History Cars made into Sedan deliverys

Saw this one day and clicked a photo...56 Buick

 

Sketched out making my old 37 Pontiac into a delivery, keeping the hump-trunk...bad idea

 

yes, in the USA that would be correct.

would look neat.
Not sure of the best way to go about hinge placement, but could possibly be worked out somehow…………

 

Citroen Traction-Avant is not the most attractive car but the factory did make a 4door commercial with 2 piece tailgate and 1 piece tailgate.

 

Hello,

Starting off with a station wagon seems like the easiest way to make a change over to fit any ideas and styles. Especially, if one is going to make a sedan delivery. Since most sedan delivery cars/vans have a blocked out rear quarter panel in the place of the station wagon rear side windows.

First, I wanted to make an inexpensive station wagon that had the style of a Nomad wagon, but not a Chevrolet. So, a Dodge Lancer station wagon was the starting point. By modifying the roof supports and making it a two door Nomad style, it changed the common 4 door funky look of a family wagon, although this version was small. So, for a small family would be a perfect fit.

But, for growing families, perhaps a 4 door hardtop version would look better than a extra post or two.

Jnaki

Now, the stage was set for one last version of a station wagon converted to a sedan delivery.

Back to a two door Nomad style station wagon sedan delivery offering privacy, a little more support and sound deadening for those quiet nights (plus extra warmth) sleeping on a cliff side secret surf spot in Baja Mexico. Yes!

Note:

But, for my first hot rod/surf wagon, I was lucky enough to get a real sedan delivery with a smooth side panel that was a factory build and not a conversion from a station wagon also, built in a factory ***embly line, then converted. My teenage hot rod/surf transportation vehicle came in handy.

Then, after a million miles of So Cal coastal road trips and forays into Baja, Mexico coastline, that Flathead sedan delivery performed so well for reliability and privacy. When my wife and I wanted similar privacy that a “woody wagon” could not offer, we bought a project 327 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery to meet our road trip/camping needs. After many months of repair/rebuild and new additional help, we had a wonderful daily driver and smooth handling road trip hot rod for our privacy road trips.
A real smooth rear quarter panel sedan delivery…YRMV

 

Bought this one in Benicia, California in '67. The side windows must have been options; too well crafted to be backyard.

 

WOW,I really like it!!

 

Not sure how many of us on here head over to the Bring a Trailer site.... but becausee I'm a ****er for all things "cool car" related I spend a bit of time over there drooling over all sorts of cars I can't currently afford.....
Anyway... this thing was on there a while ago.. I think it sold for 50K
here's the link.... theres about 105 pix... I spent a TON of time staring at it.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/custom-1949-mercury-station-wagon-2/

 

That is a cool long roof! We recently sold a 55 Ranch Wagon, but still like long rooves.

 

is this factory or a filled conestoga?--nice!

 

The '58 Plymouth turned out good. The two door wagon has not been oft seen for a long time. A vehicle this cool should ideally exist in greater numbers.

 

This 33 plymouth will be getting the treatment down the road. Plan is a delivery/shop truck vibe but hot rodded. Probably fenderless

 

In the early sixties Ford made the Falcon in both a two door wagon and a sedan delivery.
I grew up in a 61 two door wagon so I’ve always had a sweet spot for it but I’ve also liked the delivery along with the Ranchero . I think the novelty of the delivery would were off but the wagon and the Ranchero wouldn’t.
But that’s just me

 

this one might answer my previous question!

 

Father-in-law did the opposite after the war; his boss acquired some new surplus Chevy sedan deliveries, he cut off the back and spliced on the rear of pre-war sedans. Hot commodity as there were very few new cars available at that time.