I assume he was as psyched about owning one as you are. Or did he all of a sudden realize what he had? (I remember you saying that you bought yours off a little old lady, or some such, for next to nothing.)

BTW, I was just looking at a web page about SHO wagons that says that Ford only ever built two. Do you know the provenance of yours? Is it one of those, or was it one modified after market?