Have you always wanted that 70s dune buggy experience but been put off by the lack of a set of usable back seats? Fear not, Daily Turismo has got the solution for you -- a custom built Meyers Manx with room for four people. Find this 1962 Meyers Manx offered for $4,750 in San Jose, CA via craigslist.
The builder of this next car must have thought: Why should people without kids have all the fun? Those without a rowdy brood in the nest already have less stress, more sleep, a clean house, and money in the bank --why should they get to have all the fun on wheels too? Let's build a classic hot rod that can haul ass or stinky ass kids. Find this 1965 Pontiac GTO Wagon here on eBay bidding for $12,600 reserve-not-met with 5 days to go, located in Mineola, NY.
I know what you are thinking. Who wants to read a feature about a crummy 1996 Oldsmobile Aurora? Look closer, however, and you will find that this is actually two crummy Buick Regals that have been sawed in half and welded together. The question is, what would you do with it? Find this 1991 & 1992 Conjoined Regal(s) for $3,500 via craigslist.
The last of the classic full-sized American built station wagons (Buick Roadmaster or Chevrolet Caprice) rolled off GM's assembly line in Arlington, Texas in 1996-- but in another time those things clogged the roads filled with families doing things like going to church or traveling to Aunt May's house for a weekend of running around in the woods. To say they handled like a boat is, frankly, an insult to boats, but if you want to relive the summer days of riding backwards in a smoldering hot car, I don't think you could go wrong with this thing. Find this 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 Custom Ranch Wagon offered for $12,900 in Grand Rapids, MI via GRAutoGallery. Tip from Michael.
This next feature comes as a tip with full commentary from Andy L: For many of us belonging to a certain age group (old), there are a
set of fond memories surrounding a giant station wagon. Mine revolve
around a certain car belonging to my aunt and uncle who lived down the
street and had eight kids. I am a car guy and I cannot remember the
make, year or model of their boat. I do remember it was green, the way
it smelled, and the texture of the carpet in the far back where we used
to ride. I also remember getting inside on summer days and feeling the
blazing hot vinyl and, hotter still, those useless metal square stalks
with buttons that sprouted from between the rear seats. Find this 1970 Pontiac LeMans Wagon offered for $6,500 in Vermillion, SD via craigslist.
In the late 1970s, it didn't look good for the future of Chrysler, but two guys (Lee Iacocca and Hal Sperlich) pushed something they initially called "Magic-wagons" to the consumer. The concept was simple, make a van out of an economy compact platform (GM did this with the Corvans a few decades earlier, Ford with the Falcon Club Wagon) but avoid the pitfalls of making them too complex or too truck-like. Soccer moms around the word rejoiced as the minivan was born. Find this 1987 Dodge Caravan offered for $2,600 in Columbus, OH via craigslist. Tip from Justin.
When you mention the topic of customized McDonalds themed vehicles, I can't help but instantly picture the 26" rim equipped Regal donk that made rounds on the internet a few years ago...but this next feature isn't colored like a set of legos and is surprisingly restrained for what it is. Find this 1986 Ford E-150 Van Conversion here on eBay
offered for $4,250 buy-it-now with 4 days to go, located in Surprise, AZ. 
The W211 generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class was built starting in 2002, right in the middle of the whole Daimler-Chrysler mess, so you would be correct to be wary. However, the E-Class was always the bread & butter of the Mercedes lineup and didn't get the same cheapen-till-they-buy approach of the lowly C-Class, nor the needless complexity-for-the-sake-of-it mass approach taken on the S-Class, so you might be able to drive a W211 around for a few years without refinancing your house to pay for maintenance. Find this 2004 Mercedes E500 4Matic Wagon offered for $8,900 in Memphis, TN via craigslist.
The Saab 95 wagon (1959-1978) is one of the best seat-to-door ratios you can get in a vintage car this side of an old school bus. The 95 was always equipped with rear facing seats to allow a total of 7 human beings the chance to ride around, albeit slowly, in a Scandinavian front driver. Today's 95 is a smurf blue survivor -- find this 1970 Saab 95 V4 wagon offered for $2,800 in Mountain View, CA via craigslist. Tip from Kaibeezy.
In the "completely boring when it was new but somehow cool and interesting now" category, please direct your attention to the specimen below. It is slow, pedestrian, and cheap - but if you need a commuter car and want something quirky yet still useful and reliable, compare this to anything else in the sub-$3k price range and it starts to look pretty decent. Regardless of cool factor, it seems to be an amazing survivor. Find this 1984 Toyota Camry Liftback for sale in Burbank, CA for only $2500 via craigslist.
The Radio Flyer Forester from the other day was questioned for its stance and aerodynamic efficiency, but personally I found the entire setup very cool from a novelty perspective. Suppose for a minute that the builder was into boats instead of kid's wagons and classic muscle instead of turbo Scoobs...would he have built this 1963 Ford Ford Country Sedan Wagon with pod and boat offered for $15,000 in Seattle, WA via craigslist? Tip from FuelTruck.
The 5th generation Mercury Colony Park was a battleship sized sedan from
Ford and shared its body-on-frame chassis with the Mercury Monterey,
Park Lane, Montclair, Commuter...plus Ford Galaxie, LTD and Country
Squire - basically anything from Ford's lineup that affects the tide when it moves. The "Lincoln Continental of station wagons" was a rolling slab of steel
covered in a few large strips of genuine fake timber -- the perfect ride for a 60's large family. Find this 1968 Mercury Colony Park offered for $7,400 in Amityville, NY via craigslist.
The sixth generation Chevrolet/GMC Suburban was sold from 1960 to 1966 as full sized extended length sport utility vehicle. The Suburban name is actually the longest running automobile nameplate in production in the history of the world, with the name first used for the 1935 model year. Today's example has been modified by Armbruster-Stageway (first established in 1880 in Arkansas to build
stage coaches for pioneers heading west) who added a few sets of doors and
stretched the wheel base considerably and then opened the top for the ultimate safari/tour vehicle. Find this 1964 GMC Suburban Custom offered for $9,500 in Marysville, CA via craigslist. Tip from Chebby.
We here at DT have a mission to get as many cars into our garages as possible for as many different types of driving; but there's one type of vehicle that is hard for many of us to escape. Something to haul the wife and kids to work/school everyday that isn't prone to unexpected delays due to mechanical failure. Hunsbloger keeps pounding us with his low cost of ownership and operation of no less than 4 Tauri/Sable as the cheapest way to get something safe, economical and most of all cheap enough to afford us the opportunity to spend our hard earned cash elsewhere. Trust us when we tell you that is the only reason this 80,000 mile 2000 Ford Taurus Wagon, with Duratec V6 offered at $3,400 here on eBay
is gracing our pages this morning. The low mileage ones are all but gone, which makes this 80,000 mile example worth your time to consider.
The first generation Chevrolet Chevelle was based on GM's A-body
platform and the wagon version is one of my favorites from the A-body. The Chevelle Malibu wagon lacks the crazy vista-roof that is available in the Buick Sportwagon version, but in my book, clean styling trumps questionable additions that leak when it rains and sunburns your kids when it is sunny. Find this 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Wagon here on eBay
currently bidding for $17,100 reserve-not-met with 1 day to go located in New Jersey.
The first generation Dodge Caravan was built on the Chrysler S platform (along with the Plymouth Grand Voyager and Chrysler Town & Country), which was closely related to the Chrysler K-Car. For a few years Dodge built a turbocharged version of the front-drive people carrier, but what if the madmen at Shelby Automotive had gotten their hands on one? Find this 1989 Dodge Turbo Caravan offered for $1750 in Warren, MI via craigslist. Tip from 300whpcrx.