Kentucky Antique Store Hoping to Unload a Vintage Beauty

I took one look at this thing and was transported back to Interstates 65, 24, and 75 in 1973. Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida saw a lot of my family back in the day, but only once was it in a big old Ford station wagon. In fact, it looked exactly like this.

We only had that wagon one year; the last time I saw it was many decades ago behind Davis Funeral Home. It had become home to a great big wasp's nest by the back door. But we LOVED that car.

One of the reasons I visit classic car shows is to reminisce about a time when seeing these vintage beauties on the road was commonplace. I also go to fantasize about owning one.

I have to wonder how many memories a certain item at a Kentuckycars antique store has triggered. It's never occurred to me that such a store would sell something like a vintage station wagon, but that's exactly what Henderson KY's Corkscrew Curiosities is doing. Actually, I DON'T have to wonder how many memories it's triggered; I can tell by comment section that THAT has been taken care of.

I'm not sure quite why, but that beautiful rides LOOKS like a Loretta, so good name choice. Corkscrew Curiosities goes on to say:

<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">She’s been well maintained! One spot repaired on drivers seat leather, and back window struggles to go back up (an easy repair I was going to take on myself, but just haven’t) but otherwise in excellent shape for her age. I just unfortunately don’t get her out as much as I’d like and have other projects on the horizon.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Mileage is only about 125k!</div></div>

So, how many of you spent a lot of time in the back of one of those or something like it. Long before seatbelt laws, my sister and I played cars in the back of our old Ford, read comics while traveling, and just stared out the back at the motorists behind us.

Obviously, you can't do that now, but nostalgia trips can be a lot of fun. So can trips in the back of a vintage 70s-era station wagon.

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