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!
Looks like the safety standards were really lax back then. (the baby etc.)
The dash board was made of metal. The seat-belts only existed in the front seat and those were optional (notice there are no shoulder harnesses at all? Its not that the safety standards were lax, its that they didn't exist.
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Especially since people drove conservatively back then! Turns were slow and deliberate (bias-ply tires could only handle so much without screeching), top-speeds were limited (remember 3-on-the-tree?), and drum brakes only gave you the 'notion' of stopping.
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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.
This was worth waiting 13 years for, they are worth a great deal of money now. I love things that I can fix!
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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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!
It was the '60s. The only seat belts were in the front, and they were only lap belts anyway.
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Oooh, they had SO much space in the back. We just upgraded our 2009 station wagon and it was very hard to find a newer one with a decent amount of space in the back. They've made the space shorter, and the back door slopes more steeply, cutting of the height. The side windows are tiny. "Everyone wants SUVs now" one salesman said. No, not everyone. I think its' ridiculous that people drive those things around suburbia. They're so damn big I don't know how you wash the roof. :-) You can't see past them when reversing out of an adjoining parking space. Cars in general are so much bigger now that parking spaces laid out years ago aren't wide enough anymore. We found a stationwagon in the end, but the dog can only just stand upright in the back without banging her head and she's only a medium sized dog.
How can this be "vintage?" Doesn't vintage mean old ? Oh. Never mind.
When I was a kid, we had a 1967 Chevy Belair station wagon in Lemans blue. It pulled a 17 foot Scamper travel trailer all over North America for years and was only retired in 1976 after it rusted apart in little chunks. ...///... The bodies of those cars were horrible, but that simple, twit-proof 350 cu" engine never died. It's one of the best engines ever made in North America.
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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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!
It was the '60s. The only seat belts were in the front, and they were only lap belts anyway.
Load More Replies... Oooh, they had SO much space in the back. We just upgraded our 2009 station wagon and it was very hard to find a newer one with a decent amount of space in the back. They've made the space shorter, and the back door slopes more steeply, cutting of the height. The side windows are tiny. "Everyone wants SUVs now" one salesman said. No, not everyone. I think its' ridiculous that people drive those things around suburbia. They're so damn big I don't know how you wash the roof. :-) You can't see past them when reversing out of an adjoining parking space. Cars in general are so much bigger now that parking spaces laid out years ago aren't wide enough anymore. We found a stationwagon in the end, but the dog can only just stand upright in the back without banging her head and she's only a medium sized dog.
How can this be "vintage?" Doesn't vintage mean old ? Oh. Never mind.
When I was a kid, we had a 1967 Chevy Belair station wagon in Lemans blue. It pulled a 17 foot Scamper travel trailer all over North America for years and was only retired in 1976 after it rusted apart in little chunks. ...///... The bodies of those cars were horrible, but that simple, twit-proof 350 cu" engine never died. It's one of the best engines ever made in North America.
