Originally Posted by
madpogue
^^^^ A lot of late '60s American station wagons had a rear facing third seat, since you hopped in from the back. Some Fords (including that Meteor, probably) actually had a back gate that opened like a door and dropped down like a tailgate.
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and all of us of a certain age can recall the telly adverts with coach Ara Parseghian demonstrating Ford's 3-way option tail gate
"hand off, pass or keep"
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