San Diego Highwayman - Wagon for sale

[TheDude]

This one is very local and sort of sad. In San Diego, for decades we had this guy who would drive around in a 1956 Ford Courier wagon and help people stuck on the side of the road. I'd usually see him during rush hour changing someone's tire or giving them a gallon of gas etc. Sort of a local fixture around these parts forever.

Here's a short video about him


Here's a story about him on the local news


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Highwayman

And sadly here's the car. I think her replaced the one in the video with another after the original was wrecked.
https://www.copart.com/lot/64553173/salvage-1956-ford-courier-ca-san-diego

The car was at the San Diego Auto Museum for several years so not sure how it ended up like this.

 

[mach71351c]

I used to haul sand from golden acorn casino Campo back down to San Diego. I can't tell you how many times I seen him up and down Interstate 8. Very cool.

 

[TheDude]

Same. I'd see him from way out east up toward the casino all the way to the coast for decades. There's a part of me that wants to go buy that car, it needs to be on the road.