John says the car was built by his father, Jerry Lipori in Brooklyn back in 1967. Papa Lipori's partner Steve owned a Buick dealership, and, this being the the rise of funny car madness ...

For those of you not familiar with the ’57 Caballero Estate, it’s a pillarless hardtop Century station wagon—a rare car that stood atop the 1957 Buick lineup. Being a wagon fan, I had it on ...