For any fans of the locally ubiqutuous F59PHI (derisively known as Chevy Luminas for their resemblence to the low quality Lumina SUVs of the 1990s), I thought I’d share some recent scans (from just before I finally switched to digital in August of 2005). These three images were all taken within about 1/2 an hour of each other.
First is of one of the Marlboro Unlimited units that Metrolink bought, pulling a Burbank Airport Turn.
This is the Chevy Lumina of which we speak. It’s a minivan. It was sold at the same time as the car one… hence the confusion… (two models with the same name).
I wouldnt call the ford aerostar a lousy vehical. it was dependable and stylish for its time. i might be wrong,but i believe it was the first minivan to gain wide spread acceptance. the dodge caravan was already out,but i think the aerostar was the van that killed the stationwagon. i honestly perfer station wagons though. my dad owned a 1968 ford fairlane wagon and a chevy impala wagon. it was a 1978 or 80 something model. my first car was a 1981 chevy malibu classic wagon. lots of fun times with that car! the lumina apv was that van. it was the same thing as a pontiac transport. still see alot of those things on the road.
Some of us may be harder on cars than others,I dont agree ,I put 250,000 miles on an Areostar before I sold it to my gson and he wrecked it in about 3 mths…Never had a minutes trouble out of it…![2c]
Nice pics tho,and now that you mentioned it they do look like an Chebbie APV…