We grow up, we get married, we have kids....poor guy

[69CoronetRT]

Going through some dealer records tonight.

Here's a guy that traded his 68 GTX for a 71 station wagon.....

 

[Big_John]

Let's hope the wagon was for a tow car for his race car.

 

[azblackhemi]

If he has kids he should've bought a 3 row wagon!

 

[CBODY67]

In another decade, but that guy seems to be the customer demographic that the Dodge Caravans with the "Sport Package" was designed for. Had the Charger alloy wheels, Eagle GTs, suspension upgrades, and ground effects on the sides. Trying to make a "minivan" acceptable to people who needed one and also wanted something different.

Different types of joy!

CBODY67

 

[polara71]

If he has kids he should've bought a 3 row wagon!

I saw that . You'd think he'd have at the least opted for an N code.

 

[mrfury68]

I get it. In 93 I sold my ‘89 Dodge Shadow ES Turbo after my first daughter was born. I bought an ‘87 Town & Country Turbo wagon to replace it. Gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[413]

These options were alot of money back in the day. Many people could barely afford the car payment without many options.

 

[azblackhemi]

These options were alot of money back in the day. Many people could barely afford the car payment without many options.

True, a big reason was most households were one income. Try surviving that way now!

 

[live4theking]

True, a big reason was most households were one income. Try surviving that way now!

You can do it, but you've gotta be frugal as all get out and very disciplined.

 

[57fury440]

I had a 1972 Barracuda that I bought new when my son was born. I never saw a reason to sell it. I still have it. I never understood how much crap people have to drag around for one little kid. A lot of kids, that is a different story.

 

[Finsinthemirror]

The documentation I have with my Fury lists a 49 Plymouth sedan being traded in on a new '58 Fury at the time... they didn't all go from great to lesser...

 

[Turbo301]

True, a big reason was most households were one income. Try surviving that way now!

We're a one-income household and it works just fine. Better, in fact, as my son doesn't have to face an empty house after school (nor a crappy bus ride there and back...).

FWIW I'd rather have the wagon than the GTX... maybe the guy was like me and LOOOOVED fuselage car styling, which is accentuated to the max on the wagons!

 

[67valiant 100]

Original owner of my car went from RM23H9 to ordering a PH23T0 when he started his family. Coolest dad on the block!

 

[Just Carbs]

Theres this guy. He meets this girl that comes with 4 little kids.
So, he trades his almost paid for Mini Cooper in for a new big family style gas hog something. I don't remember the exact something.
But I do remember she dumped him in the same year.

 

[MONC440]

True, a big reason was most households were one income. Try surviving that way now!

When my wife got pregnant we decided to go down to just one income so she could be home to raise our daughter. Ended up homeschooling her, now my daughter is in college making the dean’s list. Over the years I have sold ever toy I ever built to make ends meet for the family or our farm, honorable mentions; 70 340 Dart Go-Mango, 70 Plymouth Roadrunner Plum crazy 383 4 speed, 30 Model A coup, fenderless chopped with a 340 and many others. I bought them as projects built them, enjoyed driving them and sold them when I needed. Would I have kept them if I didn’t need the money maybe, probably but I would do it all over again to provide for my family. I just hope something doesn’t come along and derail my career so I can keep the Fury for as long as I want. A really good friend of mine is an engineer and he has every car he has ever built and I think that is up to around 30 now, he has a 40x100 pole barn just to store them. He was married later in life but has no kids. As far as I know he is just as happy with his life as I am with mine. It’s all about what you want in life.

 

[fury fan]

You can do it, but you've gotta be frugal as all get out and very disciplined.

And stay away from debt as much as possible.

Many people are very smart about managing debt to get things they couldn't otherwise afford - except that the purchased item is worn out and/or no longer sparkles long before the debt is paid. So they move the debt to some other lender and keep going.
Lather, rinse, repeat.

And that makes the heart grow accustomed to 'needing' things that don't last.

 

[live4theking]

And stay away from debt as much as possible.

Many people are very smart about managing debt to get things they couldn't otherwise afford - except that the purchased item is worn out and/or no longer sparkles long before the debt is paid. So they move the debt to some other lender and keep going.
Lather, rinse, repeat.

And that makes the heart grow accustomed to 'needing' things that don't last.

Cars are one of the worst things for losing their sparkle.
Avoiding debt is key. Learning delayed gratification is also helpful.