which older car (50's, 60's, or 70's) has the most passenger & cargo room?

 

Gonna guess a Impala wagon. Probably a 70s. The biggest would be a suburban though. Even though they shared chassis for a bit .
CoryM

 

Those 50's Belairs were huge... especialy the trunks. However the Impalas from the mid to late 60s and 70s were probably just as big.

 

the top of the line chevy wagon in the 70's was called the kingswood estate wagon, top of the line with woodgrain, 9 passenger and all. can you say full size car?

 

Actually my parents had a 1970 Kingswood Estate Wagon. It was that ugly dark green color ... but at least it had a 350!

 

I thought you were calling me ?

HAHAHA

Now I don't think my 72 velle is so heavy when compared to the previous mentioned cars.

 

Probably not. My El Camino weighs only about 3500 lbs.

 

Is that stock weight?

Does it have a BBC or SBC ?
Does it have the 12 bolt axle and TH350 trans also?

Thanks.

I thought mine was tipping the scale around 3900 lbs...
Never weighed it yet.

 

It's a SBC with iron heads, stock 12 bolt, TH350, steel wheels, stock hood, fenders, etc. It had AC but I removed the compressor and condensor, so that saved maybe 30 or 40 lbs. A Chevelle may be a little heavier since you've got more glass and interior stuff. But then again I've got alot of sheet metal that makes up the bed...

 

Yea, I hear ya. I need to find an accurate scale around my neighborhood so I can weigh the car. I wouldn't be surprised if it were around 3900 or so. Then again, I would be pretty excited if it were lower, say around 3400.
I know of another chevelle owner on this board who says his velle weighs 32XX lbs. Normal weigh reduction. That's pretty cool if ya ask me.

 

I just weighed mine at the local Co-Op. My Ram weighed 4400 lbs.