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Cruising Wagon Questions

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Aspirin:
First, I have heard they did make cruising wagons with woodgrain, is this true ?
Second, is there a way to confirm if a car is an original cruising wagon ?
looking at one, but the panels seem a shade off the rest of the car.

TIGGER:
I am not aware of any cruising wagons with the woodgrain or "squire" sides.  They were only built from 77-80.  Earlier year cars cannot be true cruising wagons.  As far as I know, the standard equipment on the cruising wagons are sport mirrors, the sport steering wheel, the rally/tach gauges, the chin spoiler, and of course the side panels with the port holes in them.  Now there are some signs that I look for to see if the car is real or not.  One is to see if the drip rail corner extensions are present.  These are little corner pieces that extend the drip rails further back towards the hatch to fill in the gap of the panel at the top when they wrap around.  Most people do not grab those when they remove the panels.  Back in the day, I found numerous sets left on the cars when the panels were removed.  If they are present, see if the seam sealer looks like it was replaced.  They are seam sealed and screwed to the body.  Second thing to look for if the front brake cooling ducts are present and behind the front chin spoiler.  This is another thing people do not grab when they take the spoiler.  This is on 77-78 cars.  I am not sure about 79-80 because I have never owned one of those year cruising wagons.  The last thing are the interior side panels and this could be hit or miss depending on if someone has monkeyed with them in the past.  They are clipped into the window frames from factory.  From what I remember, there are no screws that hold the interior side panels to the inside of the car.  Care has to be taken when they are removed or you can easily pull the clips out from the backer boards.  Once too many clips are gone, people just screw them in.  So if the car is unmolested, they should be clipped in.  Hope this helps some.

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