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<blockquote data-quote="AlongCameJones" data-source="post: 3692872" data-attributes="member: 47875"><p>There really was never much market for big luxury boats or big family/big dog haulers designed to peel rubber with authority right out of the box. The muscle car buff with a German shepherd, a surfboard, a Saint Bernard, a Doberman Pinscher or a bull mastiff was largely overlooked. Station wagons were hot-rodded by young boys in coastal states as "surf wagons". This was a practice that started out in the early 1960's and went into the 1990's. They were tire-peelers designed to haul long surfboards and were a staple of California beach culture. They started out as stock station wagons their mothers, aunts or grandmothers may have previously owned. The traditional station wagon, in its heyday, was once stereotyped as a family woman's shopping cart. Later on, minivans and city-slick SUV's would be stereotyped with soccer moms. Old ambulances and hearses (meat wagons) have also been turned into such surf wagons. Another fad during the California surf craze was the lowly dune buggy. It was basically a Volkswagen Beetle converted into a weird open fat-tire contraption for driving over beaches. The '60's and '70's were the heyday for these. AMC Jeeps were also faddish in the '70's. CJ5 and such but I digress. If you had a family or a big dog, you were expected to drive a practical modestly-powered vehicle with a level of saneness and safety consciousness. Many old folks bought Cadillacs and Lincolns and such demographic were never known to be speed demons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlongCameJones, post: 3692872, member: 47875"] There really was never much market for big luxury boats or big family/big dog haulers designed to peel rubber with authority right out of the box. The muscle car buff with a German shepherd, a surfboard, a Saint Bernard, a Doberman Pinscher or a bull mastiff was largely overlooked. Station wagons were hot-rodded by young boys in coastal states as "surf wagons". This was a practice that started out in the early 1960's and went into the 1990's. They were tire-peelers designed to haul long surfboards and were a staple of California beach culture. They started out as stock station wagons their mothers, aunts or grandmothers may have previously owned. The traditional station wagon, in its heyday, was once stereotyped as a family woman's shopping cart. Later on, minivans and city-slick SUV's would be stereotyped with soccer moms. Old ambulances and hearses (meat wagons) have also been turned into such surf wagons. Another fad during the California surf craze was the lowly dune buggy. It was basically a Volkswagen Beetle converted into a weird open fat-tire contraption for driving over beaches. The '60's and '70's were the heyday for these. AMC Jeeps were also faddish in the '70's. CJ5 and such but I digress. If you had a family or a big dog, you were expected to drive a practical modestly-powered vehicle with a level of saneness and safety consciousness. Many old folks bought Cadillacs and Lincolns and such demographic were never known to be speed demons. [/QUOTE]
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