1953 Chrysler Town and Country Station Wagon

1953 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY STATION WAGON. #70138271. (Stock #4308.) Chrysler Town & Country wagons were some of the most prestigious station wagons built in America, with extensive woodwork being one of their trademarks. By 1953, the beautiful interior combined “allegator” leather to the seats and the seemingly endless display of mahogany planking to the floor of the rear compartment, which extends when the rear seats (individual seats, each with its own armrest) are folded forward. With the famous straight six engine and a 3-speed manual transmission, our example of this luxurious carriage has a sporting side to it. Of the 1,399 T&C wagons built in 1953, the manual transmission is a bit of a rarity. Our car was ordered new by the Budd Company in Philadelphia, founded in 1912 and famed manufacturers of stainless steel passenger railroad cars–including the impressive “Silverliners” built for Amtrak and the “Conestoga”, a prototype cargo plane built during World War II and tested on the 3,100 foot runway adjacent to the 572 acre Budd “Red Lion” site. In 1987, production virtually ceased and, in 1989, our Town and Country wagon was purchased by a 40+ year customer of The Stable and put into storage. (1990 Pennsylvania inspection stickers are still present on the windshield.) Now, just with the car out of hibernation, we are servicing it and preparing it to move to a new caretaker’s garage or collection. Odometer reading: 14,516. Price: $29,500.