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A life-long car lover recreated the Griswold’s famous station wagon

Laura Baisas

created: Oct. 1, 2025, 2:05 p.m. | updated: Oct. 9, 2025, 12:31 p.m.

Over the past several years, he’s made the car look like the cross-country driving station wagon from the film. “People and businesses share on their Facebook pages and it gets a huge response.”The Lake George Family Truckster can be booked for parties, conventions, car shows, etc. It was 15 minutes from our home in Lake George, New York. Tom and Chrisey haven driven the car from Lake George, New York to Florida twice, turning rest stops into “a little car show.” Image: Tom Dittus. A Lake George café, Caffé Vero, gave me coffee bean bags which I stuffed for Aunt Edna.

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