When better Buicks are built Brooklin will build them.

Rick Thompson sends these pics of one of Brooklin's wagon redone by John Roberts.

@jkuvakas

That sure is a beauty! Thanks, Rick and John, for posting pictures of it.

Thanks, David and John!   Would would have thought that red wheels could look so good on a black and yellow wagon?  This is one of my favorites of my station wagon collection.

Uhh, that's "who would have thought....," not as I mistyped it!

@rick-thompson, you can edit your post after it's been posted. Just click on the "Edit" tab at the bottom right.

Beautiful Buicks- another of my favorite models. 
I have a wagon repainted in red- it’s a looker. I’ll try to remember to post a photo when I get home.

David, great pictures. Have both, love both.

Brooklin provides a beautiful canvas and JR paints a masterpiece.

Interestingly enough, station wagon bodies were supplied to GM from ‘46 through ‘64 by Ionia. Instead of “Body by Fisher” embossed on the door sills, “Body by Ionia” nameplates identified the builder of the body that was then shipped to GM where a Buick front clip and chassis were waiting. 

@david-knight, That had to be expensive!

@rick-thompson

Allô Rick. 😀  

I am so happy to see you back on the forum. I think you make my day. Here is another pic of the Buick of Rick.

Not to pull away from your fabulous post David, as I really love the Brooklin '54 Buicks.

Funny thing, I can remember as a kid not really caring for the look of a '54 Buick, compared to the gorgeous '53, it just seemed ungainly. My Dad had a '54 for a short time, it had issues so he traded it for a '55 which wasn't much better-I remember having to walk home from that one. That went away for a '57, which we had for years-loved that car.

Anyway here's that very special red '54 wagon I purchased from Randall Olson-it was crafted by Dean Paolucci

I can see why wood wagon bodies were farmed out but I wonder why steel bodies weren’t done in house. What seems strange is that from ‘59 through ‘64 Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, and Buick had identical wagon bodies save for individual division details, yet Chevy and Pontiac did their wagons in house and Ionia supplied the same bodies for Olds and Buick. Fascinating! Does anybody know how the story went on these wagons?

@jcarnutz

What a beauty, John!