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23 Photos From The 60s Prove That Station Wagons Were The Coolest Cars Ever
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There is no doubt that the 60s were one of the most aesthetically pleasing eras in human history. From clothing and music to technology, everything looked like it came straight from a movie. Even now, many of us enjoy having a look at vintage photos and imagining what life was like more than 50 years ago.
One of the iconic creations from 60s was the station wagon – a car that was able to fit the entire family and looked more like a limo than your ordinary car. Also, nobody had to wear seatbelts!
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The Coleman stove and percolator bring back memories. You'd certainly have to clean up after dinner before you went to bed!
My dad had one as a loaner he took a bunch of friends an me for popcorn
Totally unrealistic. No one's thrown up because of motion sickness and the kids aren't killing each other.
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!
My dad still has a 68 rambler rebel with the rumble seat in the back ❤️
Something Special: A Wartburg Camping Wagon - Made In The Gdr.
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.
1960 Chevrolet Station Wagons
No wonder the road deaths per year back then was in the tens of thousands. "Also, nobody had to wear seatbelts!", isn't something to be proud of. Seatbelts came in to try to stop children becoming human missiles when the car suddenly stopped. Cool pics though.
I want a station wagon soooooo bad!!!! My husband thinks I'm crazy!
The last time I went car shopping I vowed it would be a station wagon because I knew these cars were vanishing. I bought a 2005 Mercury Sable Station wagon used in 2012. The car was fully equipped for 2005....leather seats every option possible for that year. I still have the car and sadly the Massachusetts winters are starting to take a toll on it.
I have a SUV, the modern equivalent of a station wagon. It seems like every time I go to the market other peoples kids will chase me yelling "MOM! MOM!" My advice to anyone who wants an SUV id do not buy a silver one!
No wonder the road deaths per year back then was in the tens of thousands. "Also, nobody had to wear seatbelts!", isn't something to be proud of. Seatbelts came in to try to stop children becoming human missiles when the car suddenly stopped. Cool pics though.
I want a station wagon soooooo bad!!!! My husband thinks I'm crazy!
The last time I went car shopping I vowed it would be a station wagon because I knew these cars were vanishing. I bought a 2005 Mercury Sable Station wagon used in 2012. The car was fully equipped for 2005....leather seats every option possible for that year. I still have the car and sadly the Massachusetts winters are starting to take a toll on it.
I have a SUV, the modern equivalent of a station wagon. It seems like every time I go to the market other peoples kids will chase me yelling "MOM! MOM!" My advice to anyone who wants an SUV id do not buy a silver one!