.
Yep, the front grille tells me this is a ’69 model. Love the Fuselage Chryslers, Plymouths and Dodges from 1969-1972. I know the Fuselage era runs through ’73, but don’t care as much for them.
What a beaut! I have no clue if two tone was an original option, but it suits the car very well and is tastefully done. If it were mine I’d definitely lose the raised white letter tires and proudly rock whitewalls.
Agree, narrow stripe whitewalls look so good on that period car whether it’s a wagon, four door sedan or two door hardtop, to me.
Great looking wagon. I love that green. It’s rather subdued for the time, but a welcome relief from the browns and white that one was more likely to encounter on these at the time. I also agree with Jon that this was a repaint in lieu of a DiNoc replacement. That’s a creative choice that I’ve not seen before. I like it!
It’s hard to tell these 1969 – 1972 Town and Country wagons apart as they all looked very similar until the front end changed for 1973. It was all downhill and boxy after that, IMO.
Ours, when I was a kid, regularly hauled the more-than-200-pound St. Bernard in the back. It would have easily held two Saints (if we had been crazy enough to have more than one St. Bernard).
The first car I drove! My father ordered his 1969 T&C with everything but power windows and locks. When I got my license in 1979 I drove it, just in time for the second oil crisis. I remember it got 8 mpg.
Me too. First car I ever drove for real. It didn’t end particularly well. The full story is here: https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cars-of-a-lifetime/coal-1971-chrysler-town-and-country-wagon-movin-on-up/
“For real” is a necessary qualifier as prior to that and some years before I actually had my learner’s permit, my Grandma had let me sit on her lap and turn the wheel and shift the gears on her Corvair on a trip to the store down the road. That doesn’t count as real driving in my book 🙂
Think our “73 Fury”, sdn got about “8-10mpg” I go high as “12” but that was rare. lol
Always felt the hood was like another car in front of ours..lol
Please pardon the smudge on the photo of the 69 Plymouth, it’s some sort of deterioration on the film, not the car.
Speaking of film, I spotted this vintage promo strip film featuring the 1969 Plymouth and Chrysler wagons.
Mike & Carol Brady would be proud, LOL!
They would, though they only ever had the Plymouth midsize wagons I believe.
With six kids? I don’t think Mike and Carol would all fit with six kids in a midsize wagon! Greg, Marsha, Peter and Jan might all fit in the middle seat, but I don’t think that a mid-size wagon had the rear jump seat(s) for Bobby and Cindy, LOL!
Had a “full size convertible” in the early life of the show. Blue/white top. Was “Mikes”. Think the wagon was “Carol’s”.
For sure it’s a ’69 as the lower trim runs straight through at the rear of the car. In 1970 it was changed to dip down on the rear door and continue through to the rear at the lower height. Additionally, this would be a New Yorker T&C as evidenced by the standup medallion in the center of the grille. Newport T&Cs had little “hyphens” on each of the three tiers on the grille center. Awesome color!
I’m traveling so late with a comment but thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I took this picture a few weeks ago but got inspired to do a quick (ie less verbose 😀) post from my phone after seeing all the wagons the past few days. I’ve got another wagon outtake coming soon.
I like how they just painted where the wood was, it looks good. I did that with my 72 caddy and the vinyl roof, i left all the trim and just painted where the vinyl was the same color as the vinyl and it looks quite good
The “Falcons” used to come off the showroom floor that way.
That big ‘ol land yacht must weigh as much as a Tesla (~5300 lbs)
I didn’t see it mentioned here or the past CC on the ’71 Town and Country, but it’s worth noting that, for 1971, the wagon lost its front vent windows.
I’m generally more in favor of vent windows but, in this case, it really makes for a much ‘cleaner’ look.
Though not as clean as the ’69 T & C wagon I owned previous to this one, it still is a C-body fuselage wagon. I bought from a used car lot for a few hundred bucks after the lots mechanics could not get it started, thus the ” get it the hell outta’ here” price. 400 powered, lowered 2″, dual exhaust with Flowmasters, 15″ American Racing Daisy wheels, it’s a cool wagon, I dont care what anybody says. Mopar or No Car !!
“Fuselage” was a polarizing style, but I always liked it.
This 69 T&C is an all original car. Yes it has normal wear. It smiles at you when you get close. That is to be expected for 54 y o wagon. What makes this beast a bit different is the factory ordered Roadrunner 383 and drive train. It has zero options. I bought it lowered with Flowmasters from my friend Ray, see post above. I am slowly taking it to the next level and giving it love.
This ’68 (erroneously listed as a ’67) is currently on Hemmings. If there was a Di-Noc delete option in ’69, maybe there was one in ’68 as well. In this case I’d venture to guess that this really is a respray, since the rest of the car is in rough condition. If only I had a way to save all these wonderful C-body longroofs.
Ha, that’s my car! My dad’s best friend bought it new, and I rebuilt the engine in high school auto shop in the eighties. It was originally avocado green, and he had it repainted all forest green at some point. I did a lot of work on that car for him over the years.
When he was no longer able to drive, he asked me if I was interested. He had taken it to a body shop to get repainted again, and the shop owner never finished the project. I persuaded the guy to complete the job, and was able to pick the current colors.
As much as I wanted to use the period correct green, it’s a yellowish green and not as attractive IMO. So I chose forest green as the previous owner did, and metallic teak for where the wood grain used to be. These are mid 2000s Dodge Caravan colors.
It’s very difficult to find period correct wood grain for Chryslers, so I deferred that task. I figured the two tone approximates the wood grain and I’m really happy with how it came out. I always have the option of putting the wood grain back, so I figured this was the best direction to go at the time.
The car has a 440, but no third seat or power windows/locks. It gets 8mpg :-). The car has been garaged since I got it in 2013, but our current garage is too short. As such I’m likely going to sell the car soon.
Thanks for posting this, it was a kick to see the car in a google search, and even more to see 33 comments.