TRANSFORMER XW GT VAN

Ford during the early 1960s didn’t sell many panel vans and there was a good reason for that. The cargo area was no taller than in the station wagon, making an XK-XP van next to useless as a delivery vehicle.

Back in those days, panel vans were viewed purely as practical devices, but then along came the long-haired, sand-stained surfers who would strap some boards to the roof of their old Holden and roam our country’s expansive coastline.

"DURING THE 1970S, EVEN AS ‘VAN CULTURE’ EVOLVED FORD STILL SOLD FEWER OF THEM THAN DID HOLDEN"

During the 1970s, even as ‘van culture’ evolved, Ford still sold fewer of them than did