Old time wagon driver suffering from nostalgia

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  1. Boston Mike

    Boston Mike New Member

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    Hi all.............joined a long time ago and then baby stuff started happening. Anyways, I grew up driving a 78 LTD Country Squire battle tank. Dark green with wood trim and rusting rear bumper and a solenoid that required a good sharp rock to hit it every now and then to get the car running. Ah, I miss those days. Last drove it when I was 19 (so that was 1989 or so), as the tranny kept failing (rebuilt twice) and my mom was getting concerned on how detailed my descriptions of roadkill were when I could look through the hole in the floorboard driving over them. The Green Machine spent her entire life outdoors in New England (early life she was covered with many feet of snow during the Blizzard of 78).

    Anyways, I miss her. Would love to find her twin out there. Anyone see any out there??? I'm sure it's a needle in the haystack to find her. Wish I still had her original info so I could go looking for her, but hey, I'm not Pappa John, so can't start a national ad campaign to find her.
     
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    tbirdsps New Member Charter Member

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    :Welcome:Mike, keep looking, you'll find her twin eventually.:cheers:
     
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    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    Welcome, Mike. We have a member here who had a CS just like that one...but he totalled it. He then bought another CS, this time a red one.

    Keep looking. Sooner or later, one is bound to show up.
     
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    I'll keep looking around. Thanks for the welcome.
     
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    They're definitely out there to be had and since green was such a popular color back then, I'll bet you can get one if you try hard enough. Good luck; that vintage Ford wagon was as big as they ever got. They downsized in '79, never to return to the behemoths they were!
     
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    Man! Stick around. :Welcome: We can't have a wagon lover, suffering from that!:disagree:

    Wagonitis is ok, though. :rofl2:
     
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    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    Fat Tedy Island Red Neck

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    :Welcome:, stick around, we're great at spendinmg other peoples money for a wagon....Krash alwready found one.:thumbs2:
     
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    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    Fat Tedy Island Red Neck

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    And now Krash found 2:bouncy:


    Where the hell is Rev...AKA "Rev Motors":p
     
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    the Rev senior junior Charter Member

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    i know...its hard to believe....but ive been too busy to spend other peoples money....:49:...........:D

    BM...welcome back...now go get one(y)............:D
     
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