The Country Squire was Ford’s top-of-the-line station wagon from the days of the “woodies” through most of the rest of the 20th Century. From the 1950s forward, the Country Squire used imitation wood paneling on the body sides and tailgate. This 1968 edition looks stellar with a big-block V8 engine, seating for nine, and only 53,000 miles. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this bigger-than-life people mover is available here on eBay where the current bid is $7,100 but the seller’s reserve is unmet. Who needs a really big wagon for Cars & Coffee?
Ford introduced the LTD in 1965 as their premium offering based on the Galaxie 500, an everyman kind of automobile. It was so popular that Chevy quickly followed with the comparable Caprice. The Country Squire was then positioned as part of the LTD family and sales continued to flourish. In 1968 when the seller’s wagon was produced, more than 91,000 Squires were built, with nearly 2/3 equipped with an extra cadre of seats in the back.
This 57-year-old wagon looks practically new, sporting original paint and (likely) side paneling. It has traveled less than 1,000 miles per year on average as rust has been scared away by probable inside storage, The passenger compartment is as tidy as they come and it looks ready for any outing you might have planned for the Ford.
The 390 cubic inch V8 isn’t completely stock with upgrades that aren’t detailed by the seller. We’re told it comes with a Marti Report, but these were not scarce vehicles back in ‘68. Power accessories abound as you would expect, and the wagon has an FM radio from the factory. Vintage wagons have grown in popularity in recent years, and this looks like a really nice one, if the price is right.
Another favorite of mine. Every family seemed to have these when I was growing up.
Back in the mid 1990s, I actually bought my wife a ’67 Ranch Wagon (similar, but not as fancy) with maybe 35K miles from the original owner, and she used that as her daily driver for a couple of years. That 390 4bbl would make that boat really fly.
Very clean example. High-end car for its day. Would be fun to own.
I would have never guessed a decade ago that wagons would be “hot” in the collector car market, but here we are.
Thanks Russ.
Ah, you can almost smell the vomit. These were family movers and sure as heck, one kid always had a weak stomach. Amazing to see one at all. Never ceases to amaze me what we had in the late 60s compared to what the Europeans had with the Fiat previous post. Such different applications is not more apparent. Nice car, how this escaped the demo derby, they weren’t cheap, at almost $4grand, only the convertible was more. Regardless every block had one, we all rode in one at one time, just don’t sit next to “Wendell”,,,
@ Howard.. “Ah, you can almost smell the vomit.” Very funny, but sadly true. Gurss you can call me Wendell. Except I got car sick in our ’70 Olds Ninety Eight on the NYS Thruway to go and visit Grammy. But, yep, same concept. My wife laughs at me to this day because I have to drive, no matter what. Or else…….
The boulevard ride was a big contributor to kids getting carsick. I grew up as an A/B tester of this, 5 years old when the ’79 has crunch hit and the adults in my large extended family went from land yachts to much gut-friendlier Rabbit clones, one by one.
Barfed in Mom & Dad’s new ’69 Bonneville. Never mixed OJ and chocolate milk again.
I way back barfed in a Country Squire
Beautiful shape !
Who knows how this 57 year old woodie Wagon survive to look this nice – even the side paneling looks great.
This is in surprising shape, I would take this one Home.
In ’78 I worked at the Fern Valley Rd plant in Louisville Ky where this was made in ’67-68.
I was the “wagon master” and would jump in a bare metal body and bolt in the locks for the far rear, facing seats for station wagons…
Dad had just leased a ’78 woodie wagon with 460, 4v.
Seats 9 … and Those seats here look new.
Good Luck with the sale.
I grew up in a yellow ’68 just like this one, which I used for dates in high school (no, not that). Loved that old car… with its metal floor, it could carry a load of 4×8 plywood just as easily as six adults and four kids.
Oh, so tempting to “own it again,” but I expect it will hammer for much more than I’m willing to fork out.
That’s a nice wagon, I wish I could buy it!
Sweet ride. My father always bought my mother a Country Squire. Last one we had, had a table with a checker board on it in the back with the pop up seats. Two weeks off the showroom floor she totaled it… My mom had a knack for totaling cars. I’ll still never forgive her for selling our green and white Nomad station wagon, cause it was “junky” I was 7, but I loved that car… I asked her to keep it for me till I got older but she said she needed the money
Really nice wagon but I prefer the bahama blue Ford pickup sporting the 460.
I’ve got a ‘67 Country Squire with slightly higher mileage but in similar condition. Two things drew me to that car: stacked headlights and a factory 428. That said, I love the styling of the ‘68s also. This would be a bargain at twice the current bid.
Damn, 428, sweet. Had a 4 door 69 Mercury Marque with a 429. Well, it was my Mom’s car, I was about 14 and she’d let me take it out alone, on the country roads in upstate NY. When that car was doing about 50/60 you’d slam down the gas pedal and that thing flew like a rocket. Good times.
Is it just the lighting or do the back facing seats seem to be a different color than the others? Nice wagon though.
My dad had 2 wagons when I was living at home.
59′ Ford,then a 63′ Ford.
It’s beautiful! Why doesn’t Ford mix something like this today!
My turn for the way back. Dad bought a new white 68 Ford wagon. Traded in our. 67 Catalina. I was 12.
Wow, this is in fine condition, too nice for me to use to throw wood in the back. Even in one not this nice I would put down big sheets of cardboard first, but this one is a show car. I would want one with a good drive train in #3 or even #4 condition.
Gone from eBay. Did it sell already? In that condition maybe worth $20,000+?
Definitely $20,000+, it was $14,000+ last night and would have gone higher. Wagons have had a strong following on the west coast for a couple of decades. Really nice ones sell quickly even expensive ones, someone likely made a big offer to the seller so he’d end the auction bc early. That’s not a bad strategy for either party.
Steve R
What is weird is that it has completely disappeared from EBay. When items sell, or even when a seller ends the auction early, there is still a history of the auction that can be looked back on.
The fact that it has been eradicated from EBay usually indicates that it was discovered to be a fraud auction.
Or maybe the link is now broken.
An old surfer in San Clemente California told me once the Woodies got to be so expensive,the surfer crowd started to buy up the clean low mileage station wagons. I saw plenty of wagons with nice aftermarket mags and great sounding exhaust systems. There was even a Le Man’s wagon converted to GTO specs, that car was bad ass. And it was fast too,never got a look under the hood,but a friend of mine said it was all Goat.
In’74 my parents “graduated” from a sky blue”66 Chevy Malibu wagon to a slightly used’72 LTD Country Squire, Forrest green with black interior and the wood panels on the sides and rear! What a great vacation cruiser and tow vehicle. Many happy memories in that until they upgraded to their first Cadillac!!
I miss the old station wagons.