and we've got a well-worn '73 Gran Torino wagon in Denver as today's Junkyard Treasure. I'm the right age to have spent my childhood in a Ford station wagon, but my family never had a wagon.

Back in those days, it was expected that you'd tie large items to the roof of your wagon during road trips. With a 2-barrel 351 Cleveland V8, 120 mph would have required a serious downhill grade ...

While I'm still searching for a VW 411 or 412, it's not too hard to find a Type III wagon ... 73, spotted in the same South Shore neighborhood seen in Robert Bechtle's painting, Alameda Gran Torino.

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