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Hi all,
I've just seen the saddest sight of my
life.
A friend has recently hauled a '61 New Yorker
wagon off of a farm where it has stood for 25 years after suffering fire damage
following an arson attack and it has been wasted.
The story goes that this wagon was brought over to
the U.K. some time around the early '60's and used as everyday transport by a
kids TV host, around '72ish it got sold to a farmer who also used it everyday
until one night someone set fire to a barn, completely destroying the building
and all it's contents and damaging two cars parked next to it, one being the
wagon.
All the front end up to the firewall got burned
before the fire was extinguished, the farmer kept the car, for reasons
only farmers know, and refused numerous offers from people wishing to
rescue the car.
Upon his recent death my friend heard about the car
and approached his widow who sold the car for it's scrap value, after sitting
outside for 25 years since the fire, the car nearly collapsed when
hauled up onto the flatbed.
A car that once boasted dual air-con, power
everything, total luxury, reduced to rust.
This car could have been restored if it had got
into the right hands earlier, now it can only yield a few, a very few spare
parts.
I'm a sucker for saving fwdlk cars, especially rare
ones like this, but I must admit I did feel a bit watery eyed when I first saw
the wagon.
Why do farmers insist on keeping things that they
obviously don't want?
(Chrysler Corporation Club U.K.)
1961 New Yorker coupe
1959 Custom Suburban station wagon
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