National Lampoon's Vacation

1984 National Lampoon's Vacation 1984 Ford Station “Family Truckster”

1984 Ford Station “Family Truckster”

Mercilessly, the Wagon Queen Family Truckster was never a Ford production car. Instead, Kustom Kar King George Barris dreamt up the abomination just for the movie. He started with a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire wagon, then added plenty of fake wood paneling, a Metallic Pea paint job, and doubled the headlights for no good reason. The result was a breathtakingly heinous “Dad-mobile” that proved the perfect chariot for Chevy Chase’s moronic-but-well-meaning Clark Griswold character. Even Clark didn’t want the car, but Eugene Levy — an actor born to play the role of low-level schlub — convinces him. “This is a damn fine automobile if you want my honest opinion … You think you hate it now, but wait until you drive it.”