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Adam, I wan't meaning to
mud-sling. I don't mind resto-mods, especially when they are well
done. However, now that this poor wagon has been chopped this way and
that, and then given up on before the project even got to midstream -
who is going to finish it? I doubt anybody will want to take over
such an unfinished project, especially at that stage. I sure wouldn't want
to. The wagon will probably be sold for parts, and that's a crying shame.
It looked so good in that movie. I wish I could have found it - or
that it could have found me - before it landed in its current owner's
hands.
Based on prior ownership
of a similar wagon three decades ago, and based on seeing the movie a
couple-three years back, the flame was rekindled, and I looked high and low for
a '62 NewYorker wagon. It wan't easy, as they are so rare; only 793 of the
9-passenger NYker wagons were ever built and so very few survive due to
being treated as... station wagons. But I finally found one, did a full
restoration and spent more on it than it will ever be worth. And I
love it.
But I wish I could have
saved that specific one.
John Hertog
Sag Harbor
NY
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam
Lindenbaum
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:31 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] fer shame - 62 NYker
wagon
I'm not a fan of 18" or 20" wheels,air-ride or 4 link suspension,I like
traditional style customs and hot rods,but a well engineered modification is not
butchering. A poorly restored or cobbed up redo is more of a butcher job than a
well done car like this one.This car probably would drive better than Chrysler
ever imagined back in '62,that's not butchering.And I know about the "This list
is for the preservation and restoration...." stuff,but reality is reality,mud
slinging isn't cool.
Adam Lindenbaum
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