If you grew up in and around the ’60s and ’70s you no doubt have spent some time in the back of a station wagon of some kind–no seatbelts, rear window down, pulling in enough exhaust fumes to knock out an entire Little League team cranked up on Red Vines and Coca-Cola. Ford, Chevy, Pontiac, Chrysler, Jeep, Buick, Oldsmobile, AMC, Cadillac, and more all made extended family haulers of just about every shape and size. Back then we didn’t have thoughts about them being cool—probably due to just about every family having one, and in our youthful eyes, the more wood siding, the less cool they were. It wouldn’t be long before the minivan replaced the station wagon, which has since been rolled over by today’s SUV.
Rick Van Unen has
