Some of us have become daily chatters and still we don't know each other that well. The odds of most of us actually getting to meet in person is probably very slim. Now some folks are happy with things the way they are and that's ok, but after losing our SilverFox earlier this year I was left wishing I had known a bit more about him. I'm sure he would have shared but I guess I just never asked. After a chat via a PM with Dewey we thought maybe a reintroduction from some of the older members might be a nice way to get to know each other a bit better and perhaps help our new members feel more comfortable about sharing their bio. Please don't feel that you have to reintroduce yourself, just if you want to.
Since I feel sort of co-responsilble for this thread I will go first. My name is Dewey and my car is a 74 Plymouth Satellite custom 9 passenger wagon. I bought the car from its original owner in 1996 with a mere 47,000 miles on the clock and bone stock. I am happily married to my wife Michelle, between us we have three grown children and three wonderful grandchildren so far. I live in Ogden, Utah and work for Napa Auto Parts (last 5 years) before that I worked for an import only parts store for 18 1/2 years. I cut my custom teeth working on minitrucks for years then this beautiful wagon dropped in my lap and the obsession started. Still working on my interior (shut up Cat) but it's really the final stage to finish up my dream car. I have been on the forum since Oct of 2011, I love it here and look forward to contributing for many years to come. If you ever have any questions about cars or parts or beer or whatever feel free to PM me.
Hello my name is fannie when I'm here but at home I go by Jennifer. I am a cosmetic department manager for four stores in our chain. I am a car enthusiast, not a machanic of a fabricator, I just seem to enjoy cars, not sure why I just do. I've been married twice to the same great man. We renewed our vows on our 25th anniversay which was 11 years ago...that's right guys I was three when I got married the first time. We have three adult children, two sons(33 and 31) and a daughter 28 and one super amazing grandson (2 1/2). My forum name is two fold, it is a tribute to the first person(a woman) who purchased the car back in 1968 and addresses the part that makes my car different from most on the road today. There have been several station wagons that have rolled through my life to date, starting with a baby blue Rambler that my mom had when we were kids. Man, she used to drag us lot all over the place in that little thing. During our married life we have had three wagons a Malibu, a Caprice and now my '68 Beamount. I have always liked the body style of Chevelles/Malibus and Beaumonts. The first time I saw her for sale on Kijiji I saw shocked to see her in a station wagon style, I just didn't know they excessed. So needless to say we bought Fannie home and have been s-l-o-w-l-y restoring her for the past three years. I joined this awesome forum in August 2010 shortly after buying Fannie. Like most who stumble here I was looking for parts. This site has difinitely become part of my daily routine. I have gained a bit more knowledge about cars and have enjoyed the company of alot of like minded people from all over the world. Well, I think that's it for me.
Hello, my name is Alan, and this '90 Custom Cruiser is my second wagon, and the first with wood grain. I'm a car enthusiast from about age 3, I remember more about cars than anything else in life it would seem. I just don't know anything about repairing one. We never owned a wagon growing up, but we've had cars that the wagon counterparts would net a fortune now. I'm "retired" since my June '06 head on encounter with a BMW. I was trying to drive two towns north of here on a main drag between US 1 and I-95 on a road where the northbound side was being reconstructed. The southbound side was handling both lanes, and my side had these three or four foot tall concrete dividers. No place to go. This wagon will likely be my last venture into antique or collectible vehicles, it was built in October 1989. I hope by Oct. '14 I can get antique plates, you're supposed to be able to when your car hits 25. In addition to collecting car items, including mostly 1:18 metal models, I collect vinyl, (LPs & 45s) cassettes, reel to reel recorders, small tv sets, pre 1976 Magnavox stereo and other products, among other things.
Hi, I'm Greg and I've been sober for...oh, wait, wrong place. I was born and raised in NJ and there was always a wagon until I left home. My brother and I even teased Pop for continuing to drive one after it was no longer needed to shuttle us around. Well, he knew something we didn't. I flew the coup (in a coupe) and moved down to Memphis, started a family of my own and, being the 90s, bought an Expedition. Yep, the SUV was the modern wagon. Driving home from work one day in 2001, there's this big Olds Custom Cruiser sitting out in front of this little used car dealer. It was an impulse purchase not unlike when you grab that pack of gum staring at you in the checkout lane. Pop was right after all, wagons are cool. It remains my faithful daily driver and I love it.
First off Fannie and Dewey for doing this, it has been different without Fox. Here goes, my name is Dennis I am the father of 2 girls 16 and 12 (Bailey and Morgan) married to their mother Brandy for going on 18 years. My dad and I have always had between 3 and 5 "old vehicles" we played with for last 18 years or so. I am a service advisor at a Dodge dealer now, but it is the auto industry who knows whats to come I grew up with a '69 or '70 Vista cruiser and have always liked wagons and come across my current '83 Caprice project a couple years ago. I owned a couple Harleys in the mid 90's and about lost my leg in 2001 on one, so 6 surgeries later, plates and screws in my leg have slowed me down a bit in the last few years but still have hopes of finishing my wagon. I own a original 1977 C-10 pickup I love to drive and co-own a '55 Bel Air with my dad but probably one of my favorites to take out is my dad's '78 Malibu with a 502 crate motor he and I put in it. He also has a '75 Corvette with a little over 50,000 miles. We share a garage and 4 acres so I am very close with him and now that I am grown can say we are now best friends. I owned a tire shop for a couple years after the 2009 auto industry fall out which gave me my screen name of 1tireman. I have supported my family with cars and will probably always be involved with auto's in one way or another for years to come. Thanks for having me, Dennis aka 1tireman
Hi, everyone. Michael here. I'm a lifelong car nut. I do most of my own work which explains my choice of car; big, old, full framed, V-8, and rear wheel drive. On a personal note, no spouse, no kids, but I do have 2 beagles. Now all I need is a wagon.
Great idea for a thread, Fannie and Dewey! To re-introduce: my name is Owen but on here I'm 90merc. I joined in the spring of 2010, just prior to flying from NJ to Victoria, BC to complete the purchase of a 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park LS wagon. I had spotted the car on cars-on-line.com and struck up a phone friendship with the seller. We agreed on terms over the phone. It was going to require work in Canada on his part to be able to transfer the ownership of the car to me when I arrived. I also had to buy temporary insurance to be able to drive the car out of Canada. He and his wife put me up for the night and led me to the ferry the next day. The importing into the US at Port Angeles Washington wasn't too hard, had to show a bunch of documentation. Then I was on my way to Seattle to pick up my good friend who had flown out to do the drive back with me. The car made the coast to coast trip with absolutely no issues. Registering the car in NJ was a bit of an ordeal. You would have thought I was a drug dealer bringing in contraband. After trips to customs and Motor Vehicles and about 7 pieces of required documentation, including a letter from Ford saying the car met US safety and emission standards at the time of manufacture, the Woody was ready to roll legally on US soil. I have been enjoying the wagon ever since as my daily driver.
The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it. And that's how I became Dr. Evil.... My cover story - I'm a software development project manager for a bank, been there 20 years. I've got 1 wife, 2 dogs, 3 cars and 4 kids. My kids are all grown ups, college graduates and scattered around the US. I found my 1969 Ford Fairlane wagon in July, 2011 in El Paso, TX. It was built at the Kansas City assembly plant - 9 miles from my house. It was bone stock when I found it and I've been changing that ever since. I have had a dozen or so collector cars ('72 or older) since 1998 and this is my first wagon. I hope to keep this one a while. I've had over 50 cars; the last one I bought was my 2013 Subaru Outback which I really like.
Good idea, Fannie (Jennifer)! Sometimes it's hard to keep track of who's who around here, with screen names and real names getting mixed up........ My name is Marshall. My screen name came about when I was doing an on-line auto racing simulation game called 'Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2'. I found this forum one day in February, 2008. At the time, I owned a 2003 Ford Focus ZTW wagon..... I had always loved the idea of a station wagon, but didn't always own one. First one was a '74 Mazda RX-4, purchased slightly used after we bought my wife a brand-new RX-4 sedan, so for a while we owned 2 rotary-engined vehicles at the same time. Some time in the early 80's we started 'roaming' a bit, and you need an RV to do that. here's our first 'RV'.... After that, our 2 daughters came along, so more room was required. We bought a 26' 5th wheel and towed it with a big Ford P/U. A little later, we sold that and bought this: That's me and my younger daughter Becky. She just turned 24 a few days ago..... Well, anyway...... Our RV phase ended around 2002. In 2004, I needed a new vehicle, so I bought a 2000 Audi A6 Avant (sorry, lost the pics...), which was a beautiful car to drive, but cost me an arm and a leg to maintain. Dumped it for the Ford Focus. In October, 2010, I rolled the Focus over in a snow drift, which totaled it. Got this HHR to replace it, which we still own.... About a year ago, I was finally able to get a classic station wagon. This entire forum was involved in the hunt for MY perfect station wagon. I had actually come across this '81 Pontiac Bonneville in a Craig's List ad back in the Summer of 2011, well before I was considering a purchase. The Safari was located in Wisconsin of all places, and was personally inspected for me by Silverfox. I love this place............
