Tuesday, December 3, 2024

1987 Ford Country Squire


The 1979-1991 Ford Country Squires were the end of the road for the full-size Ford station wagon with the classic woodgrain trim look.

By then, the "full size" Ford wagon had been moved to the new Panther platform, which meant it was on a wheelbase about the same size as that of a mid-Sixties Fairlane wagon and shorter than an early-Seventies Gran Torino's, both of which had been midsize cars for their eras.

The front end on this Midnight Canyon Red Metallic example marks it as a '79-'87 model, before the '88 styling refresh gave it a slightly more aero nose. Nosing around the internet and looking at year-to-year grille changes has me tentatively identifying it as a 1987 model, which would mean it has the 5.0L multi-port EFI V-8 rated at 150bhp (160 with the towing package).

This one was photographed with a Nikon D2X and 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR II zoom lens in October of 2023.

2 comments:

  1. Over the years I've seen some GM and Mopar wagons with woodgrain, but it seems like the majority were Fords and Mercurys.

    My parents had a '67 Country Sedan wagon without and a '76 Volare wagon with.

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    1. Yeah, Ford was really committed to the woody wagon.You could even get a Pinto Squire with the woodgrain!

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