After driving three vintage station wagons, my favorite being my '66 Mercury Commuter station wagon, am once again obsessed with bringing another long limnbed beauty in my life
Wow, just a fantastic example of the very rarest body style! I've never seen that A/C before, either. Nice straight car, too... nice work. Thanks for the close-up of this beauty!
In Hitchcock's "The Birds", Tippy and some students take refuge in a 1960 dodge wagon during the crow attack. Not as optioned out as this model though.
Dual air conditioning was almost a $700.00 option for these big wagons from Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth wagons and the Imperial LeBaron 4 dr Southampton were the only vehicles that offered dual air conditioning in the industry. This top of the line vehicle's MSRP most likely was about $4800 or more with this option.
does this wagon have a power tailgate window? If so, I’m assuming the key insert is behind the chrome panel that the camera pans in on. Would seem odd that such a well equipped example would not have an electric rear window - notice the first generation tailgate assist handles on either side of the rear window - another Chrysler Corporation exclusive.
@@727100bear The vertical rectangle is a crank. If it was a power window it would be horizontal with the keyhole in the center. Nine passenger wagons are supposed to have the power window standard. Did this car have a tail gate transplant at some time?
That is a beautiful car. I seen quite a few Dart phoenixes, and Polaris is growing up, but never a 4 door hardtop wagon. Overhead air. Unbelievable I never seen a wagon back in the day and I’m 74 years old me and resting to know how many of them they made couldn’t be very many.❤
Wow i am breathless! What a find. I was a Dodge technician in the mid seventies. Love seeeing these great cars. Too many went to the crusher makes me sad. Really nice to see this car survived:)
Yes, I had the feeling you were racing through this video. You talked of how extremely rare this car was, then hardly showed it to us. Disappointing… no mention of the interior doors or even a pan of them. Did the car have power windows or power seat? Swivel seats? Rare to see many options on a Dodge, but particularly factory air conditioning, and especially dual, rear air conditioning. Why no view of the engine compartment on this rare car? Would have loved to see the power plant. Would have been great to see how they divided the a/c lines to the 2 evaporators. Seems like so much was missed. A truly rare and gorgeous-style car! The owner can be very proud of this one!
Oh noes! Where are the views of the rear facing 3rd row bench seat? The kids want to know! Otherwise, another enjoyable ride down memory lane. Amazing car. Thanks Charles!
Cracking me up! Man I love and adore everything about wagons. But I’ve never seen a Polara like this! Those weird fin appendages are literally hilarious!! Thanks for the much needed laughs!
My grandfather had one , I just barely remember it. Used to sit in the back by the tailgate. He sold it in 1978.... who knows what ever happened to it..... that was in Humansville Mo.
Well, Thanks, nice overview…. Lot of MOPAR WAGIN. Interestingly, my Parents ( and five Kids) had the 1959:**Dodge Coronet (?)/Wagon push buttons//Nine Pass/ loaded (** NO AIR CONDITIONING 😩that: had I lotto drive a lot in 1961-2 until My Dad found 1954/😩😩FORD/v8, Customized **with a1957;Engine 289 / 4 BBL!
When I was a kid we had a Chrysler nine passenger New Yorker. It was a teal blue hard top wagon and the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I can't remember if it was '62 or '64. My dad thought it was funny to tell people he paid $4,800 for a car that was 4800 Lbs., so he paid a dollar a pound.
Chrysler Corporation started ruining their cars, beginning in 1966, when they chose to substitute cheap interior materials, for that fine chrome trim and beautifully-crafted instrument pods. Their vehicles also became rectangular. It should be then of no wonder that they stayed number three
I also, had the feeling you were racing through this video. You talked of how extremely rare this car was, then hardly showed it to us. Disappointing… no mention of the interior doors or even a pan of them. Did the car have power windows or power seat? Swivel seats? Rare to see many options on a Dodge, but particularly factory air conditioning, and especially dual, rear air conditioning. Why no view of the engine compartment on this rare car? Would have loved to see the power plant. Would have been great to see how they divided the a/c lines to the 2 evaporators. Seems like so much was missed. A truly rare and gorgeous-style car! The owner can be very proud of this one!
Bawhahahaha. My parents had one when I was a little kid. It was white with a light blue interior, an inline 6 cyl. engine and a 3 spd. on the column. I was only a couple years old but I remember that car well. Thanks very much for this video. Nice job and beautiful car.
This is one of my very favorite Joyride episodes, and Charles is at his most ebullient! My other favorite is the red and white 1959 Buick LeSabre Station Wagon (loves me some space-age wagons!).
I almost passed out from the beauty of this Dodge! So nice. Thanks for sharing. Growing up back in the day, driving a wagon of any kind was super uncool! lol
Cars back then had so much detail inside and out. Cars today are technology marvels but they have no class. I miss power antennas, vinyl tops, coach lights and wire wheel covers.
So many of these car vids where the featured auto sounds like a motorboat. Obvious problems with the exhaust system. These cars when new were very quiet, one could hardly hear them running even when standing at the rear of the car next to the tailpipe. Besides the faulty exhaust system, the car is indeed beautiful.
Ugh I’d have to say that exhaust system is working fine the owner of car feels like a lot of us that exhaust note is music to our ears. He paid good money for that sound.
Super Beautiful. Rare without question. We love your videos Charles. We are bringing back a 1964 Polara 500 back to life on our channel. Charles..if your ever in Pa...we want you to make a video of our car.
We had a 59 Plymouth it was the ugliest blue color oil light came on every other day it sprung a leak one day on the front windshield drops of water on the dash board on the drivers side my dad put gum on it lol 😅
One of the few cars that actually looks better as a wagon than any other body style. The fins on the 2 and 4 door versions always looked like an after thought to me. On the wagon, they look perfect. Thanks for filming this BEAUTIFUL Mopar!
Love it, Charles! It could be a nice sister to our '61 Plymouth wagon, also hearse-black. However, your Dodge is nicer due to the hardtop body ( as you mentioned).
The crisima details and footage of the American Classic Cars you shoot make your channel a joy to watch. Amazing how beautiful that Dodge Wagon was for its age.
Wow. Just look at that! I’ve never seen this before. Didn’t even know it existed . Hard to believe how much Dodge put into these cars. The detail is just amazing. That is just a gorgeous piece of history. One of the very best station wagons I’ve ever seen. A work of art.
Why did you not show us the engine bay? They had some unique engine designs in the early 60s. This could have been a 318 Poly, a 361 or 383 with the Ram-Sonic dual quads or, unlikely, a 413. It would have been nice to know.
Those are super rare. There is one similar to it here in Kansas City. However, air-conditioning is rare enough, but I have never seen the rear air-conditioner.
Thank God Jay Leno never did a special o one of these. They are reasonable @ about 40K in this shape.A 300G in this shape probably fetches more but honestly...This one blows a 300G off the map in looks.
It's too bad, because this truly IS an unbelievable car. Too bad this a$$hole ruined the whole presentation. I hope this guy figures out that he's a man soon. For a Classic car presentation, the last guy I want is some light in the loafers, flamboyant, anti-straight guy who absolutely destroyed the presentation of a beautiful vehicle. Please, go ahead and call me out for my "mysogynistic" remarks. I was always taught to speak the truth. My grandfather owned a '69 Polaris, and it was a truly special car, even to a 5 year old kid like me. Too bad the presentOR took so much away from the presentATIONBor such a beautiful piece of American machinery.
Stunning, stunning, stunning! This is the most beautiful wagon I have ever seen. Dodge in 1960 really offered the customer a lot of value and style. This seems like it should be a Chrysler wagon, for all its luxury. When I was young and saw these on the road I thought, "just another over styled Mopar". I thought they were ugly. Fins had really gotten stale by then. Oh, how my perspective has changed.
ALL 4-door hardtop wagons - Buick, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Dodge and Chrysler were the creation of a Canadian concern, beginning with the standard 4-door hardtops.
Surely you can't be serious! A 1960 Polara station wagon! Talk about Polara fever! I *love* the rumble of the engine. I *know!* I love the hub caps. I love the horizontal speedometer. I've heard of A/C, but *never* dual a/c. I *know!!* I *so* love it!!! :)
The optional dual AC was to get cold air to the third row (and some more for the second row too). Available in 1960-64 Chrysler product wagons with this body. Refrigerant hoses all the way from the front, another blower, evaporator - what the heck, just a couple hundred more pounds. Minivans and I guess other such vehicles have ducts down the sides of the roof and several vents, which is similar to some cars in the 50's with trunk AC only the other direction.
Charles! Not rare! Unobtainium!!!!
You are so lucky to see this in person !!!
Would love a longer video!!!
Love all your videos!!!
"Unobtainium." I like that.
As outdated as many of the 1960 Mopar products are, they're still gems, especially this one.
After driving three vintage station wagons, my favorite being my '66 Mercury Commuter station wagon, am once again obsessed with bringing another long limnbed beauty in my life
Perfect late-50's house styling as a backdrop as well. Those wagons were just enormous. Beautiful car!
Wow, just a fantastic example of the very rarest body style! I've never seen that A/C before, either. Nice straight car, too... nice work. Thanks for the close-up of this beauty!
You're the man, Scott ! I Wish I could send my super solid , super straight 64 New Yorker wagon to Canada for you to paint. You and the Agents Rock !
Airtemp
I really do enjoy these videos. Next time, let’s open up the tailgate and see that vast expanse of cargo space.
Deal!
Beautiful car in amazing condition. These were fine cars. My parents owned a 1960 Polara 4 door sedan and it was a pleasure to travel in.
after viewing this unearthly spectacular vehicle, I realize all that I've worked for in the past 60 years amounts to nothing...
Go pick up a classic car! Everything is available for any budget Bug to Buick.
We had a 1960 Dodge wagon when I grew up. Ours was the Matador, it had B pillars. This one is really cool.
MOPARS AT THAT POINT IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY STAND HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOUT THE REST FOR OUT OF THIS WORLD DESIGNS
Amazing car! If they built them as beautifully styled today, SUVs would die off.
The fins are not excessively long as to be distracting. I like that. 1960 Dodges are the fine embodiment of elegancy.
The coolest car I have ever seen! Love this era!
In Hitchcock's "The Birds", Tippy and some students take refuge in a 1960 dodge wagon during the crow attack. Not as optioned out as this model though.
Same model, different color. The wagon they took refuge in was a 4dr. hard top too!
One of my favorite movies of all time and THAT CAR... I was born in the wrong age. It was just a six year old used car when I was born.
Yeah great movie, all those crows ha. This wagon looks great in black like an executive limo.
Seems the Dart wagons were pillar roofed whereas Polara/Matador was 4dr hardtop..ht style last mfg 1964.
I know!
Duel exaust!!! Duel air conditioners !!! Duel headlights !!! Amazing car!!!
I remember this car!! A friends mother drove it and I thought at the time how cool it was!
with dual air conditioning I’m sure it WAS cool!
Oh, I know". Must be your only known phrase and you say it soo sweetly. Gag. Sounds like steam escaping.
Dual air conditioning was almost a $700.00 option for these big wagons from Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth wagons and the Imperial LeBaron 4 dr Southampton were the only vehicles that offered dual air conditioning in the industry. This top of the line vehicle's MSRP most likely was about $4800 or more with this option.
does this wagon have a power tailgate window? If so, I’m assuming the key insert is behind the chrome panel that the camera pans in on. Would seem odd that such a well equipped example would not have an electric rear window - notice the first generation tailgate assist handles on either side of the rear window - another Chrysler Corporation exclusive.
@@727100bear The vertical rectangle is a crank. If it was a power window it would be horizontal with the keyhole in the center. Nine passenger wagons are supposed to have the power window standard. Did this car have a tail gate transplant at some time?
@emjayay For sure. All the literature I’ve read has always said that the nine passenger wagons came standard with the power tailgate.
$700 was a lot of money then. AC was such a rare option. This was a comfortable, beautiful, expensive car.
I really like it in black. Beautiful!
That is a beautiful car. I seen quite a few Dart phoenixes, and Polaris is growing up, but never a 4 door hardtop wagon. Overhead air. Unbelievable I never seen a wagon back in the day and I’m 74 years old me and resting to know how many of them they made couldn’t be very many.❤
Wow i am breathless! What a find. I was a Dodge technician in the mid seventies. Love seeeing these great cars. Too many went to the crusher makes me sad. Really nice to see this car survived:)
Gurl bye! 'OMG! It has glitter!' gave me my entire life. Such a gorgeous car. Wow! I wanna sit in it just to experience the history!
That is an amazing rolling piece of art
A magnificent monstrosity of metal moulding......Marvelous. WITH GLITTER!!!
The wagons actually wore that styling better than the sedans.
Fantastic, great car, my mom had a 65 Hardtop with Air, but that wagon !!!!!!
The right time of day to show it too. Early evening, the chrome is at it's best.
Would have been nice to see more interior coverages of the door treatment, accessories, dashboard detail.
Yes, I had the feeling you were racing through this video. You talked of how extremely rare this car was, then hardly showed it to us. Disappointing… no mention of the interior doors or even a pan of them. Did the car have power windows or power seat? Swivel seats? Rare to see many options on a Dodge, but particularly factory air conditioning, and especially dual, rear air conditioning. Why no view of the engine compartment on this rare car? Would have loved to see the power plant. Would have been great to see how they divided the a/c lines to the 2 evaporators. Seems like so much was missed. A truly rare and gorgeous-style car! The owner can be very proud of this one!
@@Phonejag1 exactly.
We had a 1960 Seneca Dart sedan 318 with 3 on the tree. One of two cars I taught myself to drive. Other was a 58 Plymouth Suburban wagon
Oh noes! Where are the views of the rear facing 3rd row bench seat? The kids want to know! Otherwise, another enjoyable ride down memory lane. Amazing car. Thanks Charles!
Nave Motors in Novato is still there, in business since 1919!!!!
You missed another space age feature...the rotating drum clock directly in front of the speedometer.
thanks, I was wondering
Cracking me up! Man I love and adore everything about wagons. But I’ve never seen a Polara like this! Those weird fin appendages are literally hilarious!! Thanks for the much needed laughs!
That's one of the greats right there!
My grandfather had one , I just barely remember it. Used to sit in the back by the tailgate. He sold it in 1978.... who knows what ever happened to it..... that was in Humansville Mo.
If you have a Plate or Vin # it can be traced
Makes every other car on that street look like something you get free with a happy meal.
Man if this goes up for sale I would buy it in a heart beat
If this guy was the salesman back then, they woulda sold a ton of em..
Paul Lynde couldn't have narrated it any better!
Wow! Fantastic styling! Amazing details! Too short! A car like this deserves a few more minutes!
Me: Awesome video, Charles!
Charles: I knowwwwww 😄
Glad you liked it!
The integrated grab handles for getting in the third row are pretty cool too.
Good catch yeah.
Dodge needs to bring Polara back to production.
Beautiful car, commentary is a little strange 🤔. Would've liked to see the engine and interior
*Rolling Art Masterpiece* ... How Gorgeous Indeed!
Auntie had a few growing up in Detroit
Well, Thanks, nice overview…. Lot of MOPAR WAGIN. Interestingly, my Parents ( and five Kids) had the 1959:**Dodge Coronet (?)/Wagon push buttons//Nine Pass/ loaded (** NO AIR CONDITIONING 😩that: had I lotto drive a lot in 1961-2 until My Dad found 1954/😩😩FORD/v8, Customized **with a1957;Engine 289 / 4 BBL!
When I was a kid we had a Chrysler nine passenger New Yorker. It was a teal blue hard top wagon and the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I can't remember if it was '62 or '64. My dad thought it was funny to tell people he paid $4,800 for a car that was 4800 Lbs., so he paid a dollar a pound.
Washing and waxing a car with this many details has to take all day!
Yes, but every moment is great.
Chrysler Corporation started ruining their cars, beginning in 1966, when they chose to substitute cheap interior materials, for that fine chrome trim and beautifully-crafted instrument pods. Their vehicles also became rectangular. It should be then of no wonder that they stayed number three
I also, had the feeling you were racing through this video. You talked of how extremely rare this car was, then hardly showed it to us. Disappointing… no mention of the interior doors or even a pan of them. Did the car have power windows or power seat? Swivel seats? Rare to see many options on a Dodge, but particularly factory air conditioning, and especially dual, rear air conditioning. Why no view of the engine compartment on this rare car? Would have loved to see the power plant. Would have been great to see how they divided the a/c lines to the 2 evaporators. Seems like so much was missed. A truly rare and gorgeous-style car! The owner can be very proud of this one!
Bawhahahaha.
My parents had one when I was a little kid.
It was white with a light blue interior, an inline 6 cyl. engine and a 3 spd. on the column.
I was only a couple years old but I remember that car well.
Thanks very much for this video.
Nice job and beautiful car.
Love your enthusiasm for this beautiful car! Thanks for sharing.
This is one of my very favorite Joyride episodes, and Charles is at his most ebullient! My other favorite is the red and white 1959 Buick LeSabre Station Wagon (loves me some space-age wagons!).
Great Wagon!
I counted only eight "I Know" Slipping Charles!😉
Thanks...
I almost passed out from the beauty of this Dodge! So nice. Thanks for sharing. Growing up back in the day, driving a wagon of any kind was super uncool! lol
We snuck kids into the drive in theater between the back two rows of seats. Just throw everyone’s coats on top of them.
Those crazy fins!
I know!!
What a stunning ride.😎
Dodge always built and sold flashy and flamboyant full size wagons
Cars back then had so much detail inside and out. Cars today are technology marvels but they have no class. I miss power antennas, vinyl tops, coach lights and wire wheel covers.
Couldn't agree more!
Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE I’m really enjoying your videos.
Those last three are from the decadent later Brougham era, not MidMod like this. Very different.
@@_charlesphoenix I know!
Is this the one they used to go to Bobs Big Boy in Burbank..Ca?
yes!
Anodized aluminum grille, not unless it's really pale.
So many of these car vids where the featured auto sounds like a motorboat. Obvious problems with the exhaust system. These cars when new were very quiet, one could hardly hear them running even when standing at the rear of the car next to the tailpipe.
Besides the faulty exhaust system, the car is indeed beautiful.
Ugh I’d have to say that exhaust system is working fine the owner of car feels like a lot of us that exhaust note is music to our ears. He paid good money for that sound.
An you thought your Dodge Grand Caravan was cool.
Wonderful comment- very "colorful".
We didn't get to see the motor
THE rarest option was lights in the fins...
Super Beautiful. Rare without question. We love your videos Charles. We are bringing back a 1964 Polara 500 back to life on our channel. Charles..if your ever in Pa...we want you to make a video of our car.
I know!
We had a 59 Plymouth it was the ugliest blue color oil light came on every other day it sprung a leak one day on the front windshield drops of water on the dash board on the drivers side my dad put gum on it lol 😅
Swept up in these sweeping good looking lines and textures and sleekness.
I love the wagon for this year model
Those aren't fins... Those are wings!
One of the few cars that actually looks better as a wagon than any other body style. The fins on the 2 and 4 door versions always looked like an after thought to me. On the wagon, they look perfect. Thanks for filming this BEAUTIFUL Mopar!
Love it, Charles! It could be a nice sister to our '61 Plymouth wagon, also hearse-black.
However, your Dodge is nicer due to the hardtop body ( as you mentioned).
The crisima details and footage of the American Classic Cars you shoot make your channel a joy to watch. Amazing how beautiful that Dodge Wagon was for its age.
Wow. Just look at that! I’ve never seen this before. Didn’t even know it existed . Hard to believe how much Dodge put into these cars. The detail is just amazing. That is just a gorgeous piece of history. One of the very best station wagons I’ve ever seen. A work of art.
That reminds me of my deceased father, who backed up cars nicely. He would have loved getting one of those wagons brand new. Family car by far!
reminds me of a nomad but with fins
Why didn't you open the hood?
Outer space!
That Was a Beautiful Car ❤
Thank you Charles, another beauty. I love four door hardtops. That roof line is very elegant.
"The all new for 1960 Dodge Polara".
Still available at your nearest Chrysler showroom 60 years later! 🤣
Why did you not show us the engine bay? They had some unique engine designs in the early 60s. This could have been a 318 Poly, a 361 or 383 with the Ram-Sonic dual quads or, unlikely, a 413. It would have been nice to know.
Those are super rare. There is one similar to it here in Kansas City. However, air-conditioning is rare enough, but I have never seen the rear air-conditioner.
Thank God Jay Leno never did a special o one of these. They are reasonable @ about 40K in this shape.A 300G in this shape probably fetches more but honestly...This one blows a 300G off the map in looks.
It's too bad, because this truly IS an unbelievable car. Too bad this a$$hole ruined the whole presentation.
I hope this guy figures out that he's a man soon.
For a Classic car presentation, the last guy I want is some light in the loafers, flamboyant, anti-straight guy who absolutely destroyed the presentation of a beautiful vehicle.
Please, go ahead and call me out for my "mysogynistic" remarks.
I was always taught to speak the truth. My grandfather owned a '69 Polaris, and it was a truly special car, even to a 5 year old kid like me.
Too bad the presentOR took so much away from the presentATIONBor such a beautiful piece of American machinery.
Stunning, stunning, stunning! This is the most beautiful wagon I have ever seen. Dodge in 1960 really offered the customer a lot of value and style. This seems like it should be a Chrysler wagon, for all its luxury.
When I was young and saw these on the road I thought, "just another over styled Mopar". I thought they were ugly. Fins had really gotten stale by then. Oh, how my perspective has changed.
Definitely Rare
ALL 4-door hardtop wagons - Buick, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Dodge and Chrysler were
the creation of a Canadian concern, beginning with the standard 4-door hardtops.
Beautiful car 🚗
OH I KNOW! 😂I KNOWWWW
My Mom had a Plymouth Station Wagon when I was a little kid in the 60's that had push button drive. We called it juke box drive.
Used to have a '60 Dart Pioneer Wagon back in the day! It was stolen and found remnants of it at a crush yard.😮😮😮
The reason one does not see many of these is that most of them went directly from Dodge to the junkyard.
I never was much of a Mopar guy, but this car is gorgeous.
Mid-century modern dream.
Loved seeing the Speedo numerals in reverse thru the windshield back in the day.. could it help the state cops?
'60 was the finest of the Exner era Dodge models. Even the down-market Darts looked fabulous.
Surely you can't be serious! A 1960 Polara station wagon! Talk about Polara fever! I *love* the rumble of the engine. I *know!* I love the hub caps. I love the horizontal speedometer. I've heard of A/C, but *never* dual a/c. I *know!!* I *so* love it!!! :)
The optional dual AC was to get cold air to the third row (and some more for the second row too). Available in 1960-64 Chrysler product wagons with this body. Refrigerant hoses all the way from the front, another blower, evaporator - what the heck, just a couple hundred more pounds. Minivans and I guess other such vehicles have ducts down the sides of the roof and several vents, which is similar to some cars in the 50's with trunk AC only the other direction.
@emjayay So fabulous. I’d kill for that set up here in hot steamy Dallas.
Yes Jason. I’m sure... and stop calling me Shirley.
@@friendofdorothy9376 (ROFFL!) No, you're Dorothy. :)
@@emjayay With dual A/C unit like that, you'll be freezing by the time you get from LA to San Bernardino during the summer.