Inherited the old family wagon

Our family has kept this car since new in 1965. I learned how to drive on it in '75. Now I have the sad task of finding a good home for it.

 

Very nice model, I especially like the headlights of that vintage.
Welcome aboard, hope you'll hang around for a while.

 

Howdy

Thanks HandyAndy. I like your Fairmont. We had a 78 Zephyr Villager wagon back in the day. My dad was always a wagon guy.
Here are some more pictures.

 

It's even got the vintage over the hump floor mats. Way too cool.

 

Thats a nice wagon do you have or need to sell it?

 

but What?? Your getting rid of it, why? I see you have a Honda Accord......get rid of that!

That wagon is stunning, and it's been in your family since new.


Hmmmm.....Honda Accord or a been in the family since new 65 Comit wagon, yeah thats a touph choice

 

I agree with Tedy. I think you'll regret selling a member of the family! I still have the '65 BelAir that my mom bought new, that I got my driver's license in, and that I took on my honeymoon. It couldn't be bought.

 

I'll give it a very good home, and I won't even charge you anything.

When you've had a car that long it's like the family dog. The dogs are faithful and start every time too, except once.

 

Forgive me...but...are you NUTS!?!?
That car belongs right there in your family. FOREVER!

 

It is unfortunate that things happen in peoples lives and a piece of their family history is no longer feasible. 45 years is a long time to have kept a car and yours is in beautiful condition. It has quite obviously been well loved and cared for and I'm sure the decision to part with it has been a difficult one. I don't envy you having to do this. I know a fellow who sold a vehicle he had owned for many years and as it was driving away he realized that what was going down the road was a huge chunk of history he could not recapture in any way. It has been many years since it left and he still says had he taken the more difficult route at the time and kept it he'd be a much happier man today, and his kids wouldn't still be angry with him. He got relatively few dollars for something that held so many memories.

But, stuff happens. Crummy stuff sometimes and what was perhaps one persons pride and joy is simply in the way to others, or they are just not compelled enough to want to keep it.

Can you tell us more about the car? Mileage, options, what you need to get for it, and what city it is located in? That would be helpful to anyone who is interested. I'm suspecting that this was your fathers car and he has passed? It is certainly a beauty and pride of ownership gleams through. You are fortuante to have it 45 years after it became a part of your family.

 

I'm gonna have to take a different tack to the wind on this one....

While it certainly appears that that Comet wagon has been well cared for, perhaps it's just not something that carries an emotional attachment for 65_404 Comet. Is could be simply that his (dad?) just took care of all his things, and the wagon was just one of them. When you are looking to retain family treasures, you want to keep those that give you an emotional connection to others. It could be a family Bible, or a piece of furniture, or an old toy that was handed down.

For my dad, cars were just a device to get from point A to point B, so me keeping one of their old vehicles (my mom is still driving their last one - a '89 T-Bird) would have little meaning. I get more 'connection' from the English silver soup tourine that was given to my parents on their wedding day, by my grandfather.

So it comes down to.....either he's 'attached' to it (in which case he should find a way to keep it - does he have a son who would like it as his first car?)
....or he should let it go with no regrets, finding a buyer that will take just as good care of it as his family did.

Good luck, either way.
Marshall

 

while they both have good arguments.....im with Teddy

where?how much?

 

What a sweet car!!!

 

You would too, Rev. How many of yours have you moved to the warehouse? Can you mow the lawn, yet? Heck! Can you see the lawn yet?

 

A few years ago before I found this site I was on the main land for work and low and behold I snapped my neck when I drove past the Revs place. Funny, I can't tell you a thing about his house let alone colour but I can say who needs a lawn with a fleet like his:2_thumbs_up_-_anima