Car Trek

Well, Friday AM, left Williston VT with 442Wagon, bound for Wells, Maine to meet my new wagon. I have never bought a car sight unseen before, so I had some anxiety about it. Would I find out it had been hit and repaired? Something else I couldn't think of? Anyway, GREAT to yak it up all about Cars on the way up. Talked about what I would change all the way to a crazy idea for a RoadRunner Wagon!

Arrived 1/2 hour early. Like a blind date, I was all nervous. If I had hair I would have run a comb full of Brylcreem through it. So we drove down to Ogunquit to kill time, then Back to the Maine Diner and...


I AM IN LOVE. I realize that I do not want to change anything. (Later that changes but I am starry eyed at the moment. She is beautiful. We have lunch, talk cars and hit the road.


320 miles later, back home. Slight surge or hunt at speed on the thruway, ignition misfire or carb...? I'll sort that out later. Boy Howdy! There is a world of difference between modern brakes and manual 4 drum! Also a lot of turns in that manual steering wheel, but I love the feel of the skinny grip!

Then NON-STOP for the last 2 days as I have sold my house and am moving out. The wagon goes to work immediately.


Wish I had taken a pic with the ladder and carpet hanging out the back window! What a help it was with 4x8 feet of cargo space.

As I told the wife,

Welcome to the station wagon lifestyle!

My face hurts from grinning.

 

Very cool. Sounds like you guys had a great trip.

 

I even like the full-width stone-guard across the back. It's gold sparkle!

 

...dude....youve got it BAD...

when you buy a car... that makes you feel the same way you did when you got your first car !!!...its meant to be

how can loving it be wrong ...when it feels so right !!!

Im inexplicably...in touch with the emmotion

 

Very nice '72! Great find.

 

Glad you got it and are having a blast with it!

 

You know, flyer....that wagon looks BETTER than in the ad! That thing is gorgeous!

 

Had to wash it last night. A bird pooped on it.

Shot the bird. Then shot some of his friends, just in case.

Then I realized... The little B*sterds are EVERYWHERE!

So I called the health dept. and the National Guard unit to see if we can get the area sprayed. You know, knock 'em back a bit.

They acted like I was the crazy one.

Jeepers.

 

AWESOME wagon foxflyer.

 

Wow, you do have it bad. Which is a good thing. I generally leave my drivers window open (when it's not windy) and I went out to the car only to find a little sparrow sitting on the dash proud as a peacock after leaving a weee pile. He flew away when he saw how angry I was.

 

What you need is to put together a course on Seagull Management (sh!t and run version), just like the business speakers and sell it on the web to car lovers!

 

I've been very sick or I would have replied much sooner...

I had a really great trip to Maine with Foxflyer40 to meet his new "date". I have owned many cars in my day - very nice cars some of them, and have had pics in Hot Rod, Super Chevy, and Street Rodder Magazine over the years. I'm not trying to brag - just saying that I know a nice car when I see it. Foxflyer40 got a REALLY EXCEPTIONAL car - less than 40K, beautiful shine to ORIGINAL paint, interior like new, and drives like a dream... You don't find original cars like this very often in any style, let alone the one you've dreamed of owning... WELL DONE Michael...:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

Now comes the hard part... 5.7 Hemi ...or Keep it stock


Oh - the fun of watching him suffer...

 

Must've been a lot of drooling on the way back.

There's not much room for a big old 392 CID hemi in there, without trimming the upper A-frames. Been there, done that. The 5.7 sounds like a nice compromise. Either way, it sounds like a dream boat.

 

Foxflyer, that wagon looks absolutely mint. What a find and with only 40K on her. Idon't blame you for falling in love, but don't worry, we won't tell the Mrs! Best of luck with it.
Hey 442, are you okay? You said you were very sick for a while. I hope you're all better.

 

Time for an intervention...

Better now, thanks... Had severe radiator blowout and tailpipe leakage, but back on the road now...


So I think Foxflyer40 needs an intervention. I am amazed by the condition of his car, but there is one serious issue of concern...

I'm referring of course to the rear mud-flap (which he stated earlier with glee in his voice was "sparkly"). I'm seriously concerned that he has owned this vehicle for 6 days now, and has made no apparent efforts to remove this thing...

As you can see above, he was happliy showing the guy with the small P*n*s in the Porsche that the size or your manhood is reflected in the size of your roof (and no g-body remarks regarding my Olds please - I'm just an "average" guy...), but with that flap on the back, it was like he was doing it in a skirt!!!

Please, please, please, try to help me speak some sense to Fox before he abandons the HEMI idea for fuzzyball trim around the windows!!!

:sorry: Sorry Michael - but it's for your own good!!!