"Hello" from central Minnesota. I'm glad to be here! Oh BOY, am I glad to be here! When I turned 16, (in 1976) my folk gave me their 1969 Ford Country Squire for my first car. I loved that rusty old thing. I also loved the '76 LTD Country Squire they bought to replace the one they gave me. I was hooked. Since then, I've had several Ford wagons. Bummer was...I never had a really nice wagon. UNTIL NOW! I'm nearly 60, so I decided it was time for me to at least have this small dream come true, so I bought this 1977 LTD Country Squire on eBay. It will arrive early next week. My grown children and my friends have always thought I was nuts, pointing out station wagons on TV and on the road and what-not. Now they say they can't wait to go for a ride!
That's a great story WoodyGoody ! Looks like a nice wagon, do you have more pictures? Welcome to the forums also!....Longfoocs Rule!
Nice to meetcha, @wagoninsane ! Your name fits me, as well, according to my family and friends! I have 2 pics of it coming out of the barn...kinda cool. Being new to forums, I thought I should wait to post much until I actually have the wagon. Then I'll start a proper thread with pictures and questions. After I bought it, I was looking around and found this group. Lo and behold, there was a thread here about MY car! Sorry...what's a Longfooc?
Sorry that's a typo. It's supposed to be Longroofs Rule! It took me three weeks to get my wagon home from St. Louis! It was a tense few weeks. Hope you enjoy your new found wagon when you finally get yours home.....Longroofs Rule!
What color was the folks ‘69 and ‘76 Squire? We had a cream ‘70 and Cream ‘76. Also had a red ‘72 in between.
The '69 was red and the '76 was brown. It was a beauty. My brother had a wreck with it when it only had 200 miles on it. Nothing too serious, though. I had a '72 also. I never liked it, though. I had a '70 and a '74, too. I totaled the '74 two weeks after I bought it, but you shoulda seen the other guy!
Nice. We had some issues with our ‘76 and traded it off on a Cream ‘78 Colony Park. I remember the folks had a ‘74 LTD in that silver blue color. I really liked ‘70’s Fords/Mercury’s I think I may have mentioned on a previous thread, I’ve got a ‘78 LTD wagon in your same Light Jade metallic, with the same dark Jade duraweave interior. I love that color. Certainly not as loaded as yours.
Welcome aboard, that is a mighty fine looking wagon you have there. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of it once it arrives home in the land of 10,000 lakes.
I've been reading your posts in this thread and the other where it's listed for sale. I love your excitement it's very contagious. Your new wagon looks amazing, you should be excited. Glad you found us, hope you stay. Looking forward to the BIG reveal.