Goodbye to my 1968 Ford LTD. After 6 months on the market it is not going to the great chopping block in the sky, but suprisingly to New Zealand!
Apparently old classic cars are next to impossible to get over there, so there is a guy that buys them here, pays $3,000 (per car!)to get them shipped over in containers on boats, then pays all of the import taxes, before restoring them completely and selling them for an incredibly high mark up. Who knew?
I’m happy that the car is going to someone who will take care of the car and not crash it.. (like the parents who were looking to buy the LTD for their 16 year old son!) And I know that it is an inanimate object, but I still ended up crying when the import buyer drove my old car away. I’m silly I know. It was my first car that was my own… (ok, technically I owned 1/4th of it, while Devon owned the other 3/4ths, but still… I owned the 1/4th with the steering wheel and gas pedals.) It got me around Seattle for the last 3 years, and I’m sad to see it go.
I had wanted to Photoshop a picture of the LTD in front of Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings, but unfortunately my Photoshoping skills are severely lacking. Oh well. It’s the thought that counts.
Have fun in New Zealand, LTD. I hope you kick some ass in street races over there!