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Wow those were great, a car for a good guy.
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Yup throughout the 60s and 70s, pops had one or 2, needed it with 7 kids. In the early 60s we had a 11 window vw van when living in germany
Did I make you cry......boooo hooo, life goes on.
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Dad had a Volare wagon. It was a hunting, fishing, camping son of a gun. With the 318 it was good on gas and peppy also.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Grandpa:the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dad:son you have 2 choices for supper eat or don't eat.
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I never have, but my mom did, Comet station wagon
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Ashamed to say. My first car was a Chevy Celebrity station wagon. Hated it from the get-go but dad thought he got a good deal on it so that was what I was stuck with.
I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.
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First car, 1981 Volvo 240 wagon. Turd brown. Bought it with 160,000 sold it with 320,000. Camped all the time, places it shouldn’t have been. Sold it and bought a D50, little Mitsubishi piece of scheit but went hood in the mountains.
Am I one of the “good guys” now? If so I’m [bleep]’ out of here…
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Ford LTD Country Squire station wagons for our family in the early through the middle and late 70’s. They had 460’s in em’, and they would haul ass.
Every day on this side of the ground is a win.
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I asked dad why all of the wagons?
He replied, "It's because I can fit a sheet of plywood in it." If it couldnt fit there, it went on the roof or trailer.
90% of the time a car was all he needed.
I took after him .
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I currently own a 85 Crown Vic station wagon.
I am not one of the good guys!
I am MAGA.
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The second vehicle I owned was a 1960 Rambler wagon I got for $200. Got it home a found it had a c-clamp holding the diff cover in place. Rebuilt the rear end and it turned out to be a pretty good party car. Next best thing to a cargo van. Back when cars still came with those aerodynamic fins for flying down the highway. LOL
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Ford LTD Country Squire station wagons for our family in the early through the middle and late 70’s. They had 460’s in em’, and they would haul ass. Friend had one in high school. White with the fake wood accents. It was a boat. Dead stickers all over it. Cops pulled him over twice a week!
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Ford LTD Country Squire station wagons for our family in the early through the middle and late 70’s. They had 460’s in em’, and they would haul ass. Friend had one in high school. White with the fake wood accents. It was a boat. Yep. Ours had that same fake wood on the sides. Yep. Land yachts.
Every day on this side of the ground is a win.
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Ashamed to say. My first car was a Chevy Celebrity station wagon. Hated it from the get-go but dad thought he got a good deal on it so that was what I was stuck with. Same scenario but a 1983 Chevy Cavalier station wagon. I drove it all over for a few years and didn’t hate it for transporting an ice shanty and other fishing gear in the back. My second car was Chevy Celebrity with some kind of “sport package” that never ran right and died shortly after I got it.
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Could you get one in 4x4?
Predecessor to the Subaru Outback. 😂🤣🇺🇸
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Am I a good guy.
Have had three.
Subarus Subarui?
92-96, loved them. Bought them starting in 07, paid from $1500 to $2600. Ran them over 13 years, maybe $600 in work per car over it life with me. Hauled 10' stock of various types, totally inside. Hauled around 600# of coal in buckets per trip. Slept in one several times. Would have one now but they hold their value too well, and their really bad head gasket years are where I'd be buying
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Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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The first car my brother and I had was a 1963 Plymouth Soil and Water Conservation surplus station wagon with a 1964 front end. Slant six and three on the column...wasn't but 4 years old when we got it and only been wrecked once. $275. That thing was a tank! It would go anywhere our friend's trucks would go. I'm not going to say that I wish I had it now, because it was a piece of 60's crap... even if it ran most of the time. Had to tune it up often, it was bad on tires and had alignment issues, the shift linkage sucked and only my brother and i could drive it without it getting hung up. A 2 C-cell flashlight was brighter than the headlights and it didn't have power anything...steering, or breaks. Loved to hate that thing.
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Dad had a Volare wagon. It was a hunting, fishing, camping son of a gun. With the 318 it was good on gas and peppy also. I traded a guy a complete 318 small block for a running puke orange-cream plymouth volaré We intentionally destroyed by running it through briar thickets at 40-50 mph, donuts and whooptie humps. Good thing it dodnt have air bags. Haha
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First car, 1981 Volvo 240 wagon. Turd brown. Bought it with 160,000 sold it with 320,000. Camped all the time, places it shouldn’t have been. Sold it and bought a D50, little Mitsubishi piece of scheit but went hood in the mountains.
Am I one of the “good guys” now? If so I’m [bleep]’ out of here… I drove one of those all over Norway and Finland for 2 months, It was a 1984 and was tricked out w/ Thule ski racks and studded tires. 2 guys a ton of gear and skis. It was a true all weather touring car and absolutely bombproof. mike r
Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC
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Like the black one there behind me and my old man? The family vehicle for many years running. When the first motor went out after 150K miles (?) the old man priced a crate motor from the factory and said fine, I don't have to rebuild the thing. Me in the gray jacket, old man squatting down fixing the Tang for breakfast probably. No need for 4wd back then, just drive the old jalopy out the desert wash. I owned a couple of Subaru wagons, and they'd go places that old Parkwood couldn't go. Wish the RAV4 we had now had a real station wagon back end. Would make it much more useful.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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i had a 1970 Chevy Kingswood ,with a 400 motor in it,leather seats, under the dash chevy 8 track player. One hell of a car. Wish I still had it
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