Hi all, My name is Lee, and I currently drive a 1954 Ford Country Sedan. I live in Mission BC, which is about 50 miles east of Vancouver. I have had a few wagons over the years. From a volkswagon, to a Datsun 510, a 1970 Pontiac, a 1976 Merc, and a 1966 Impala. I have owned the 54 for about 20 years. It is an 8 passenger, running a 390, c6 trans. I also own a 1935 Ford Sedan Street Rod and a 1951 Airstream. I am currently redoing the house to keep the missus happy, then I plan to start a redo of the airstream.
Lee. What a sleeper. You'd never expect a 390 under the hood. I'll bet that 54 would tow the Airstream easily. It is always good to keep the missus happy. It actually allows us more time with the hobby.
Welcome Lee, from the nation's navel! A wagon like that could replace chiropractors. All the neck-twisting every body else does to give you the thumbs-up
I've had the pleasure of riding in Lee's wagon and it is tight, quiet (excepting a nice exhaust note) and the interior is really done up nicely. He had a 351 in it for many years and it was nice but the 390 has a lot of steam. As for his Airstream, I found it for him . The downside is his is shinier without ever being polished than mine is after being done. And the body on mine has lots of "experience" marks and his is almost pristine. The inside of his is like a time warp back to 1951. Given the old Airstreams were surprisingly very light unlike those made after 1968 (21' is under 2,600 pounds and that is with an apartment style fridge and stove/oven) it should be almost unnoticeable behind the '54. Lee gets asked a LOT if he bought the wagon new
Welcome Lee. I'd love to see a pic of the Airstream as well, inside as well as out. After reading Saf57's description, that inside of it must be pretty cool. Nice Ford long roof.
airstream pictures as requested, here are some pictures of the 51 airstream that I hope to one day be towing with the 54. the inside is pretty nice, but it still needs a lot of work to make it useable.
Nice Airstream and looks good behind the 54. Have you checked out http://www.vintage-vacations.com/ You can literally spend hours in that site. Campers and trailers for every taste plus some.
What's even sicker is that this is his mostly daily driver . He also has a hotrod that he built way back when he actually had hair that he puts a ton of miles on every year as well. Some guys just got it all figured out..........
Daily driver?...OK Lee, you are my hero:2_thumbs_up_-_anima When I win the lottery rl:) old is all I'll be driving come rain ,snow, what ever. Come to thing I do that now but there just not as old
Safari exagerates- It used to be my daily driver. after it was painted and upholstered I don't drive it so much in the winter. I have a beat up Mazda pickup with 389K on the clock for that. I do use the wagon a lot during the rest of the year though. It beats driving some belly button car. I actually bought the wagon to use as a daily driver, cause I did not want to drive the hot rod all the time. The problem is that it has become the first choice, and the hot rod doesn't get driven very much. Especially since I took out the 351w and put in the 390. The 35 hot rod used to be better for towing the travel trailer (a 1979 Boler 17 foot)
