40 years later

Well the generation Y kids have grown up on instant gratification their whole lives. Just point, click, and done. There are no longer people that think outside the box, no looking beyond the train of thought, they just are a lazy group of people. Anything "old" and from the past has been brainwashed in their heads as a "bad idea". It's all about MTV, saving the polar bears, and anything designed to make them self look like a "good guy". The cars engineered for them today, represent them so well: lots of cheep plastic, "eco" engines, boring styling, and when your done, you just pitch it, just like a styrofoam cup.

 

Thought I was the last HB on this planet with those thoughts...

 

Ha Ha Ha, not at all Riv. In '05 I bought my first Country Squire, I was in college then. I had been wanting a '73-'78 Country Squire for a LONG time and I found it. It has been sitting in a field in west central IL for about 6 years.

Most of the kids I went to college with were about 4-8 years younger than me. Most of them could not see what I saw in that '77. Kinda looked at me like I had lost my mind.






Then after some true labor of love, time, and elbow grease, there was a gem just waiting under all that bird poop, tree sap, and layers of time that had accumulated on that gentle giant. This is something most people can not see today. They are in some mad rush for everything.

 

Some of you already know this, but when I had my son's '72 Kingswood Estate Wagon For Sale for $800 a good while back, I got many calls from people who sounded like they were derby guys. When I would ask them if they ran Derby cars, their answer would be "Yes"!! thinking that I would be glad that I finally found a buyer. But I told them right out that this car is too good to crash and they all got the message pretty good that I wasn't going to sell it to them.

I finally found a buyer that was restoring them.

Bill

 

Give that guy 72KingswoodEstate's phone number.

 

sure is alot of negative vibe in this thread...........


maybe the guy was saving them??????????????????

 

Yeah, well we're getting older, 1st you see the worst, 2nd you see the worst......

 

hate to show ya this, but here is where theyre going:

http://srt.suddenlaunch.com/index.cgi?board=general&num=1289272958&action=display&start=465

 

Is that really the same car??
You are my hero!

 

I wonder if these guys even realize that they are a major force in wiping out the history of American iron???

 

VERY Nice Squire!

"Most of the kids I went to college with were about 4-8 years younger than me. Most of them could not see what I saw in that '77. Kinda looked at me like I had lost my mind."

Very nice CSq WagonNut! I understand about people thinking we've lost our minds but, then again, I don't see them driving or at least attempting to obtain anything as uniquely American as the good ol' station wagons (not taking anything away from the foreign brands). Our favorite style of car is a true dicotomy of expression: at once bold and humble, with a style all their own, built with character and strength, yet gentle as a warm morning breeze carrying the sweet aroma of honeysuckle blossoms. We wagon lovers just don't understand how anyone just can't love them!

Keep the chariot rolling!

 

Yep, yes it is. Even the paint is original........not too shabby for a 25 year old college guy, eh?

 

With the caveat that I do not condone willful destruction of decent cars and a respectful nod to FordWagonNut1979 it looks to me like the future for those clamshells was bleak anyway. All look to have been abandoned outdoors for a long time and in need of lots of work. Work and cash that few even here would be willing to put out.
I would think making a friend in the demo circles would be a great parts source as damn near everything comes off those cars anyway.
On a sidenote; has anyone seen the film "Speedo"? It's a documentary about a derby driver, more of a human interest story than a car or demo derby film. "Speedo" is a likeable character in spite of his sins against wagondom.
http://www.docurama.com/docurama/speedo/

 

An amazing transformation. Has the previous owner seen it?
Care to borrow my car for a while?

 

Not everything comes off those cars before they are derbied. And, while those cars are rough, there are a lot of parts that could be donated to keeping other cars on the road. I've heard all the claims by derby guys but, sorry, I can't, don't and won't ever condone this practice of destroying cars that could be brought back to the road or, at the very least, be donors to cars that are on the road.