Coming in almost a foot shorter than the previous generation Country Squire, this eight-generation 1987 Ford Country Squire Wagon was still a big car at just under 18 feet in length. The seller has this faded and patina-heavy example listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the seller is asking $4,750 or best offer. Here is the original listing. Thanks to Gary for the tip!

Faded Glory. A person could redo the Di-Noc woodgrain if they wanted to and it would certainly make this car look a lot nicer, at least from a distance. The eighth-generation Country Squire was made from 1979 to the end of 1990. By 1987, Ford was moving customers into minivans for people-hauling duties as station wagons were disappearing from the landscape. They only sold 17,562 in 1987 compared to almost 91,000 a decade earlier in 1977. I don’t see badges close enough to tell, but I believe this is an LX due to the cast aluminum wheels rather than wheel covers.

It’s hard to tell the body condition of this car, the photos aren’t big enough to be able to zoom in and see much detail, but it looks good overall to me. There is some major surface rust on the top of the hood and top of the… er… top, but as far as rust holes, I don’t see any. They say this was a Tennessee car and the rust is minimal. This car has Ford’s “3-Way Doorgate” that swings to the side, pulls down like a pickup tailgate, or you can just lower the window to load the back with several 48-packs of paper towels from the big box annual-subscription warehouse store.

Here’s where things get really good, I did not expect to see Currant Red seats in this car! Ford offered “supersoft” vinyl in the LX trim and here it is. It needs a good cleaning and some repairs, and we don’t see the back seat but the seller shows a couple of photos of the rear seating area, very cool. That makes this an eight-passenger LX wagon, confirming the LX trim level as far as I can tell from the brochures. As with most interiors, there are some good dyes and other ways to spruce things up inside, but you’ll have to have your upholstery shop fix the seam separation on the driver’s seat,  pronto.

This dusty engine is Ford’s 302-cu.in. OHV V8, which was factory-rated at 150 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque when new. It sends power through a four-speed automatic to the rear wheels and the seller says it runs well, has a new gas tank and sending unit, new battery, new alternator, plugs, pickup coil and ignition control module, and even the belts in the in-dash cassette player are new! Any thoughts on this woodgrain wagon?