Look how small this wagon is

It makes the Roady look like a toy!

Wow! Thats perspective.

The Roadmaster looks tiny.

hahaha this is great!

Whats the actual difference in bumper-to-bumper length between both cars?

The Pontiac is about 14" longer than the RMW.

Lynol wrote:

The Pontiac is about 14" longer than the RMW.

Are you compensating for something <.?

or just showing off that yours is bigger than everyone else's,..?

phantom 309 wrote:

Lynol wrote:

The Pontiac is about 14" longer than the RMW.

Are you compensating for something <.?

or just showing off that yours is bigger than everyone else's,..?

My woody is longer than yours, Nick... That's all there is to it.

Lynol wrote:

phantom 309 wrote:

Lynol wrote:

The Pontiac is about 14" longer than the RMW.

Are you compensating for something <.?

or just showing off that yours is bigger than everyone else's,..?

My woody is longer than yours, Nick... That's all there is to it.

I,m not a big fan of cars with stickers,.

so yes your woody is bigger than mine,..

do you take yours to bed too?

phantom 309 wrote:

...

do you take yours to bed too?

Well, I've slept in it... so yeah, I guess I do!

Great comparison. I always thought the length difference was mainly from the nose and this goes to show that. If you look up the stats, you will find leg room, headroom and cargo capacity to be about the same. The extra length was the front end which was smartly and efficiently trimed down and made aerodynamic.

Wagoninabox wrote:

Great comparison.  I always thought the length difference was mainly from the nose and this goes to show that.   If you look up the stats, you will find leg room, headroom and cargo capacity to be about the same.  The extra length was the front end which was smartly and efficiently trimed down and made aerodynamic.

Yes that things hood is huge, but there is a big difference in cargo capacity too. The clamshell wagon holds about 13 more cu. ft. than our newer wagons, and most of that is noticeable in length; 99" max from front seatback to inside of closed tailgate, compared with 89" on the '91 to '96. That means the clamshell wagon can fit a 4x8 sheet with no problem. I found there's enough room in my Pontiac to still drive in reasonable comfort even with the seat all the way up. Although I will tell you, I did (once) fit a 4x8 sheet of paneling in an RMW, laying flat, with the gate closed. Dave and I were building a shed. We found however, at 6'-3" tall, the seat being all the way forward made the car undrivable. We figured out, the best way to haul plywood in a newer wagon is to leave the gate closed, and have the plywood on an angle resting on the top of the gate, and then it only sticks out the glass area by 2 or 3 inches, and you just bungee the glass down.

It's funny how "modern" the Roady looks compared to the Pontiac. It's so much lower, and lacks the shoebox look of the Pontiac. Great picture, by the way.