21 Photos From The 60s Prove That Station Wagons Were The Coolest Cars Ever

The Coleman stove and percolator bring back memories. You'd certainly have to clean up after dinner before you went to bed!

I like the dog as well

And that's the way they all became the Brady Bunch.

My dad had one as a loaner he took a bunch of friends an me for popcorn

Not a seat-belt in sight. Look at all of us "projectile children"!

Totally unrealistic. No one's thrown up because of motion sickness and the kids aren't killing each other.

The Joads.

They were ideal if you had a large family (7 in my family).

I remember when grocery stores just sold groceries.

Raggedy Ann!

Was this one of the models on which you could swing the tailgate to the side OR down? I remember thinking that was like magic!

The old Saab wagons were the best!

Looks like the safety standards were really lax back then. (the baby etc.)

Number plate says it all

For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't hit a bump!

My dad still has a 68 rambler rebel with the rumble seat in the back ❤️

I hate to break it to you, this is probably an early 90s photo.

We were still doing this in the 70's

Now that's downright sexy!

That isn’t a station wago though, it’s a pick-up truck.

As a person living in a former communist country, I can state (without being afraid of making a false statement) that people in the GDR did not do a lot of "camping" trips. Despite the name, the German Democratic Republic was anything but democratic, as its people were under a twofold dictatorship: the Soviet influence and the GDR leaders (that were no more than dictators, ruling with an iron fist called the STASI). For the regular GDR citizen, buying an automobile meant applying for it, getting their name on a waiting list (even that was difficult and required being "connected"), paying for it and then waiting between 5 and 13 years for an automobile such as a Trabant or a Wartburg. The "camping Limousine" was most likely manufactured in no more than 1000 units. America had it great since the '50s, Eastern Europe... not so much.