Hi, I'm Ford girl because that is all I drive! I was raised with Fords because my Dad said if we wanted to drive that is what we were going to drive! I have a 1973 Ford Country Squire Wagon that is a beauty and that I drive my kids around in and proud to say that they are not yet embarrassed of it yet. I drive it only in the summer with the kids and to the drive in. We get in cheap because it seats 10!
WELCOME! We've got a few gals here with the same passion for wagons, and its great to add another to the roster. BTW, Us Ford guys are biassed, but every wagon is a point for the gang. And pics too, huh?
Welcome...any and all wagons are welcome here...no discrimination...unless it's a suburban trying to be passed off as a wagon....
Don't worry FordGirl. By the time the kids could possibly be embarrased station wagons will be so popular that they won't ride in anything else.
TBird's right and then the profit motive might help them see our chariots differently too: http://www.oldstationwagonsforsale.com/
FordGirl. I, too, was raised in a Ford family, which is why I drive GM's now . Actually, I love Fords and will always have a passion for 70's Fords as a reminder of my childhood and first cars. 73 Country Squire, huh? Excellent! I rode around in the back of my friend's mom's 73 Country Squire for years...loved every minute of it, even when his mom would make sharp turns and we'd slide from one side to the other (no dual-facing rear seats in theirs, I don't think)...too much fun. Of course, I'd never do that with my kids . My kids constantly ask that I get a car that has the "seats behind the back seats". One day....
thanks guys Hi, a very friendly group in here I must say! Thank you! My first car was a hand-me down car- a green 77 Ford LTD Sedan (darn not a wagon) it was a boat! I had to practice parallel parking in it! Then when that car died, I got a 78 Ford mustang (not the cool kind) it was cat poop orange. I learned to drive a stick in a 73 one ton ford truck. I have that vehicle too now- so I have 2 73's. I also drive a 07 Ford Freestyle which is kind of like a station wagon- more like a station wagon than a suburban I would guess! I might have to part with my Country Squire, my husband says I may have to sell it, I really don't want to though so we will see. It is such a beauty that I hate to do that. I have so many people when I drive it around that tell me their memories of station wagons it is pretty cool! I just like old cars, they don't build them like they used to do they? My station wagon, I call her the big blue Bessie or the Woody wagon (as it gets referred to by my high school students)- does anyone else have nicknames for theirs?
Welcome to the club! The ownership of a station wagon is unlike any other model car really. Once you get into them, its forever an addiction of sorts. I have had a few wagons so far. Three Volvo wagons ('79, '81, & '83 240 models), one '78 Toyota Corolla wagon, and of course Ford wagons. My first was a '83 LTD Crown Vic "S" model, gold with tan inter. She was a state of Wyoming car I bought in '98 for $500. Now I have a '78 Country Squire in emerald green. That was a replacement for my red on red '77 Country Squire.....long story there. Away, feel free to ask questions, add comments....you will learn a lot from the folks on here, I know I have. Jonny
Welcome to the tool box!!! personally....i say keep the wagon and get rid of hubby k..im joking...i would never advocate divorce............... ........unless it personally benefits me FG....lets see that hunka hunka burning luv
them backseats To;topherS,Mercury introduced the facing each other backback seats in 1967.It was an option on "the man's wagons" from Mercury.Their first ad for it shows an older gentleman sitting on one side while he has the other side down,and is using it as a table for putting lures on his fishing line...There's no way that's happening in my 86 Colony Park.Not even my 9 year old son could manage it.But,in a bigger older wagon,maybe:confused:.
cheaper to keep her Here in California,one of the registration options is;non-operating.It costs way less every year.You have to keep the car off the streets,however.The point is,you get to keep the car.If where you live has mandatory car insurance,you don't have to get some for the non-operating car.Making it even cheaper.In the meantime,it's not getting all beat up and you can be fixing it up while it's just sitting there...AND,,,every once in a while,if you're carefull,you can take it out for a cruise and not get caught.
