[Solved] 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood in Harbor Blue by Brooklin

Another very nice Chevy wagon. I love this one in blue as well as the beige version.

Greetings from another recently retired old man with a Brooklin Brookwood 🙂

Ralf, nice job with additional chrome detail and those black tires are appropriate for this entry level Brookwood. Very nice replica of the iconic ‘59 Chevrolet. You might want to check the rear bumper as it is upside down. Easy to correct!

Although diminishing in popularity, Chevrolet were still making two door wagons in 1959.  Here's mine which is a transkit for a Vitesse convertible.

@david-knight  Hey, guys. Here is my attempt at modifying the wagon. I added a few upgrades besides the two toning. Chuck

Also, my rear bumper is the same as Raff.

Here are the photos, sorry

One more side view

 The 1958 and 1959 Chevrolet wagons have been featured in this post and I know that a 1955,1956,1957 and 1961 Chevrolet wagon exists in 1/43 scale. But does anyone know if a 1960 Chevrolet Wagon exists in 1/43 scale?

Never seen one. Maybe someone else has?

Of course if one were feeling very, VERY brave (verging on madness) one could try carefully cutting out the "greenhouse" of Brooklin's '59 wagon and grafting it onto their '60 convertible (or their later hardtop, but the 4dr HT has a separate cast windscreen/windshield frame, making it a little trickier.) I think the 1960 wagons used the same top as the 59's, and some quick and dirty measurements show the width and length of the two Brooklins to be comparable. Nothing to it really (ho, ho).

p.s. My mistake. I knocked off this post at bedtime yesterday and wasn't thinking clearly. The convertible also has a separate front window frame, so in both cases either that would be discarded and the entire roof from the '59 wagon including the front screen inserted, or the wagon roof would be cut behind the front screen and mated up to the existing chromed windscreen frame.

I only offer this clarification because I'm sure many people are already hunting around on eBay looking for cheap Brooklins to try out this idea.

Or not.

Posted by: @graeme-ogg

Never seen one. Maybe someone else has?

Of course if one were feeling very, VERY brave (verging on madness) one could try carefully cutting out the "greenhouse" of Brooklin's '59 wagon and grafting it onto their '60 convertible (or their later hardtop, but that has a separate cast windscreen/windshield frame, making it a little trickier.) I think the 1960 wagons used the same top as the 59's, and some quick and dirty measurements show the width and length of the two Brooklins to be comparable. Nothing to it really (ho, ho).

Hey....great idea.....and maybe a JK 2-tone paint job?  No.....???

Yes, Jack, that is a possibility. But ensuring a really good paint job could be tricky when you're wearing two pairs of dark glasses and doped up to the eyeballs with Valium. It's just not worth it.

@graeme-ogg, Hey! I only wear one pair of dark glasses. 

You should take better care of yourself. Or are you just one of those compulsive risk-takers?

Swapping station wagon roofs?  Sure, with out Valium or dark glasses.  Here is a 1964 Mercury Commuter wagon made with the greenhouse of a 1963 Ford Country Squire.  Always working for the never done before item.

 And not to worry,  the roof of the Mercury hardtop was used to create a Ford Galaxie hardtop.  Waste not want not.