Family Style Survivor: 1967 Chrysler Town and Country Wagon
The Town & Country was built as a station wagon from just before World War II through the 1980s. When most folks hear this name, they think of the Woodies of the 1940s. But it was used mostly on steel-bodied wagons, with or without simulated wood paneling. This 1967 edition looks to be a beautiful survivor with no known issues needing attention. It’s located in Cambridge, Ohio and available in Cambridge, Ohio and here on eBay where the bidding has reached $9,111. But the reserve has yet to be met.
1988 was would the last model for the T&C until it was reinvented a couple of years later as a rebadged variant of the Chrysler minivan. In Newport and New Yorker trim, the T&C in 1966 would become a series of own. 1967 would be the last year before you could get a T&C with or without the woodgrain paneling as it would become standard in 1968. That move was made to help the wagon better compete with the AMC Ambassador, Buick Estate, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Ford Country Squire, and Mercury Colony Park.
Styling of the 1965-68 Chryslers was heavily influenced by designer Elwood Engel who had been hired away from Ford. Exterior sheet metal for the 1967 was new with a concave side cove as a key design element. The 383 cubic inch V8 would be standard equipment with a 2-barrel carburetor and upgrades were available. Such is the engine in the seller’s car, of which the motor and TorqueFlite transmission are said to be original. Just over 14,700 Town & Country’s were built for 1967.
The body on this wagon looks flawless and if the gold paint is original, it’s about as nice as you’d find after 54 years. We see no evidence of prior damage or rust. The interior looks just about as nice, which is all hard to figure after 116,000 miles of use. It’s clear this wagon has been well-taken care of and was perhaps spared soccer mom duty and all the abuse that comes with hauling kids around. This looks to be a six-passenger wagon, so the space in the back was used for luggage and groceries, not people.
There is a brand-new set of Firestone tires on each end of the car and we’re told it still has its original Certicard in the engine bay, put there are no photos there even though the seller went to a lot of trouble of taking pics everywhere else. As factory air conditioning was not yet the norm in the late 1960s, this wagon doesn’t seem to have been equipped with it. Hagerty doesn’t list an estimated value on a wagon like this, but NADA says a premium edition could run north of $30,000. Makes you wonder what the reserve is on this one. Who’s got room in the garage for this beauty?
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Comments
When the seller spends more time talking about the presence of the cars original Certicard, yet mentions nothing about the body and rust of a car located in Ohio it’s a bit suspicious. Add to that, the car is parked on a lift, yet there are no undercarriage pictures. That’s the sort of information potential buyers expect, their omission is disconcerting.
Steve R
Absolutely!! I could not say it better, myself. As the old saying goes, “If ya wanna sell it, ya gotta show it.” And since this is not a private sole seller, that means it is a company selling this one, which equals, you’re gonna pay more for it. I hoe you have a wallet. I’d love to look at this car, but I’m already suspicious and running away.
I had a 1966 in the early 70’s as a cheap truck. Old station wagons, at that time, had no value. Mine had the traditional dash that looked like the early 50’s. Instead of back up lights it had stainless blank out plates. 14 inch wheels were strange. 383 and Torqueflite were bulletproof.
There was an old carpenter/house painter in my home town who used his ’67 Chrysler wagon as a truck in the early-mid 1970s. It was a dark blue car and had spatters of white paint all over it. He carried ladders on top and paint and tools inside the car. He used to come by the drive-in bank where I worked as a teller, to make deposits and cash checks. It was the only ’67-68 Chrysler wagon in the whole county–rare car then, rare car now.
When I was a sales rep for a pharma company, my company supplied me with a car. Later, however, they allowed reps to get their own car and provided $$ and a monthly stipend. There were no stated restrictions and one day I casually mentioned to my mgr that I was going to get an old station wagon, like this one or an Olds Vista Cruiser. Would have been great for hauling samples, materials etc. He just about flipped out. Within a week, guidelines were issued that the car couldn’t be older than a certain year, body style, etc. Too bad. I guess they hadn’t originally considered that they might have reps in the lunatic fringe.
What Steve R said. That stupid Certicard is useless for the last 50 years. Being in Ohio, land of salty roads, I would have to look underneath. I worked at a Chrysler Plymouth dealer in the rust belt from 1973 to 1976. Total rust put of cars built long after this 67. Quality control was pitiful. Love big wagons. Sold my 87 Caprice Estate in 03. Stupid. Worth about 10 times mow what I got for it. Now stupid Americans love SUVs which carry northing but 4 idiots all glued to iPhones.
Actually, the Town and Country nameplate was attached to pretty much every body style (including coupes, 4 door sedans, and convertibles) of Chrysler from 1946 to 1949. In 1950 the Town and Country was a coupe or station wagon.
But, anyway, 1967 was a tough year for a wagon buyer if you bought on looks alone as all the manufacturers, including AMC had very appealing models.
Leave it to Chrysler and Elwood Engel though, to give us a wagon with factory skirts.
I had a ’66. Loved it. I have no room. Go and put your hands on it. If it’s as good as it looks, buy it. Reasonably. You won’t regret it.
Wow, childhood memories flooding in looking at these pics, my fam was big on wagons, and Dad was a Mopar Man, so we had a new wagon from Chrysler, Dodge or Plymouth every two years, unless he really liked one, which happened with this car pictured, which I believe he ordered in green with green interior…Wonderful memories of driving vacations in the summer!
Tim
Even though you could only get 8 mpg with this giant car, you could haul 8 adults in great comfort and you were very safe in most crashes. A beautiful car that will be a squeeze in the family garage!
Car was purchased not to far back when the ask was 11k and I dont know if anything was done since. Sometimes you are the top of the market.
Some incorrect details here regarding the ‘woodie’ Chrysler Town & Countrys….. The last year that Chrysler had wood on the T&C was 1950. From 1950 through 1967, ALL Town & Countrys were all steel – no wood or woodgrain decals at all. The simulated wood exterior returned for the 1968 model year.
Oops….
From 1951 – 1967…..