[{"id": 3254722, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sweet ride. I'd love it if we could go this entire auction without any Clark Griswold jokes.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1558119770, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3254771, "authorName": "PWSchuh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pwschuh/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you could unsmogify that poor engine and bump up the compression ratio by a point and a half, this would go from just being a cool wagon to a great ride.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558119935, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3254940, "authorName": "640HP", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/640hp/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RWD-FTW - \u201cBurn some dust here. Eat my rubber.\u201d", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558121089, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3254952, "authorName": "solomiata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/solomiata/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Like! Has the clamshell but not the rear facing jump seat. So close.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558121207, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3254962, "authorName": "solomiata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/solomiata/", "bidAmount": 750, "content": "$750 bid placed by solomiata", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558121291, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3254964, "authorName": "jhorton", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jhorton/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ooh, with the 455, this is one of the top cars ever made in fuel-consumption-per-mile.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558121301, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3254998, "authorName": "GRguy251", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/grguy251/", "bidAmount": 2750, "content": "$2,750 bid placed by GRguy251", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558121583, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3255145, "authorName": "Bobo_Dupree", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobo_dupree/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There is no rational reason to like something like this, but much like various redheads I have known, I would be very willing to deal with the associated headaches for the visual and visceral delights.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1558122294, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255216, "authorName": "napatac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/napatac/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by napatac", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558122769, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3255244, "authorName": "WAGONBOYTD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wagonboytd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You know your life is sad when watching a video of a tailgate disappear into the belly of a wagon over and over is exciting and makes you smile. The simple things.", "likes": 17, "timestamp": 1558122913, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255352, "authorName": "BigSwole", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigswole/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just right up the road from me. Hmm.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558123570, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255480, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As a long time follower of BAT, this is my first sale. I am happy to answer any questions of provide more information.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558124378, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255521, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jhorton This wagon is measured in smiles per gallon, not miles per gallon. It engages conversations and thumbs up wherever it goes.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558124636, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255589, "authorName": "Assam", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/assam/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WAGONBOYTD I'm with you. It's like magic or something.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558125157, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255732, "authorName": "fnaz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fnaz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bring a sail!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558126281, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3255889, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "See, this is where an LS crate motor would make total sense. Probably close to a bolt-in, way more power, and much better mpg. Plus you'd have the \"smiles per gallon\" with as much space/utility as a modern, boring SUV. Ready to make a family so happy \"they'll have to remove their smiles surgically!\"......take that @RWD-FTW !", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558127421, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256030, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That tailgate video was the first thing I went for.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558128780, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256143, "authorName": "3Pedalonly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/3pedalonly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the Rally II wheels \r\n\r\nThey\u2019re like the Fuchs of Pontiac\u2019s", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1558129618, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256271, "authorName": "Unkl17", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/unkl17/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What we have here is a supreme time warp wagon. AMAZING!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558130467, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256272, "authorName": "UGW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ugw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I was once quite familiar with the 455 in a '74 Grandville. It's not a muscle car, but it pulls like a train. Big Poncho's are torque monsters.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558130489, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256383, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@3Pedalonly\nYes, right on! All this love for Fuchs, Campagnolas, etc, and rightly so, but the American Companies deserve credit for the beautiful steelies that perfectly complemented their variety of styles. Rally IIs being a perfect example!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558133414, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256421, "authorName": "Keith_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oof, a unicorn low mile survivor clamshell with woodgrain, just correct the filler on the front bumper and you're there. I've got a '72 Chevy Kingswood Estate, but it's going to be tough preventing myself from finally breaking down and bidding on something here. Awesome, awesome period Americana and a great whale of a car. Good luck with the auction!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558134356, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256449, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Unkl17 This is definitely a time warp wagon. Apparently the original owner parked the car in his airport hangar after he retired and was used very infrequently. It still has the oil change reminder from Montgomery Pontiac dated 8-93. and it had brand new 1991 date code Uniroyal radials on it when I acquired it. This is one of the cleanest original cars I have ever come across.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558134981, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256464, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Unkl17 This is truly a time warp wagon. It is one of the cleanest original cars I have come across. Apparently, the original owner parked it in his airport hangar after he retired and the car was used infrequently. It still has an oil change reminder from Montgomery Pontiac dated 8-93 and had brand new Uniroyal radials with a date code of 1991 when I acquired it.\r\n\r\n@UGW The Poncho 455 definitely pulls like a train. The car is unbelievably spry in urban traffic and will cruise at 70+ mph effortlessly on the highway.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558135474, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256486, "authorName": "1974EB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1974eb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We had a Grand Safari wagon as the family car when I was a kid. Dual exhausts and it hauled ass! Great driver as a kid.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558136066, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256518, "authorName": "J.P._Dashpot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.p._dashpot/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hope this Safari has magnets zip tied onto the fuel line.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558137077, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256735, "authorName": "W126dreamer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/w126dreamer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That tailgate is wild, right along with that 8 Track door.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558145062, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256772, "authorName": "Timzak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/timzak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dad had a brown 1974 Grand Safari wagon with fake wood trim with the 455. We used to turn the air filter cover upside down and then the air filter wasn't sealed shut and it made the nicest deep growl when we floored it. I miss that car! Your 73 looks amazing. GLWS!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558146179, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256851, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We had a 73 Olds Custom Cruiser growing up but these are way sportier. I will bid on this. Great looking example.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558148393, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3256853, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Gregpryckman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558148418, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3256865, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lol I can\u2019t stop looking at this, even though our Oldsmobile was a more expensive version of this I always liked these better. BTW my mom drove the wagon, my Dad a 73 Riv which I have 2 boat tails currently. I need the wagon.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558148801, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257025, "authorName": "West-Coaster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/west-coaster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One of the coolest wagon tailgates ever. And developed at the tail end of GM's glory days. \r\n\r\nGLWTS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558156390, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257049, "authorName": "MMMMM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mmmmm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mag sport wheels on these beasts and their GM cousins the Vista Cruiser and Estate Wagon are the icing on the cake in the design", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558158126, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257062, "authorName": "clm69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clm69/", "bidAmount": 6000, "content": "$6,000 bid placed by clm69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558160094, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257221, "authorName": "2cam16", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2cam16/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the tailgate!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558183554, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257282, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mrvans looks like the tailgate was painted and is showing cracking above the wood trim . Could we get a better picture of that area and some thought on how much of the car was painted ?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558185340, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257299, "authorName": "savio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/savio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I wonder which is heavier, this or that tank that didn't sell yesterday", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558185849, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257321, "authorName": "1bojiguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1bojiguy/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by 1bojiguy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558186439, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257332, "authorName": "clm69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clm69/", "bidAmount": 7000, "content": "$7,000 bid placed by clm69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558186578, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257370, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Gregpryckman I had the car professionally detailed after acquiring it. All of the paint checked out as original with the exception of the tailgate. The tailgate is a composite material and does appear to have been repainted at some time. As noted, there is some cracking in the paint. I will try to get some better pictures for you and post them.\r\nThere is no evidence of any body work and the rest of the paint is in excellent condition with one minor imperfection on the top of the left front fender as shown in the photo. There were minor door dings in the vinyl woodgrain on the drivers door and right rear quarter that were professionally touched up as well.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558187753, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257429, "authorName": "terremd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/terremd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great piece of Americana! I\u2019ve got 9 classics now and no more room or I would definitely be in on this bid.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558189646, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257439, "authorName": "Jeremy9000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeremy9000/", "bidAmount": 7373, "content": "$7,373 bid placed by Jeremy9000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558189910, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257440, "authorName": "td67gp", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/td67gp/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not only is this a gorgeous, low mileage wagon in my favorite color, but the original owner had the sense to buy one fully equipped as a luxury wagon should be. I hate seeing these great top-of-the-line beasts with crank windows, manual seats, etc. Bring on the assists!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558189924, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257451, "authorName": "mhlcat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mhlcat/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by mhlcat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558190317, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257471, "authorName": "Frost", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frost/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The company I worked for in the early 70s had a fleet of large GM wagons like this and the disappearing \u201cmagic\u201d tailgate was a great innovation. You could load and unload without having to dodge a flipped down tailgate or swing a huge hinged tailgate door to the side and you could power retract the window up into the roof and stick long objects like boards out the back. It was such a good idea that BMW apparently copied the concept for the disappearing doors on the quirky Z1 roadster. The options and condition of this one add even more appeal to this classic wagon. Good luck to seller and buyer...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558191325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257503, "authorName": "Frost", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frost/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Also wanted to mention that not all GM magic tailgates were created equal. On cheaper models the window was power operated, but the lower tailgate was manual. You would retract the window into the roof and then turn a ring that surrounded the key lock to release the lower tailgate so you could push it down manually. The fact that this car has the fully electric operation is a real plus!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558192495, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257542, "authorName": "Carterwagoner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carterwagoner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Spectacular! My Aunt had one equipped the same and was used in the flower shop business. This is the nicest I have ever seen. Any thoughts on why the wood grain appears to be two different shades on the driver's side? Specifically, perhaps, the rear door? I think I am still going to bid! Thanks to whoever for preserving such a memory/car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558193688, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257543, "authorName": "carwrecker88", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carwrecker88/", "bidAmount": 7800, "content": "$7,800 bid placed by carwrecker88", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558193756, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3257666, "authorName": "GTfer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gtfer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh, so beautiful. Part of me wishes they would bring these steel bumpers back. Not only indestructible but a good warning to sloppy drivers not to hit you. If you do, your car will be crushed, but the big GM won't have a scratch. Certainly protected the car and riders up to 5mph -- still not clear on the utility of new plastic/styrofoam bumpers that cost thousands to replace if you dent one. And these monster bumpers look great on a design of this vintage. Pure beauty of an American car.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558198264, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3257714, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558200030, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3258000, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@td67gp The paperwork that came with the car shows that the original owner traded a 1971 Chrysler Imperial for the wagon, so he was used to all the bells and whistles.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558212445, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258070, "authorName": "HendoThaNeezy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hendothaneezy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those interior door pulls take me back to my first car, a 77 Monte Carlo. Both hands to pull that 6' long car door shut lol", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558216152, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258079, "authorName": "MB1957", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mb1957/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This will be such a great car to drive around in.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558216579, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258235, "authorName": "West-Coaster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/west-coaster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@frost\r\n\"The fact that this car has the fully electric operation is a real plus!\"\r\n\r\nI'm going to guess that very few Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, or Buicks had the manual tailgate. Probably mostly the lower-end Chevy models. A neighbor had a strippo Chevrolet (it was below Impala - Biscayne maybe?), and I remember the manual lower portion was spring counter-balanced. You had to give the thing a shove downward to engage a latch. Then, to raise it, you pushed down on it, the latch released, and the spring helped it pop back up.\r\n\r\nGM's accountants must have gone nuts once engineering told them that a power upper window portion was going to have to be standard on every wagon, even those with no other options. There was no other way to do it.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558227165, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258361, "authorName": "Jdilley363", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jdilley363/", "bidAmount": 8100, "content": "$8,100 bid placed by Jdilley363", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558234396, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3258460, "authorName": "Frost", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frost/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@West-Coaster\r\nEven the magic tailgates with the manually operated lower half were pretty complicated. They had an interlock that required the operator to retract the window into the roof by at least eight inches before it would allow the lower section to be released to be slid down by hand. When in the down position it wouldn\u2019t let it be raised again unless the window was again raised by at least eight inches, to avoid people pinching or cutting their fingers on the bottom window edge when raising the lower tailgate. The manual version was standard across all the GM brands, with the much cooler power version likely a profitable option. Not surprising this heavily optioned Poncho has the electric tailgate - it even has the rare climate control, another pricey option.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558244304, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258629, "authorName": "FleetFilter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fleetfilter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just clicked this auction because the novelty, but the condition is downright insane original and near-perfect. Wow.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558272263, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3258896, "authorName": "gregorylv", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregorylv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "When I was young, we had a 1973 Estate Wagon. Huge car! My parents ordered it with what would now be described as a bizarre set of equipment: standard interior without power seats but with power windows and locks. It had the optional AM/FM radio without 8-track. I do not remember if it was stereo or only had a rear speaker. The dealer had problems with the order, probably because it was neither stripped nor loaded and offered a loaded model that was on the showroom floor to them. My parents turned it down because they did not like the vinyl wood grain trim! The car eventually arrived, and my mother called my grandfather to tell him (proudly) that it weighed more than the 73 deVille he just bought! If this was an Estate Wagon, I would be very tempted...\r\n\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558283039, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3259481, "authorName": "namesake", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/namesake/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I remember attending a Kruse Fall classic car auction in the late 1990s, and there was a car very similar to this one, whose first owner was Frank Sinatra. (It was parked in an area with the Sanford and Son Ford F-1 pickup and a \"Love Bug\" VW Beetle.) This was when Sinatra was still alive; the car was in \"beater\" condition (were it not for the name on the A title, it would almost certainly have been derby bait), and it did not sell at a high bid of $2,000 (against a reserve of $4,000). It apparently sold at a later Kruse (this time Spring) auction, and has apparently been fully restored. http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/threads/frank-sinatras-1973-pontiac-grand-safari-wagon.10103/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558318035, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3260036, "authorName": "VolvoguyKC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoguykc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How would you like to be the kid in the middle of the way back?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558363649, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3260332, "authorName": "CanhaMan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/canhaman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow 27K Miles. It's a Cream Puff.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558369781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3263036, "authorName": "77fleetwood", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/77fleetwood/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@namesake - I was at that same Kruse auction in Auburn, and remember seeing the Sinatra '73 Grand Safari alongside the Sanford & Son truck. In fact, when I saw this auction my first thought was the Sinatra car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558403483, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3263481, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Two photos have been added to the gallery.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558441042, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3263959, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Gregprykman Per request, additional photos detailing the rear tailgate have been added.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558451838, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3266992, "authorName": "akcapbring", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/akcapbring/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Per Popular Science, October 1970: where equipped, the manual lower tailgate was counterbalanced by a torque rod similar to the torque rods used in holding a trunk lid open, requiring a 35 lb push to fully lower the gate. Raising the manual gate required a 5 lb pull via a handhold integral to the top edge of the retractable gate.\n.\nhttps://books.google.com/books?id=QwEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75&dq=%22glide+away%22+tailgate#v=onepage&q=%22glide%20away%22%20tailgate&f=false", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558488585, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3270956, "authorName": "Driftwood26", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/driftwood26/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Another car with an 8 track! BaT you are really stepping up. Makes me so nostalgic.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558563267, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3271275, "authorName": "napatac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/napatac/", "bidAmount": 8200, "content": "$8,200 bid placed by napatac", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558571365, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3271468, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love this car!\nGrowing up we had a brand new standard 73 Safari and I was envious of the Grand Safari with its mags and 455- plus luxury stuff inside like center armrest etc.\n\nThis is a beauty and looking perfect!\n\nBy the late 70\u2019s our wagon was handed down and I drove it quite a bit as my first set of wheels.\nGreat ski trip car in the snow!\n\nYou can even drift this big boy on dry pavement, ask me how I know!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558576824, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3271719, "authorName": "shaunwyatt0", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shaunwyatt0/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "God help you if you break a rear window.....good luck finding one.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558586158, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3272551, "authorName": "JerryCh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jerrych/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I took my first driver's license test in an metallic olive-green '73 Grand Safari. Being the oldest child, I taxied my siblings all over the county in that boat. I recall it was the longest and heaviest car available (5500 pounds, memory is getting fuzzy?) in 1973, more on both counts than even the Cadillac El Dorado. We nicknamed it the \"Space Cruiser\", yes, this was California. It sounded like a spaceship on the freeway because of the wind rushing sound created by the roof rack. It was equipped with the 400 engine, and actually achieved 18 mpg on trips, which was phenomenal for the times. \r\nIn ours, the third seat faced forward. This was in contrast to the '68 Dodge Monaco wagon that we traded in for the Pontiac. The Monaco's rear seat faced rearward. \r\nFond memories here. GLWTS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558625025, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3274162, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My wife is currently shopping for a replacement for her tree crumpled 7 passenger Caravan. The new car prices scare the bejesus out of her-especially for a not heavily used vehicle. Then this came around!!! If I can get away with it and the price can be handled, I believe I would have the coolest replacement in history!!! GLWTA", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558641126, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3274171, "authorName": "Jfp58", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jfp58/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love these GM clamshell wagons! My family had one ( 72 Chevy Kingswood estate) when I was a kid. wish I had space for this one as it\u2019s a real beauty. best of luck to the seller and buyer!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558641449, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3274689, "authorName": "Erl", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/erl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WAGONBOYTD......I have watched the tailgate video 4 times, on wide screen. Great stuff.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558645653, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3275435, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JerryCh\nI failed my first attempt taking my drivers test in our 73 Pontiac Safari Wagon.\nI guess even with practice- I managed to bump the curb with the back tire on my parallel park!\nDarn 122\u201d wheelbase!\nI passed the following week using a friend\u2019s SuperBeetle.\nIn the Bug I started off and noticed the tester was being shaken fore and aft with my first 1-2 shift so I quickly adapted to my smoothest shifting possible!\n@Erl\nOur base 73 Safari Wagon had a power rear window but the tailgate was manual;\nWith a clockwise turn of what could double as an ignition switch- bam- the tailgate dropped- and to close it you gave it a swift lift grabbing a handle in the center.\nDamn that power tailgate is Majic! Great video.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558661414, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3275898, "authorName": "stationvagons64", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stationvagons64/", "bidAmount": 9100, "content": "$9,100 bid placed by stationvagons64", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558693732, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3275948, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@da-cat As i said earlier we had a 73 Custom Cruiser with a manual gate, I can't believe that double engineering and tooling costs for manual and power didn't out weigh the costs of giving everyone the power gate as the $49.00 option ( retail ) on the Olds. Maybe the Pontiac was even less $$$", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558699227, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3275954, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by Gregpryckman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558699550, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3275963, "authorName": "tm3373", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tm3373/", "bidAmount": 10500, "content": "$10,500 bid placed by tm3373", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558700458, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3276005, "authorName": "63Biscuit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/63biscuit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "At the risk of blasphemy, I kinda want to put a modern V8 in there (or strip emissions stuff off the 455 and actually let it breathe) with a 5 (or more) speed transmission and then lower the thing about 3\u201d all around.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558701473, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276041, "authorName": "hayeslewis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hayeslewis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Would make a great tow vehicle!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558702276, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276099, "authorName": "dtaylor65", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dtaylor65/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The power tailgate alone is worth the price.\r\nCongrats to whoever buys it!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558703222, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276162, "authorName": "bigkel55", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigkel55/", "bidAmount": 11000, "content": "$11,000 bid placed by bigkel55", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558704503, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3276252, "authorName": "Ar23jer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ar23jer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was the car my parents had when I was a kid \u2014 my father would talk to any bikers who were at the gas station he was filling up at: \u201c hey, that\u2019s a nice bike, nice engine. But it\u2019s kind of small... wanna see a big engine?\u201d Then he would pop the hood and they would stand there marveling and grateful that some car exec had decided it was a good idea to put that engine in a production wagon! In ours the third row faced the rear, not the front... or is my memory playing tricks on me?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558706456, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276320, "authorName": "Steve_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/steve_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The clam-shell tailgate on this design prevents a rear facing seat. There's only a shallow storage area next to the tailgate.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558707846, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276502, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@63Biscuit\nDon\u2019t bother with a lowering kit;\nJust pile in a bunch of friends and hit the road!\nThe weight of 10 people will drop it plenty!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558711485, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276523, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The only problem with those old big carbureted V8\u2019s is they would build up carbon.\r\nIf so just take it up to 100mph on the expressway, clear it out, and call me in the morning.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558711744, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276628, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ar23jer, on this generation of wagons the third row faced forward, and was accessed by folding forward part of the middle row.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558713555, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276657, "authorName": "dukemantee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dukemantee/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lots of folks didn't trust the power tail gate. They were used to power features breaking. Afraid tail gate would get stuck open. My dad avoided getting one of these until he found a 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood wagon slightly used, that he couldn't resist, which had the clamshell power tailgate, which never got stuck open or closed.. \r\n\r\n Later on I myself bought a 74 Cadillac deville wagon with same tailgate, but on that car the thing was stuck closed.\r\n\r\nAmazed at wagon pricing these days. These cars used to be worth <sedans <coupes wagon>coupe>sedan. I guess the folks got used to having modern wagons which were billed as SUV.s Only way to get an equally useful old car is to buy from before the term \"SUV\" was invented by madison avenue.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558713904, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276659, "authorName": "Ar23jer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ar23jer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mine must have had a swing out gate then? I strongly remember a rear facing third row...?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558713951, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276676, "authorName": "UGW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ugw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@dukemantee I may be wrong, but I thought all Cadillac wagons were constructed from the GM parts bin by third party coachbuilders, until the recent CTS wagon?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558714148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3276827, "authorName": "SonDavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sondavid/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A local demolition derby years ago banned early 60s Imperials and GM clamshell wagons.They literally destroyed the competition.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558716444, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277067, "authorName": "640HP", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/640hp/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That bottom cushion of the third row looks super comfortable... ;-(", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558720399, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277074, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Attention winning bidder:\r\nI might not live too far from this machine....\r\nSay the word and I will be available for hire to drive and deliver!\r\n(Lower 48 please.)\r\nLol", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558720493, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277076, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 11250, "content": "$11,250 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558720508, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277277, "authorName": "kipdarcy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kipdarcy/", "bidAmount": 11500, "content": "$11,500 bid placed by kipdarcy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558721827, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277514, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hey @da-cat are ya gonna front the payment, too???", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558723376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277542, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@UGW that was my understanding also as far as the very limited Cadillac station wagons that a few dealers had to shuttle their clients.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558723541, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277585, "authorName": "Zgusto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zgusto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know I am late to the game. Do you have PHS on this car?? How long would you be able to hold the vehicle for me to get someone down there to get it?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558723849, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277613, "authorName": "stationvagons64", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stationvagons64/", "bidAmount": 12500, "content": "$12,500 bid placed by stationvagons64", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724078, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277624, "authorName": "kipdarcy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kipdarcy/", "bidAmount": 12750, "content": "$12,750 bid placed by kipdarcy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724208, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277695, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Zgusto The car is stored in a warehouse and can be held until ready for pick up.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558724710, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277688, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bricklin2117\nI am the driver.\nThat is what I do.\nLol", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558724722, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277705, "authorName": "finfarm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/finfarm/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by finfarm", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724798, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277719, "authorName": "kipdarcy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kipdarcy/", "bidAmount": 13250, "content": "$13,250 bid placed by kipdarcy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724880, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277727, "authorName": "Zgusto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zgusto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "but no PHS? Did anyone bother with PHS?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724917, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277740, "authorName": "finfarm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/finfarm/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by finfarm", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558724999, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277751, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "GM Fullsize front center Armrests only came with the big boys", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725079, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277754, "authorName": "Zgusto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zgusto/", "bidAmount": 14750, "content": "$14,750 bid placed by Zgusto", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725103, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277766, "authorName": "lwalling", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lwalling/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by lwalling", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725207, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277769, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 17000, "content": "$17,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725223, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277777, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 17500, "content": "$17,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725262, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277773, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And a couple generations\nNever even had a car with a bench seat...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725267, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277784, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725325, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277786, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725358, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277795, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725445, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277792, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Attention Surfers:\nThat tailgate can make a short board out of your longboard\nha ha", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725498, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277801, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 20500, "content": "$20,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725514, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277804, "authorName": "Love4thecar", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/love4thecar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Griswold bringing the coin!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725516, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277806, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 22000, "content": "$22,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725521, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277809, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 22500, "content": "$22,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725559, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277812, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 24000, "content": "$24,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725578, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277813, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wow what a beauty", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725593, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277816, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 24500, "content": "$24,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725603, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277818, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 26000, "content": "$26,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725616, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277819, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "LaJolla lets gooooo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725628, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277822, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 26500, "content": "$26,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725646, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277823, "authorName": "Rubbereyes", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rubbereyes/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone really wants the car...keep it going.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725649, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277824, "authorName": "Jensen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jensen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just takes two who want it", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725651, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277826, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 28000, "content": "$28,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725657, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277831, "authorName": "idriveit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/idriveit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I was having trouble keeping myself from bidding on my first car. Thanks for solving my problem for me.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558725712, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277833, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 28500, "content": "$28,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725722, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277832, "authorName": "TonyWolffe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tonywolffe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "TATOooING", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725723, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277834, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone is going to take home a sweet ride. This is one of the nicest original low mile cars I have seen in years.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558725725, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277836, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 30000, "content": "$30,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725739, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277838, "authorName": "JimPope", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimpope/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "spoken like a true gentleman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725753, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277829, "authorName": "dooscoop32", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dooscoop32/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jhorton\nYou wrote: \"Ooh, with the 455, this is one of the top cars ever made in fuel-consumption-per-mile.\"\n\nI owned a 1973 Pontiac Gran Ville convertible a few years ago with the 455 engine. When I was selling it, a potential buyer was looking it over and he asked me if it got bad gas mileage! I told him that for a car of that size and with that size engine, it really wasn't that bad! How's that for double talk?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558725767, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277840, "authorName": "Keith_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, looks like I might need to consider selling my 72 Kingswood Estate", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558725768, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277843, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "cmon serialcollector", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725791, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277844, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 30500, "content": "$30,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725808, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277847, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "atta boy", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725816, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277849, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 32000, "content": "$32,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725821, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277851, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@serialcollector its your turn", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725856, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277852, "authorName": "toms38", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toms38/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW great for the seller , great car and wagons are on the rise", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558725871, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277858, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 32500, "content": "$32,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725887, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277865, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 34000, "content": "$34,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725908, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277870, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "La Jolla aint playing", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725921, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277874, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 34500, "content": "$34,500 bid placed by Serialcollector", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725946, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277875, "authorName": "geep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "knife is out. Where's the gun?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725947, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277876, "authorName": "Carbster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carbster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Unreal!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558725948, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277877, "authorName": "Zgusto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zgusto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "he wants to go to the Spot with a board on top!! Stylin!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558725954, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277879, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Forget old Porsches\u2014I'm going to start scouring backyards and barns for old American station wagons! Who knew?", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1558725958, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277882, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 36000, "content": "$36,000 bid placed by LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558725964, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3277886, "authorName": "Keith_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Could've bought a pretty nice house for 36K when this car was new, lol.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1558725979, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277890, "authorName": "RantWhenParked", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rantwhenparked/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@toms38 - Especially this one :-) wow", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558726014, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277889, "authorName": "Serialcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/serialcollector/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations ;-)", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1558726014, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277845, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had the speedo at 100mph\nWhen our 73 Safari turned 100,000 miles\nIt was night and I was on the Adirondack northway rt 87", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558726020, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277893, "authorName": "geep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "slow clap", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1558726037, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277895, "authorName": "Zgusto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zgusto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "class act by Serial", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726052, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277896, "authorName": "Ziakhan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ziakhan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "well bought!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726056, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277900, "authorName": "LaJolladude", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lajolladude/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 5/24/19 for $36,000 to LaJolladude", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558726087, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 3277901, "authorName": "dooscoop32", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dooscoop32/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well sold!", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1558726101, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277904, "authorName": "JimPope", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimpope/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wow... i witnessed history.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1558726116, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277910, "authorName": "Polly88", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/polly88/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good coin for the wagon!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558726155, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277911, "authorName": "E-TypeOTS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e-typeots/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow!\r\n\r\nWhere was BaT when I sold my '73 Caprice Estate Wagon (same color) with a 454 a few years ago?\r\n\r\nIs this a trend or an aberration?\r\n\r\nHappy motoring!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558726156, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277914, "authorName": "bigkel55", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigkel55/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "and i thought i had it fir $11,000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558726174, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277916, "authorName": "Keith_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You'll likely never find another one with these miles in this condition and it checks all the boxes as far as options, so well bought but that price scares me lol.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558726206, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277909, "authorName": "Bigfj40", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigfj40/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What did I just watch? Did Chevy Chase own it? :)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558726209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277917, "authorName": "typerr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/typerr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What the?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726210, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277919, "authorName": "wedrive", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wedrive/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car could not be going to a better home!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558726223, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277926, "authorName": "mrvans (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrvans/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lajolladude Congrats, you bought a super nice Safari.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726270, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277940, "authorName": "Svthis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/svthis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You leave for a couple hours and come back. Wow", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726379, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3277962, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "iPhone says Charlotte to San Diego\r\n1 day 22 hours.\r\nSpeedo goes to 120mph for a reason.....\r\n24 hours \r\nDone \r\nSay the word\r\nLol", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558726590, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278101, "authorName": "td67gp", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/td67gp/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, now I have to stop being distracted by BAT and make more money to afford my dream wagon!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558727537, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278117, "authorName": "604fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/604fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That car makes so much torque (or it's the gearing), my mom could never drive hers smoothly. We kids were always being thrown into the back of the seat or tossed around like marbles if we were in the way back. Same car, ours was brown. What a monster car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558727655, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278142, "authorName": "idriveit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/idriveit/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow! Great peice for a great car!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558727829, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278364, "authorName": "carstruck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carstruck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Woofter.. Somebody wanted an impressive wagon badly.. If the low miles are provable, where you going to get another one? That tailgate operation is sick, i like it. I had a 72 Grand Prix with 455, what a powerful mill, even in stock form. Beautiful wagon. \r\n@Lajolladude Congratulations..", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558729173, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278403, "authorName": "Nikrnic", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nikrnic/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Big Congrats to this buyer. What a Great one....", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558729529, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278489, "authorName": "shaunwyatt0", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shaunwyatt0/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "HOLY MOLY!! Grand Safari's setting BaT on fire. With fee and shipping, you're talking $40K!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1558730242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278643, "authorName": "SoulMan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/soulman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW, just WOW!!!!!!!\nEnjoy!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558731519, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278659, "authorName": "pearlmacd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pearlmacd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Don't forget this wagon at $47,500:\n\nhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-ford-gran-torino-4/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558731665, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278669, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "CLMCHWDR\r\n\r\nI am trying to think of your vanity plate.\r\n\r\nha ha", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558731747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278676, "authorName": "1974EB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1974eb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Holy Crap! You turn away for an hour or so, and an $11k creampuff blows up! I thought it was doing well to get towards the teens! \r\n\r\nCongrats to seller, some folks wanted this one bad!!!!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1558731854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278883, "authorName": "lwalling", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lwalling/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow. $36k. #resettingclamshellvalues", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558734088, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3278904, "authorName": "H2Rguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/h2rguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yeah, these are cool and all but the prices on this kinda thing are taking all the fun out of it. 10-15k would even be expensive but you could still enjoy it. 40k is just nuts. No offense but I wouldn\u2019t have gone that high even if that was the actual car I was conceived in.", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1558734347, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3279153, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@H2Rguy ~ You actually know the car you were conceived in? Trust me brother, I won't outbid you on that one. LOL", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558739064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3279625, "authorName": "SDSprint", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdsprint/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm gonna be looking out for this one cruising the the village. Sure will stand out! Congrats @LaJolladude!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558755939, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3279644, "authorName": "Palladio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/palladio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Zgusto. Lol about the Spot. At this price he\u2019s more likely going to valet it in front of George\u2019s. I hope it gets to displace the usual Ferrari or two!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558756895, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3279648, "authorName": "Palladio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/palladio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lajolladude. Congratulations! I grew up in the back seat of one of these wagons in the 70\u2019s. I hope to see it in the village. If you pass my 1973 land yacht (black Rolls Royce Silver Shadow), I\u2019ll be waving hello!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1558757234, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280080, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fabulous \r\nI wished the auction continued long enough for me to win the lottery!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558794453, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280118, "authorName": "West-Coaster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/west-coaster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@da-cat \n\"iPhone says Charlotte to San Diego/1 day 22 hours./Speedo goes to 120mph for a reason\u2026..24 hours/Done/Say the word/Lol\"\n\nThe formula goes to hell once you factor in the hourly gas stops!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558795603, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280186, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@West-Coaster\r\nLol\r\nI might do the math tonight just for fun", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558797749, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280248, "authorName": "KMFear", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kmfear/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just goes to show it only takes two people who want it. Nice car but silly silly money. Whoever bought this will own it for w very long time or take a HUGE bath when they sell it.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1558799843, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280565, "authorName": "roberto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roberto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the big displacements V-8s. Cruise all day at 100mph, or launch to 120.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1558815712, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3280655, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car, our 73 Safari had a 400,\nAnd my Dad\u2019s 73 Firebird Formula; also 400- well they both would just come alive and liked to settle in at 100 mph.\nIt was great to find that stretch of highway to run it at that speed for 10 - 20 miles, or more, if you can find just the place.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1558822331, "type": "comment"}]