twisted frame wrote:Wow, progress already! I realize it's out of your hands but you sure have the knack for finding awesome Wags. It makes me wonder if there are any Supers in, say, a 100 mile radius of Boston, MA. I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't any at all but at the same time, you never know since it's special vehicles like this that get tucked away, whether that be in a rust-heavy region or not.
Did I name this thread the same as the red Super!? I am such a geek. Wow. I have to figure out out to change that. Sorry.
That guy, Greg, is a collector. He's got a writer already lined up for some write up for some automotive magazine and everything. He's not a Jeep guy, but into anything unique and "rare". He's not wasting any time whatsoever. He started buying up Super parts (clock and hood ornaments) before he sent me the final payment.
I'd say there probably are a few Supers in the area if people took care of them. Boston is a rust zone and from what I remember, there are not a lot of older cars on the road there due to it being part of the rust belt.
Years ago, maybe 20, or more, I bumped into a guy while I was at the wrecking yard and he saw my 66 truck and he struck up a conversation about jeeps.
After a bit, he tells me about how he owns many acres and lets a guy live in his property for free in exchange for keeping the acreage brush free, clean, etc.
He then adds that he has a Super Wagoneer that he lets the guy use on the property to putt around in and drive down to the mailbox and back.
I kind of laugh it off like he's pulling my leg, but ask him if he'd sell it, or let me come take a look at it. He said no, and came up with a few excuses as to why he wouldn't let anyone on his property. We did trade phone numbers, though.
About a month later, I hit up the wrecking yard and see a 68 Super Wagoneer, White, with a red interior sitting out in the wrecking yard with only the emblems missing.
I root through the center console and find paperwork, registration, bills and some hand written notes- the phone number on one of the bills is the same phone number as the number of guy who told me he'd never sell his. Um, what?
What the heck!? He got 150.00 from the wrecking yard for that Super. I certainly would've paid more than that for it. So I stripped it clean and sold off what I didn't use, or want.
I could tell you two similar stories about some 1414X models. I even found a 60's E type sitting in a garage, a 60's corvette stingray lost in the weeds. 60's uncut Broco. The owners didn't want to sell.
The point of my rambling story is that they ARE out there.
I think it's cool to find the neglected and discarded stuff and be there at the right time when the rig is worth saving and the owner finally decides they won't get to the resto so it can be saved. What can't be saved whole can be used to help keep other rigs on the road.
This is still one of my favorite finds: