Trusty, rusty and totally cool

Windsor resident Bill Tighe likes his cars big, rusty and trusty. Tighe, 60, draws a lot of laughs, waves, comments and “thumbs up” waves of approvals from admirers. The reason is his 1964 Ford Galaxy Country sedan wagon painted in a beautiful combination of light green rust.
OK, remember the clunky station wagon the Griswold family drove in the National Lampoon’s vacation movie?
Now imagine the same type of car a good 40 plus years later, minus Aunt Edna on the roof.
“It was like this when I bought it,” said Tighe, retired from Chrysler.
“All I did was put new tires on it and T-Bird hubcaps. Other than that I didn’t do anything to it.”
No kidding … which is what makes the wagon so cool.
“Everybody just loves it,” Tighe said. “I guess it’s that special patina. That’s the way I like them.”
Tighe has been in every Woodward Dream Cruise.
“Last year, I drove a 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne,” Tighe said. “Original paint job only, of course.”