We'll see. In an e-mail yesterday, they buyer indicated he may keep it for himself to go on cruises. His young son LOVES it. Says first thing he's doing is the wood grain. There were two guys involved in this deal. The first guy, Kelly is (I think) the 'money guy' AND the 'restoration guy'. the second guy, Ross, is the one who picked up the wagon. He also runs the sales lot. I hope Kelly keeps it for at least a while.
Krash congrats on the sale. Your statement rang true to me, sold the Colony Park for almost same reason "I wasn't able to do a lot of things I wanted to do, and I wasn't able to take care of it the way it needed to be taken care of." Here is what I said "I find that I have even less time driving the wagon than before, and have it sit just makes me crazy." The Colony Park wouldn't fit in Garage, left outside and was driving less and less - Didn't want to put any more $ into it and knew sooner than later the leather seats were going to crack, the woodgrain was going to go because it was outside. Do I miss it - Yes, glad I sold it? kinda it was fun and certainly garnered a ton of attention which was fun. I'm sure you feel the same, I have always enjoyed your posts, your live up to what the forum should be. thanks
Yup. Very similar to my experience. While I COULD have got the wagon in the garage, it made it very inconvenient. Wouldn't have had room for a proper workbench, and with the wagon backed into its space, it was extremely hard for the Mrs. to park and then squeeze around the wagon to get through the man door into the house. So, now that we won't be parking anything in the second space, I have it all for my 'workshop'. (Recently bought a new Dewalt table saw....)
First 'progress' pics from the new owner Kelly - new woodgrain - Don't know how he had it done, but there's a planking effect, too. That's about as close to original as you can get these days.
Got to do what you got to do. Happy to hear that it went to a good home. I will also be parting ways with my wagon soon and hope it finds a good home as well.
Sorry to see it go. I remember my mom's old 81 K car woody wagon. The di-noc always looked great, even after some of the paint was fading 10 years later. But then, I always kept the wood paneling Armor-Alled back then.
Have used Armor All on my cars for a long, long, time. Have had good results on most surfaces, including the woodgrain on a 78 Plymouth Volare. Did not keep the top of the dash on our 87 Safari from splitting though. Maybe I stopped putting Armor All on the top of the dash because of the glare. Just don't remember.
The dash pad on the Way-Back Machine was one area that was quite good. No cracks across the top surface, only a small crack in the vertical face that gets hit by a knee occasionally when the driver gets in....... I put a dash pad protector on it, too.
Here's the replacement vehicle for the 'Way-Back Machine'. Had to take a Greyhound up to Puyallup, Washington yesterday to pick it up. Looong day..... It's a 2006 Dodge Dakota SLT Quad Cab with around 148k miles. V8, 4WD. I was originally looking for an extended-cab version so I could have a longer bed, and less cab space, but unfortunately the smaller cab is just TOO small for any people in the back, and we've got a growing 3-year old grand-daughter that's big for her age, and she and the car seat just wouldn't fit back there, so plans were changed. There were more Quad Cabs to pick from, anyway. As a side note, I believe the 'TRX4 OFF ROAD' decals are bogus. There WAS that option on the Dakotas, but these were added by the dealer I bought it from, apparently replacing some regular '4X4' decals that were damaged. It's just got the standard 4x4 equipment, as far as I know.