Some folks shouldn't be allowed to have wagons

I think this was the model they made as an Antarctic options package. However, the market just wasn't responding to this bold new direction offered up to them, with some people responding in ways that publicly couldn't be called appropriate, and only a few models were made.

 

I spotted this on the roadside while driving through Pennsylvania this afternoon.

 

Only because this is a Volvo(although Toyotas and Datsun/Nissans would be okay too), this is alright by me.

 

I hate wagons being used in demo derbys. But the above wagon is okay by me to go in the next race....soon!:banghead3:

 

A Story of Neglect

I found this on unsafecars.net today. They provided a link to Canadian Technician Magazine for the article.
http://www.canadiantechnician.com/features.cfm?intDocID=4468

We all know that sooner or later, every vehicle comes to the end of the line. Here are some pictures of a 1992 Buick Roadmaster wagon that are notable not just because of the level of its deterioration… but because someone went to an awful lot of trouble to keep it on the road for as long as possible!
The pictures come to us from David Fenton of Lakerange Service in Port Elgin, Ont. He says the car came in for a red fluid leak at the right front.
“The customer suspected transmission fluid because the tranny started ‘acting funny,’” writes David. “The frame is so badly rotted away at the right rear control arm that we couldn’t lift the vehicle.”
Worse, someone had used a great deal of creativity to keep parts from falling off the car. The exhaust and gas tank, for example, were held in with wire and bent up brake line.
“My favorite fix was the serpentine belt that had been cut and wrapped around the upper radiator support and the bottom of the radiator to keep it from falling out,” says David. “There was no steel holding the lower part of the radiator.”
Confronted with the scope of the problems, the staff at Lakerange Service knew the writing was on the wall for this particular vehicle. But if you thought the owner would accept their grim conclusion without debate, you’d be wrong.
“The customer was still hoping to get more time out of this car, even after we told him about all the problems!”
In this business, we see neglect, damage, and corrosion all the time. But keeping the vehicle on the road is only good for the customer if it’s safe to drive!

 

Back when I was young and in my prime, I and many people I new used coat hanger wire to keep exhausts up. That and that strap matel with 1/4" holes they called plumbers strap was used for many things.
I guess I was lucky about rust. Even though we lived in central Illinois and the car bodies rusted completely out in places the frames and things didn't seem to be harmed.
Since moving to Florida and having a friend from NY I've seen some of the cars he brings down here to sell with frames so bad they are scary. Also seems like it's those newer than 80's that look so bad on the under side.

 

I think they chopped off the front of the wrong vehicle.

 

Someone really wanted the front half of this wagon. Looks like it was a two door.
Shameful!

http://yakima.craigslist.org/cto/4265968536.html

 

Dude I have been searching all over for that add... I so want to go buy that and make a tear drop camper out of it....