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If you’re just turning 21, you have no idea what you missed. The station wagon was the ultimate creation for both kids and adults. Dad could haul just about anything smaller than a full-size GE Frigidaire, or enough lumber to build that tree fort you just had to have (what, you didn’t have a tree [...]
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Hemmings Motor News subscribers will soon be receiving their April 2011 issues, and on page 40, they’ll find the “Antique Ads” story detailing Volvo’s humorous, eye-catching and ultimately successful attempt to sell station wagons b... Read Post

Another Hershey meet is in the books, and for the second year in a row I laid my eyes upon what looks to be the same 1979 Honda Civic wagon.  A reminder that the ‘79 Honda started my Wagon Snippet segment on this blog and that it wa... Read Post

The idea of using an SUV as a family car was still a fairly novel concept back in 1979. That didn't stop Jeep from singing the praises of their station wagon alternative Cherokee and it's family hauling ability. While conventional t... Read Post