This video made me cry thinking about my childhood, my Dad, and the trips we went on. This car was made back when America took pride in what we made. There's not one new car on the road today that had any appeal for me. I'd rather have this wagon than 10 New Mercedes.
Gregory Davis Hey Greg, and Dario, Dad brought meto the FORD dealership to picked out a Ford wagon in 1970 and man oh man at the age of 8 I never felt so much responsibility the light Blue Loaded Country Sedan, or the year old Red Country Squire. I new rust would come sooner or later living in the NE so of course I picked the NEWER one and man oh man. All my childhood memories as a family revolve around that car. We had it for almost 8 years. As a kid that’s a long time. We loved the (WAY BACK SEATS) and we were a family of 7. We often had a friend along on our day trips, and little vacations. Coolers and all of us packed up in the wagon. This song hit home LOVE IT!
I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, the EPA essentially outlawed big wagons by passing CAFE regulations that considered wagons as “cars” and required them to meet an EPA standard that was unable to be met by V8 powered wagons. SUVs and Minivans, on the other hand, are classified as “Light Trucks” and as such, get laxed fuel standards. Hopefully the EPA gets disbanded, Americans want big cars and should be allowed to buy them.
We had a 1972 country squire with the 400 v8. We told to travel trailer all around the United States would 5 of us and a dog in there and you'd never even know the trailer was behind the car that car was a beast for real family car!
What a great video of a true 1970's classic wagon - "The Ford Country Squire!" I had one just like in the video and it was a tank that rode like velvet. These big wagons were the best they ever built.
When I was in my 20s, I worked for Collier Encyclopedea as a door to door salesman. We had a fleet of cars at our disposal which included a Mercedes, Buick Regal, AMC Hornet, and a big Ford Gran Torino wagon. My favorite car? That big Ford wagon. After working all day, I was the designated driver while everyone else slept as I made the 50 mile trip back home at 110 MPH. That Ford wagon w/the 460 oozed down the highway so smoothly that no one noticed or I would have been fired on the spot.
My dad leased a new one every year from 1968 to 1974. They were always fully loaded LTD Country Squires with the big Boss 429 for power. They were always gold with wood tone sides and looked pretty cool. I remember hitting the highway and cruising at 85 - 95 MPH. They wouldn't do a 100 MPH unless going down a big hill though. They were really nice cars for family vacations. I drove my high school friends all over the place with them hanging out the windows raising hell many times. I have a lot of fond memories driving these humongous wagons down the road. It's sad to say, a smaller Chevy wagon blew my doors off with a 327 small block one day. Back then gas was 25 cents a gallon, so they were fairly cheap to drive until the oil embargo happened.
Back in the day.... :). When all families had wagons.....built like tanks, kids learned to drive on them, parallel park em, then appreciated and respected when we were able to borrow them.....if you were fortunate someone taught you some maintenance under the hood to keep them running, and the reality of keeping the gas gauge somewhere between E and F.. :)
My dad didn't drive a station wagon but he drove a 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis and I'll tell you that that was some of our best times as riding in that car
My father was a Ford Country Squire man, after having been unhappy with a Dodge wagon. I don't remember the Dodge, but I do remember the first CS, a '67. He replaced it with a '77. Us kids begged for the dual facing rear seats, which we got, but not the game table. When I got older, I drove the beast. So massive, so heavy, so cushy. No road feel whatsoever! But for all its faults, it was a great car, or at least I only have good memories of it.
My dad bought ours brand new in 1964. But it was the Country Sedan, not the Country Squire. Deal option was a 289 engine and a roof luggage rack. Made for a real load-this was not wimpy. No air conditioning, no radio. Manual steering, manual brakes. I was 5 years old in 1967 when we went across the country to California from Ohio and back. Damn near puked my guts out in the heat in August in the desert! I miss that old car!
Great memories of growing up with wagons we had a huge Dodge with rear air shocks and AC power windows locks 360 motor then later we had a 1981 Malibu Classic Wagon I still have it today , I love that this one has the 8 track in it still.
Love it! Have you noticed how families in the 50s-70s would pose for pictures with their car, all smiles, Dad and Mom looking proud. Do people do that anymore?
ill take a mint one tommorow like this one 1973 to 1978 this body style with small trim changes .my aunt francis had a 1975 dark blue one / and my buddies got a 77 bronze one with the great 460..hold me the f----k back raw power...they don't make them like this anymore they are cheap throwaways today with no style like the old ones with good build quality.....can we go back to the 70s and 80s god help us now .....good song i like it
my grandparents had a ford Ltd it wasn't a staion wagon it was a 4 door brown this sation wagon is clean this when cars where made better then today's cars great video
Hi from New Zealand and guess what a few Ford LTD Country Squirers are here in New Zealand classic car clubs and are in pristine original condition. Awesome beautiful station wagons.
damn good video. many a camping trip in our family squire. so true about that back seat being good for a vomit. every trip to Yosemite required a payment to the roadside latrine.
Not a fan of country music but I love this song. This was the car I grew up in and it ended up saving our lives too. 40 years later I have dreams of that car. It was very reliable very safe road.like a caddy and was faster than my mom's freinds vette and im.not exaggerating the power and sound of the engine is forever imbetted in me. Planning on one day buying one again.
My parents owned 3 of these in a row when I was a kid back in the 70’s and 80’s. My entire childhood has memories of family trips while we kids were sitting in the “way back” . We still owned one when I learned to drive, so it was my secondary driving experience (after learning stick shift on a Mercury Lynx). Good family fun memories! This song says it all.
I had a,1976 LTD Brougham (? spelling?) Loaded, Dual power seats, Climate control, Even power vent windows, 460 4bbl, dual exhaust with glass packs. Sounded tough when you got on it. I even dragged race to guy in a 1985 Monte Carlo SS who wanted to race... I actually beat him!
Had a '78 that we bought with less than 30K in November of '83 in that same shade of blue. Our older son, 3 1/2 at the time, named it the Battlewagon; when he turned 16 he claimed it and drove it for a year and a half until it threw a rod at 232K and had to be retired. He replaced it with our '85 Squire until he got a '92 T-Bird for HS graduation the next May. We had a couple of other used wagons along the way - a '68 Caprice Estate that was broadsided, leading to the purchase of the '78, and an '82 Plymouth UnReliant SE that was a great little wagon... when it ran... and then our last hauler, a '96 Windstar LX that we purchased new and finally sent to the salvage yard in 2013.
Thanks so much for posting that song with your beautiful Squire in the video! I've got a 1970 Country Squire that I just finished restoring. I've owned it 26 years and hope to own it 26 more (I'll be 82 by then!). Mine is ginger brown with matching interior, 429 V8, jump seats, roof rack and air conditioning (and Ford accessory paisley floor mats!). I bought it from the original owner for $500 back in 1992. Of course I have more than 40 times that much in it now but the car is pretty much like new now (with correct woodgrain paneling too). It's such a joy to drive!
Excellent Video! the song suits it perfectly :) It is so true how most memories are made in these big wagons. I own and drive a '78 Marquis Colony Park Wagon, It is my first car so hopefully I have lots of memories in it like your Country Squire. Made my day! Thanks for uploading :)
Please tell me it's cream yellow , I grew up and learned to drive in a 76 400 2bbl. Funny thing is. I got made fun of in high school,except on Friday nights. All my friends packed into it. Then all the sudden the captain of the cheerleader squad inherited her mother's and it was Identical and I wasn't so much of a joke anymore. The woman I later married lost her ahem.... well you get the picture on our first date in that beast. All 12mpg of beast. I LOVED that car.
The company my father worked for had a Brown metallic 1972 Ford LTD Country Squire. As a10 - 15 year old boy I could join him on long drives in that thing. On European roads it was a mammoth so huge and comfy. Fortunately we did not pay for the fuel ourselves.... I loved this car. There was one downside though, the condition for me accompanying my father, I had to clean and wax the car. That gives me still bad dreams, expecially the (fake) spoked wheels..... I can still feel my fingers and my arms after such a job.... Still, good memories as nobody in the Netherlands ever saw such an alien UFO. It was sold after 12 years very cheaply to some car dealer. I would have loved to buy it for that money, but as I was studying at university at the time, there was no way that I could pay for taxes, fuel and Insurance..... Still, after all the fun and all the hardship cleaning and waxing during all those years, I think I was somehow entitled to own that car. It was not to be. Sad. By the way, my father hated the Ford LTD. He was very much a Mercedes Benz S Class man (the company also had a 1972 MB 280S) and of course he was right. On European roads the car was a nightmare to drive. Too big and it just could not handle the European corner speeds and city driving.
One time, the bosses son woke up, looked at the speedometer, opened his mouth and drew in a large breath, smiled, and went back to sleep on his Father's shoulder. His father was my boss. With over 1,300 pounds of people in the car, that wagon was totally free of any harshness. The only thing heard was the faint sound of the exhaust. I am strictly a G.M. person but, you have to give credit where credit is due. When Ford put the "Ride Engineered" plaque on the dashbaord, they MEANT it.
This song is great !! and what a terrific wagon too !! My 3 year old daughter loves it, and I would like to play it to her on the guitar. Would anyone know the chords ? Also thanks and congrats for this really nice video !!
Great songwriting!! My husband and I have a '72 Chevelle Concours..but I have to admit, I would really love to have an early 70's Country Squire! Those wagons bring back so many memories for me too! :)
I bought the co-op in the same color, but I'm gonna switch the headlights out so I have to pull down headlight doors in the 1976. Just doing that 1 modification will make the car worth more. Behind the headlight doors will be 2 rectangular composite headlights. It looked like where Ford was headed before the mandatory downsizing a vehicles occurred.
I believe that family memories are made in these older cars because there is not the technology in them it's just basic simple get along with each other or else LOL
Here's an interesting story. My Dad bought a powder blue Country Squire brand new in 1975. Traded his 1972 Monte Carlo in for it after I was born (wished I was old enough to talk so I could've begged him to keep the Monte). Within a week the paint began to peel off the car. The dealer repainted the car 3 times and even sandblasted it once. The paint just wouldn't stick to the car. It got to the point where you could just peel the paint off of it with your hands like an orange. My Uncle was just starting his law career and convinced my Dad to sue Ford for a either new car or a full refund. They sued Ford and won. It was the first time anyone had successfully won a case against a major motor company in the USA due to a cosmetic defect rather than a mechanical problem. The case was settled in March 1978, and my dad drove home in a light yellow '78 model with wood paneling. This was the last year for this body style. John Stossel was a young reporter with ABC at the time and came down to the Ford dealership in New Jersey where my Dad bought the car and interviewed my Dad and my Uncle. He drove the 1978 Country Squire until 1984 and traded it in for a customized conversion van which were becoming popular at the time. My Uncle's lemon law career was propelled by the case. I still have great memories of the '78 wagon. We drove to Disney World twice in it.
Wow what a great story. I had to research the case and your uncle is still practicing as a Lemon Law Attorney in the State of New Jersey. The case was Pavesi vs. Ford Motor Company. Even on his profile page on his attorney website he talks about this case that you mentioned and how it made Congress inact Lemon laws for these types of unresolved cases. Thank you so much for posting your comment. I would love to have seen that interview with John Stossel but sadly those old tapes were never converted to any form of modern media that i can watch today off the internet. We had a dark jade green 1978 Ford Country Squire wagon which we kept for a very long time. I think around 1995 or so, we junked it because it had given us so many good years of life and my mother had gotten a new car during that time. We special ordered the car from a dealership in PA and it was delivered late in the 1978 model year. It's probably the prettiest and nicest car we've ever owned. It's exterior was in dark jade green metallic with the upgraded Landau Luxury interior. I miss that car so much and wish i would have taken the car into my possession near the end of it's life. You comment really is wonderful and i'm so excited that you posted it. Thank you.
@@klwthe3rd Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed my comment, and yes, the case you researched was the correct case. I was still a toddler in 1978, but I do remember some the ordeal and new yellow station wagon pulling up in our driveway. I have great memories of the car itself. It had the 351 engine, brown vinyl interior, wood paneling, hidden headlamps and luggage rack. It wasn’t the top of the line Landau model though. We had the Stossel interview on a VHS tape cassette for a long time. Quality was poor (I think it may have been converted from Betamax). I am not sure if my parents still have it or what condition it is in. The segment appeared on New York’s ABC news channel during the winter of that year. I could tell because there was snow on the ground in front of the Ford Dealership and my Dad picked up the car in March. My Uncle still practices law in New Jersey, but he is in his upper 70s now and isn’t taking as many cases as he used to. Thanks again for researching the case and showing interest.
@@shamish-2960 Your father and uncle are living automotive history in my eyes because of this lawsuit. Your comment was pretty far down the list that i almost missed it. 😥 If you could please ask your parents about that VHS video tape next time you see them, i would be so curious to know if it still is in their possession. Lovers of these Ford Country Squire wagons, for which i am one, would love knowing that it still exists in one form or another. It sounds like after all my research on the case, that when your father's original 1975 Ford Country Squire wagon was being built at the factory that somehow the front end got damaged and was resprayed(fixed, lol) at the plant before being shipped to Larson Ford. This point was discovered by the dealership bodyshop as he stated that the entire front clip of the car was a slightly different shade of blue than the rest when he attempted the first repaint. Back then, they used SOLVENT to strip the cars down and that was the issue with why the car's resprays kept peeling. It wasn't until the car was sandblasted that the paintjob held up. But the problem, according to the documents, was on the 3rd attempt to respray it with sandblasting, the sandblasting caused damage to other parts of the car's exterior and interior to the point that it would have cost more than the car was worth at that point to fix. This is why negoiations finally prevailed to as why your father got a NEW 1978 model. Can you imagine if that original powder blue 1975 Ford Country Squire wagon is still around somewhere???? I know you can pay for a Marti report detailing the car if you have the VIN number. When you ask your parents about the VHS tape, see if they have any older documentation to the VIN number of the 1975 wagon. I would love to have that Marti report on that car even if it wasn't mine. 😀
My neighbors had a burgundy one without the woodgrain. Another neighbor had an all light green one. Both family's had at least 4 or 5 kids to haul around. Just as popular as today's SUV's.
I would love to buy that car from you. I watched your other video over a year ago and commented on it back then how well preserved it was. I think I mentioned my parents bought one new in 1978. Noticed you're a Crown school bus fan too. So am I. For years I drove a 3 axle Crown school bus with a 300 big cam Cummins and a 10 speed transmission in the mountains of northern CA.
We got a 1970 model brand new 3 miles on it in early 71 brown wood grain 400 ci .It was a roller .I remember Dad saying $5000.00 was the price showing off playing it big and looking into it they were 4950.00 tops and him buying last years model at max curtis ford in lansing mich ..im sure he got it a bit cheaper.Five kids in are family ...Ford from the good lord.
I have a 1988 vic wagon and I couldn't be happier I'm 23 and since being younger all I ever wanted was a v8 wagon
This video made me cry thinking about my childhood, my Dad, and the trips we went on. This car was made back when America took pride in what we made. There's not one new car on the road today that had any appeal for me. I'd rather have this wagon than 10 New Mercedes.
Gregory Davis same as me man,no modern car can be as good as these wagons!
Gregory Davis Hey Greg, and Dario, Dad brought meto the FORD dealership to picked out a Ford wagon in 1970 and man oh man at the age of 8 I never felt so much responsibility the light Blue Loaded Country Sedan, or the year old Red Country Squire. I new rust would come sooner or later living in the NE so of course I picked the NEWER one and man oh man. All my childhood memories as a family revolve around that car. We had it for almost 8 years. As a kid that’s a long time. We loved the (WAY BACK SEATS) and we were a family of 7. We often had a friend along on our day trips, and little vacations. Coolers and all of us packed up in the wagon. This song hit home LOVE IT!
Bravo from Bulgaria
What a lovely post. I’m driving my squire to Blenheim Palace This weekend. A nice road trip
forget about an suv if u grew up in the 70s and 80s this was the family vehicle , miss those days
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I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, the EPA essentially outlawed big wagons by passing CAFE regulations that considered wagons as “cars” and required them to meet an EPA standard that was unable to be met by V8 powered wagons. SUVs and Minivans, on the other hand, are classified as “Light Trucks” and as such, get laxed fuel standards. Hopefully the EPA gets disbanded, Americans want big cars and should be allowed to buy them.
We had a 1972 country squire with the 400 v8. We told to travel trailer all around the United States would 5 of us and a dog in there and you'd never even know the trailer was behind the car that car was a beast for real family car!
What a great video of a true 1970's classic wagon - "The Ford Country Squire!" I had one just like in the video and it was a tank that rode like velvet. These big wagons were the best they ever built.
When I was in my 20s, I worked for Collier Encyclopedea as a door to door salesman. We had a fleet of cars at our disposal which included a Mercedes, Buick Regal, AMC Hornet, and a big Ford Gran Torino wagon. My favorite car? That big Ford wagon. After working all day, I was the designated driver while everyone else slept as I made the 50 mile trip back home at 110 MPH. That Ford wagon w/the 460 oozed down the highway so smoothly that no one noticed or I would have been fired on the spot.
It's a big giant American Station wagon.
A prime example of a car that has character! Great song, great video, great car!
My dad had the exact car colour and all back in 1978...wow. Still as big as I remember..lol
My dad leased a new one every year from 1968 to 1974. They were always fully loaded LTD Country Squires with the big Boss 429 for power. They were always gold with wood tone sides and looked pretty cool. I remember hitting the highway and cruising at 85 - 95 MPH. They wouldn't do a 100 MPH unless going down a big hill though. They were really nice cars for family vacations. I drove my high school friends all over the place with them hanging out the windows raising hell many times. I have a lot of fond memories driving these humongous wagons down the road. It's sad to say, a smaller Chevy wagon blew my doors off with a 327 small block one day. Back then gas was 25 cents a gallon, so they were fairly cheap to drive until the oil embargo happened.
We, my brother, sister and I made those memories in a wagon like that. Brought tears to eyes,, RIP dad I miss you.
Back in the day.... :). When all families had wagons.....built like tanks, kids learned to drive on them, parallel park em, then appreciated and respected when we were able to borrow them.....if you were fortunate someone taught you some maintenance under the hood to keep them running, and the reality of keeping the gas gauge somewhere between E and F.. :)
My dad didn't drive a station wagon but he drove a 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis and I'll tell you that that was some of our best times as riding in that car
Have owned many Mercurys and their Colony Park station wagon is still on of my favorites. Miss them a lot...
Super show thanks guys, just great.
My father was a Ford Country Squire man, after having been unhappy with a Dodge wagon. I don't remember the Dodge, but I do remember the first CS, a '67. He replaced it with a '77. Us kids begged for the dual facing rear seats, which we got, but not the game table. When I got older, I drove the beast. So massive, so heavy, so cushy. No road feel whatsoever! But for all its faults, it was a great car, or at least I only have good memories of it.
One of my favorites that wood grain so plush, so nice it really brings out full features in such a beautiful ride. They need to bring them back
my dad had the 1967 model with the 390 4 barrel, he took the family on Sunday drives, loved that car.
The 390 was a great motor, especially with the 4 barrel. My parents had a 1968. We loved that station wagon!
My dad had a 76 exactly like that but it was cream colored paint with the wood paneling and a reddish interior. Ohhh the good old days.
Love this! This is when cars were made like tanks!
Real cars.
My dad bought ours brand new in 1964. But it was the Country Sedan, not the Country Squire. Deal option was a 289 engine and a roof luggage rack. Made for a real load-this was not wimpy. No air conditioning, no radio. Manual steering, manual brakes. I was 5 years old in 1967 when we went across the country to California from Ohio and back. Damn near puked my guts out in the heat in August in the desert! I miss that old car!
Great memories of growing up with wagons we had a huge Dodge with rear air shocks and AC power windows locks 360 motor then later we had a 1981 Malibu Classic Wagon I still have it today , I love that this one has the 8 track in it still.
Awesome Song and a beatiful example of a great country squire. I have a mopar wagon myself and it's been the greatest classic car for us.
Family vacations ''Are we stopping soon gotta go to the washroom"" yeah 3 more hours" memories....haha
My Dad came to Canada in '72 and this was his first car.
ours was yellow with the wood trim. memories
My H.S. car was my dad's hand-me-down '68 Country Squire. Great car! Great memories! Thanks for posting this video.
Love it! Have you noticed how families in the 50s-70s would pose for pictures with their car, all smiles, Dad and Mom looking proud. Do people do that anymore?
Nope, everyone I'd spoiled and rotten now
ill take a mint one tommorow like this one 1973 to 1978 this body style with small trim changes .my aunt francis had a 1975 dark blue one / and my buddies got a 77 bronze one with the great 460..hold me the f----k back raw power...they don't make them like this anymore they are cheap throwaways today with no style like the old ones with good build quality.....can we go back to the 70s and 80s god help us now .....good song i like it
Color is absolutely gorgeous
I have an 1985 squire also its a cool old wagon
my grandparents had a ford Ltd it wasn't a staion wagon it was a 4 door brown this sation wagon is clean this when cars where made better then today's cars great video
Es un Gran Wagon, preciosa, quisiera tener la oportunidad de tener una así y espero poder tenerla, muchas felicidades tiene una linda Country Squire.
Nice music. Great music to go with the car. This video makes me want to have a Ford Country Squire more.
I still own my dads 1990 Ford Country Squire I love that wagon! Great video
thats now my Ford Country Squire. Bought 28.02.2015. Kind regards from Germany
Hi from New Zealand and guess what a few Ford LTD Country Squirers are here in New Zealand classic car clubs and are in pristine original condition. Awesome beautiful station wagons.
damn good video. many a camping trip in our family squire. so true about that back seat being good for a vomit. every trip to Yosemite required a payment to the roadside latrine.
Not a fan of country music but I love this song. This was the car I grew up in and it ended up saving our lives too. 40 years later I have dreams of that car. It was very reliable very safe road.like a caddy and was faster than my mom's freinds vette and im.not exaggerating the power and sound of the engine is forever imbetted in me. Planning on one day buying one again.
Wow... Big as an aircarrier.
My parents owned 3 of these in a row when I was a kid back in the 70’s and 80’s. My entire childhood has memories of family trips while we kids were sitting in the “way back” . We still owned one when I learned to drive, so it was my secondary driving experience (after learning stick shift on a Mercury Lynx). Good family fun memories! This song says it all.
I had a,1976 LTD Brougham (? spelling?) Loaded, Dual power seats, Climate control, Even power vent windows, 460 4bbl, dual exhaust with glass packs. Sounded tough when you got on it. I even dragged race to guy in a 1985 Monte Carlo SS who wanted to race... I actually beat him!
Please Mr Ford, make America great again.
Absolutely love these cars.
I miss my 76 great car. had great fun driving not just some of my friends, but all of them.
Guys a real American great.
I loved our blue, country squire.
They don't make them like that ANYMORE. Some of the Best Ever
We traveled every in that car!
Oh wow, What a nice song and video. These big wagons were so much more comfortable than todays SUV's, and I think they used less gas too.
I am still driving my 1984 Country Squire ...still lovin it
Had a '78 that we bought with less than 30K in November of '83 in that same shade of blue. Our older son, 3 1/2 at the time, named it the Battlewagon; when he turned 16 he claimed it and drove it for a year and a half until it threw a rod at 232K and had to be retired. He replaced it with our '85 Squire until he got a '92 T-Bird for HS graduation the next May. We had a couple of other used wagons along the way - a '68 Caprice Estate that was broadsided, leading to the purchase of the '78, and an '82 Plymouth UnReliant SE that was a great little wagon... when it ran... and then our last hauler, a '96 Windstar LX that we purchased new and finally sent to the salvage yard in 2013.
I don't care much for country... but... my love for the country squire makes me just smile and nod my head to this. Good shit man.
This song should be downloadable on iTunes! It's a great song!!!! I like your version best...
Awesome 😎!!
Love this song & your Country Squire too!
Grew up with this wagon in the 80's. Ours was a '73... my Dad nicknamed it "The B-73."
@thomshepherd2 Thanks for writing such a great song!
That was fantastic; well done and brought back a lot of memories.
Great wagon and video.
In 1978, one of the family cars was a '75 LTD. Best car to turn 16 in. Can't imagine trying to keep that gas tank full today.
BRILLIANTLY DONE !
I love it!
BEAUTIFUL car. LOve the color. And love the song.
Super cool. thanks!
Love it!
Love this! And that recreation table with the dual facing rear seats -- a rare thing to see.
awesome video, great car.
looks like it's in a very good shape.
keep on cruisin'
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GREAT song! I love it.
My mom's family had a Ford Country squire wagon and my mom road in it through out her child hood.
Thanks so much for posting that song with your beautiful Squire in the video! I've got a 1970 Country Squire that I just finished restoring. I've owned it 26 years and hope to own it 26 more (I'll be 82 by then!). Mine is ginger brown with matching interior, 429 V8, jump seats, roof rack and air conditioning (and Ford accessory paisley floor mats!). I bought it from the original owner for $500 back in 1992. Of course I have more than 40 times that much in it now but the car is pretty much like new now (with correct woodgrain paneling too). It's such a joy to drive!
Excellent Video! the song suits it perfectly :) It is so true how most memories are made in these big wagons. I own and drive a '78 Marquis Colony Park Wagon, It is my first car so hopefully I have lots of memories in it like your Country Squire. Made my day! Thanks for uploading :)
Me gusta la camioneta Ford LTD Contry Squire 1978
love your car!im driving a 76 continental in simular condition...these cars take me back in time
Looks sharp!
Wow it's beautiful my man!
I have a1976 Ford LTD Country Squire Wagon, and I have the rare Checker board you see at 0:55 in this video :)
Please tell me it's cream yellow , I grew up and learned to drive in a 76 400 2bbl. Funny thing is. I got made fun of in high school,except on Friday nights. All my friends packed into it. Then all the sudden the captain of the cheerleader squad inherited her mother's and it was Identical and I wasn't so much of a joke anymore. The woman I later married lost her ahem.... well you get the picture on our first date in that beast. All 12mpg of beast. I LOVED that car.
Nice!
Great song! Mom had a loaded ‘73. Loved that car!
Wow. I want one!
Watching this makes me want to get in my 77 ltd wagon right now but it's March here in Alberta. She stays off the salt belt until spring.
My uncle had an LTD convertible I wanted it same color as this Woodie
The company my father worked for had a Brown metallic 1972 Ford LTD Country Squire. As a10 - 15 year old boy I could join him on long drives in that thing. On European roads it was a mammoth so huge and comfy. Fortunately we did not pay for the fuel ourselves.... I loved this car. There was one downside though, the condition for me accompanying my father, I had to clean and wax the car. That gives me still bad dreams, expecially the (fake) spoked wheels..... I can still feel my fingers and my arms after such a job.... Still, good memories as nobody in the Netherlands ever saw such an alien UFO. It was sold after 12 years very cheaply to some car dealer. I would have loved to buy it for that money, but as I was studying at university at the time, there was no way that I could pay for taxes, fuel and Insurance..... Still, after all the fun and all the hardship cleaning and waxing during all those years, I think I was somehow entitled to own that car. It was not to be. Sad. By the way, my father hated the Ford LTD. He was very much a Mercedes Benz S Class man (the company also had a 1972 MB 280S) and of course he was right. On European roads the car was a nightmare to drive. Too big and it just could not handle the European corner speeds and city driving.
rode many a mile in the very back of one of those me and my brother.
One time, the bosses son woke up, looked at the speedometer, opened his mouth and drew in a large breath, smiled, and went back to sleep on his Father's shoulder. His father was my boss. With over 1,300 pounds of people in the car, that wagon was totally free of any harshness. The only thing heard was the faint sound of the exhaust.
I am strictly a G.M. person but, you have to give credit where credit is due. When Ford put the "Ride Engineered" plaque on the dashbaord, they MEANT it.
This song is great !! and what a terrific wagon too !!
My 3 year old daughter loves it, and I would like to play it to her on the guitar. Would anyone know the chords ? Also thanks and congrats for this really nice video !!
Muy lindo vehículo ❤
Nice music
Great songwriting!! My husband and I have a '72 Chevelle Concours..but I have to admit, I would really love to have an early 70's Country Squire! Those wagons bring back so many memories for me too! :)
Not sure what he concourse is
I bought the co-op in the same color, but I'm gonna switch the headlights out so I have to pull down headlight doors in the 1976. Just doing that 1 modification will make the car worth more. Behind the headlight doors will be 2 rectangular composite headlights. It looked like where Ford was headed before the mandatory downsizing a vehicles occurred.
I don't own this great car anymore. The 8 track worked when I had it and I'm sure it still does. Thanks for all the comments.
I believe that family memories are made in these older cars because there is not the technology in them it's just basic simple get along with each other or else LOL
VERY COOL! LOVE IT! Thanks for using my song!
Here's an interesting story. My Dad bought a powder blue Country Squire brand new in 1975. Traded his 1972 Monte Carlo in for it after I was born (wished I was old enough to talk so I could've begged him to keep the Monte). Within a week the paint began to peel off the car. The dealer repainted the car 3 times and even sandblasted it once. The paint just wouldn't stick to the car. It got to the point where you could just peel the paint off of it with your hands like an orange. My Uncle was just starting his law career and convinced my Dad to sue Ford for a either new car or a full refund. They sued Ford and won. It was the first time anyone had successfully won a case against a major motor company in the USA due to a cosmetic defect rather than a mechanical problem. The case was settled in March 1978, and my dad drove home in a light yellow '78 model with wood paneling. This was the last year for this body style. John Stossel was a young reporter with ABC at the time and came down to the Ford dealership in New Jersey where my Dad bought the car and interviewed my Dad and my Uncle. He drove the 1978 Country Squire until 1984 and traded it in for a customized conversion van which were becoming popular at the time. My Uncle's lemon law career was propelled by the case. I still have great memories of the '78 wagon. We drove to Disney World twice in it.
Wow what a great story. I had to research the case and your uncle is still practicing as a Lemon Law Attorney in the State of New Jersey. The case was Pavesi vs. Ford Motor Company. Even on his profile page on his attorney website he talks about this case that you mentioned and how it made Congress inact Lemon laws for these types of unresolved cases. Thank you so much for posting your comment. I would love to have seen that interview with John Stossel but sadly those old tapes were never converted to any form of modern media that i can watch today off the internet.
We had a dark jade green 1978 Ford Country Squire wagon which we kept for a very long time. I think around 1995 or so, we junked it because it had given us so many good years of life and my mother had gotten a new car during that time. We special ordered the car from a dealership in PA and it was delivered late in the 1978 model year. It's probably the prettiest and nicest car we've ever owned. It's exterior was in dark jade green metallic with the upgraded Landau Luxury interior. I miss that car so much and wish i would have taken the car into my possession near the end of it's life. You comment really is wonderful and i'm so excited that you posted it. Thank you.
@@klwthe3rd Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed my comment, and yes, the case you researched was the correct case. I was still a toddler in 1978, but I do remember some the ordeal and new yellow station wagon pulling up in our driveway. I have great memories of the car itself. It had the 351 engine, brown vinyl interior, wood paneling, hidden headlamps and luggage rack. It wasn’t the top of the line Landau model though. We had the Stossel interview on a VHS tape cassette for a long time. Quality was poor (I think it may have been converted from Betamax). I am not sure if my parents still have it or what condition it is in. The segment appeared on New York’s ABC news channel during the winter of that year. I could tell because there was snow on the ground in front of the Ford Dealership and my Dad picked up the car in March. My Uncle still practices law in New Jersey, but he is in his upper 70s now and isn’t taking as many cases as he used to. Thanks again for researching the case and showing interest.
@@shamish-2960 Your father and uncle are living automotive history in my eyes because of this lawsuit. Your comment was pretty far down the list that i almost missed it. 😥 If you could please ask your parents about that VHS video tape next time you see them, i would be so curious to know if it still is in their possession. Lovers of these Ford Country Squire wagons, for which i am one, would love knowing that it still exists in one form or another.
It sounds like after all my research on the case, that when your father's original 1975 Ford Country Squire wagon was being built at the factory that somehow the front end got damaged and was resprayed(fixed, lol) at the plant before being shipped to Larson Ford. This point was discovered by the dealership bodyshop as he stated that the entire front clip of the car was a slightly different shade of blue than the rest when he attempted the first repaint. Back then, they used SOLVENT to strip the cars down and that was the issue with why the car's resprays kept peeling. It wasn't until the car was sandblasted that the paintjob held up. But the problem, according to the documents, was on the 3rd attempt to respray it with sandblasting, the sandblasting caused damage to other parts of the car's exterior and interior to the point that it would have cost more than the car was worth at that point to fix. This is why negoiations finally prevailed to as why your father got a NEW 1978 model. Can you imagine if that original powder blue 1975 Ford Country Squire wagon is still around somewhere???? I know you can pay for a Marti report detailing the car if you have the VIN number. When you ask your parents about the VHS tape, see if they have any older documentation to the VIN number of the 1975 wagon. I would love to have that Marti report on that car even if it wasn't mine. 😀
want such cars back....
My neighbors had a burgundy one without the woodgrain. Another neighbor had an all light green one.
Both family's had at least 4 or 5 kids to haul around. Just as popular as today's SUV's.
Globe Globe was that light green called metallic pea?
I'm not sure, but if recall correctly, it had a slight metallic glint to it, which quickly faded since they never garaged it! LOL
Yup
Those old, american wagons are something very likeable....
Who else did ever build station wagons that are as saught after as sports cars?
I would love to buy that car from you. I watched your other video over a year ago and commented on it back then how well preserved it was. I think I mentioned my parents bought one new in 1978. Noticed you're a Crown school bus fan too. So am I. For years I drove a 3 axle Crown school bus with a 300 big cam Cummins and a 10 speed transmission in the mountains of northern CA.
We got a 1970 model brand new 3 miles on it in early 71 brown wood grain 400 ci .It was a roller .I remember Dad saying $5000.00 was the price showing off playing it big and looking into it they were 4950.00 tops and him buying last years model at max curtis ford in lansing mich ..im sure he got it a bit cheaper.Five kids in are family ...Ford from the good lord.
Why would you get rid of such a nice car?
we had one in 75, same blue color. before that was a vw bus, also blue. ride much smoother in ford