Spotted on craigslist in Spokane, this 1958 Chevrolet Yeoman two-door wagon is the kind of classic project that doesn’t come around often. The seller is asking $10,500 and notes that the car runs and drives with a 305 cubic-inch V8 and a four-barrel carburetor, paired with a manual four-speed transmission. That combination alone makes it sound like a fun cruiser once it’s all sorted. Thanks for the tip Curvette!
According to the ad, this wagon comes with a long list of extra parts and upgrades, making it a promising candidate for a full resto-mod build. Included are front and rear disc brake kits, a power steering kit, and even two 348 blocks with cranks, manifolds, and other related components. The seller mentions having both tri-power and four-barrel manifolds, along with numerous 348 heads, chrome shorty headers, and a pair of freshly chromed three-piece Impala bumpers, front and rear.
The fact that the car is already a runner and driver gives it a head start over most projects of this age. For many enthusiasts, a two-door Yeoman is the ultimate blend of practicality and design—Chevrolet’s entry-level wagon in 1958, built for utility but still sharing that unmistakable late-’50s flair. While the ad doesn’t go into cosmetic detail, the parts list alone suggests this is a build that could easily go in several directions: restored to stock, transformed into a sleeper-style hot rod, or finished as a period-inspired custom.
What stands out most about this one is how complete the seller’s offering is, it’s not often you see a wagon project paired with so many desirable components, especially high-performance 348 parts that are getting harder to find. The clean title and current running condition make it even more appealing to anyone wanting to hit the ground running on their next build.
If you’ve been searching for a unique late-’50s project with solid bones and a stash of bonus parts to match, this Spokane-based 1958 Chevrolet Yeoman wagon might just check all the right boxes.
Would you restore this rare two-door wagon to stock, or build it into the resto-mod the seller envisioned?
Strong the want with this one is.
350 swap, deep window tint or full on change to a Panel Delivery.
Richard….I might darken the windows, but I wouldn’t make a delivery out of it. I have a ’32 Ford Panel Delivery that I’ve had for 53 years and the older I get the harder it is to see out of [rearward] especially when passing and trying to change lanes. Just another disadvantage of being a old fart.
I also have the regret of not buying a 2-door ’65 Chevelle wagon on the West Coast because the shipping was going to be $2500.
I think I’d put a 350 small block in it, new paint job, and drive the heck out it. I think the price is not too bad. You can always haggle them down. I really like this one.
I never knew that Chevy had a two door wagon in 1858,
Chevrolet offered a full size two door wagon in their Brookwood line in 59 and 60 too, and a two door Chevelle wagon in 64 and 65.
This could be an interesting project for someone. My choice would be to build up a nice 348 for it, add a high quality paint job (black again or maybe better yet a period correct two-tone white over red), a nice set of 15 or 16 inch mag wheels (nothing bigger please) and a red custom interior.
1858? That would have been the “conestoga” model perhaps?
The ‘57 No ad was the high dollar 2 door wagon that nobody initially wanted but became the classic it was with its older siblings.
The ‘58 Nomad was the high dollar wagon that could only be had with 4 doors as I recall.
Interesting contrast as this 2 door looks really sharp, much better IMO than a comparable Nomad of the same year. My HS buddy was working at a local gas station and bought a ‘58 Nomad for $32 from a guy that didn’t realize how quickly he could lose money on the craps table so quickly..
Pretty good price for a running 1958 chevy wagon with a manual trans and a lot of extra parts. Just build another engine for it while you drive it around for a while.
Needs a 348 with tripower.
Included in the sale. Check the craigslist listing.
Great write up Elizabeth. I’ve never seen one of these before but I think 2 door wagons are very cool. My favorite is the 65 Chevelle 2door wagon with the 327/350hp and 4 speed, a muscle car and family hauler. This 58 could be made into anything from a nice stock driver to a blown gasser. Fair price for the car and parts.
Right there with you, Curvette.
As a teen my folks had a Meadow Green Metallic ‘64 2 door Chevelle wagon, I-6, 3 on the tree. Dad decided it need more ummph and had Little Johns Wrecking drop in a 327 there at the yard. It wasn’t a 350 hp motor but it did just fine.
Tried to find another wagon like that years later when I got out on my own but they just weren’t/aren’t out there to be easily found or bought.
The Chevelle 2dr wagons are rare sight indeed. I’ve only ever seen 2 in the wild. One in about 1970, I was going into NYC with my mother and brother on the bus and saw one that was stripped and up on blocks. Even at 12 years old I knew what it was, nobody else shared my excitement and grief. I was a weird car kid in house of sports nuts. Another was in ’82 visiting my wife’s sister and bro. in-law. Next door neighbor had one in his backyard that had been rolled over. Story was he bought it in California, drove it home to Pa. then wrecked it. He was going to try to fix, but I never saw it again.
I don’t understand the photos posted with the ad, the first photo shows a nice straight car with a decent black paint job, the rest show a car with mismatched hood, drivers rear quarter with white/gray stuff all over it and faded black paint elsewhere.
Car in the first photo appears to be a finished car, nice paint etc, all the other photos show a car needing a paint job. Something fishy here.
I completely agree, there is something amiss here. The side view that shows a pretty nice car with 8″ Rallies is not the same car shown in the other pictures. All that aside, the first picture is of a pretty cool car that I can see spending a few bucks on.
At 77 yrs old, the fixation of needing a 4 speed or any 3 pedal is long gone. Been there, done that. Since Barn Yard Cars is a source of daydreaming or fondly remembering something like it in our past, I usually think “Too bad it doesn’t have an automatic”. :-) Terry J
I’m 79, and still enjoy shifting my 4 speed 66 Chevelle, but I also have my 56 210 with a 700R4, too. Just whatever mood strikes me on any given day.
You Da Man Bill W
LOL, good for you Bill. I still have an ’81 F150 shorty with a 3 speed top loader and Hurst shifter, but my new knee makes it tough to drive. If I had a ’66 Chevelle I think I’d find a way however. :-) Terry J
born in 1945 and now 80 years old still like 3 pedals and still like 3 on the tree
If it was here on the east coast…….
They are never on the east coast.
I get the desire for a 4 speed, but seems weird in a wagon. Don’t hate it, just seems odd. It’s not going to be a hot rod with the current engine at that curb weight. You are just doing more work.
I’m diggin it. I’d build a sweet 348 tri power, beef up the drive train, steelies, black paint, new comfortable interior with decent sounds, and away I’d go!
Love the older lesser seen cars like these.
Something is not right. 2 different cars in the pictures.
@Nevada Half Track: Your buddy
was pretty lucky just like I was. I
actually did win a ’60 Chevy 2-door wagon in a poker game at
my Aunt’s house 🏡 one Friday
evening in 1970. I’d go visit my
cousin who was mentally challenged and play poker with them and other kids in the neighborhood. Well, I got lucky and won the last pot of the night
and this one kid, Steve Hefner, couldn’t pay up so he gave me the title to the wagon as payment
for his $5 gambling debt. Went to see my prize the next morning
and boy, that car was in sorry shape! The floors were gone, the
gas tank was lying in the way back, while the car actually drove
and stopped while running off a
5 gallon Jerry can! I called Dad and he and some friends came by to help me get it home 🏡 and
the rest was basic history. Take it
to Wherry Welding for new floor pans front to back, clean and re
install the gas tank, and whatever else needed doing to make the car safe to sell. Think I spent maybe $500 putting the car back together the right way and made a $250 profit by selling it to a kid in school for $750. Well, that was
last of my 9-month school projects for awhile. I started touring that summer and had no time for it. And the poker games? Never played again after
winning the car. Hung out with my cousin when I could and sent him a lot of good stuff from the road. Sure wished I had the car
back though!
….and it’s at the airport!
I don’t have room for the wagon but I am interested in the Beech 18 fuselage on the trailer in the background.
Wow, I didn’t know they made 2 dr wagons in 58. The 2 348 blocks take it over the edge. I’d use one in.my 57 GMC….
Of course reality, no garage room, and the alimony payments it would start, are a deterrent, but I hope it goes to a good home…
The difference between the photos could be because the owner is showing before and after body work?
If that were the case, one would think that they would mention it.
Funny the first picture looks different than the rest. Is the first picture suppose to represent what the car look like when new?
The first picture, the car has a black hood.(open) The balance of the pictures have the reddish hood. I suspect that the original hood was damaged and that’s when the body work started. The car, as far as I can see has the Chevy Rallys on all 4 corners. (Although some have trim rings while others do not.) I like this car alot and really like 2 door wagons. (Even early Toyota Corolla 2 door wagons) To me, it addresses sportiness and utilitarianism at the same time. If I purchased this, even though I tend to not prefer small block Chevys just because of it being overdone/too common. I would install a blown 383 small block with a 5 speed. And keep the Rallys and the body stock. Naturally upgrading brakes and suspension. And sell the 348 parts to partially offset the other expenses.
Friend had a 4 dr. Nomad in high school, 348 3deuces 3 on the tree, hell of a car, he won so many impromptu traffic light drags.We were out
one Sat. night, you know the kind of night 4 guys out looking for girls, and what else came our way.Got older guy to buy us 4 gallons of cheap red wine, we promised Jack that we knew where there was all night kegger dance party.Man we had great time, even Jack he found the best-looking girl there and was qetting his face sucked off kissing her.The other 3 including me wound up with some nice girls but no mad kissing or fooling around.Well the other 6 of us got hammered on red wine, after we dropped girls off, we stopped at Taco Bell they got something to eat, not me I passed out in the all the way back.Well we got stopped by cops, going good till I dropped tailgate and started puking over the edge, Cop pulled me out, and needless to say I was really wasted.They had us sitting on curb waiting for parents, the Senior Cop came to me taking info.and I puked on his pants and shoes, when my Dad showed up in uniform, he looked at old man and said we aren”t going to write them up because I know they will regret going home with you, instead of jail.Jack got to go when it was obvious he hadn’t been drinking.As for the 3 of us being military brats( USMC) we wished we had went to jail, probably definitely a better place to be than home.
Something not right here.
I am seeing 2 different wagons.
A friend gave me his 58 2 door Yeoman wagon if I could get it running and out of his driveway. One carb kit, some fresh gas and 1/2 hour later I drove it away. It was two-tone Bronze over cream with original upholstery in good shape. It was 283 and 3 on the tree equipped. The shifter had a ridiculously long throw. It had manual brakes and manual steering and I lived in San Francisco. It was a lot of work to drive and park and sounded like you were riding inside a 50 gallon drum when underway. The drumming and thrumming and echo was well above comfortable. The handling? What handling? As cool as it looked it was not much pleasure to drive and I sold it soon after. One of the few cars that I don’t really regret selling.