Thanks to Tim Cleary, president of the American Station Wagon Owners Association, about 40 vintage American station wagons converged at Oxford Lanes in Dearborn, Michigan in late July for the Telegraph Cruise. Cleary gathered the faithful from as far away as Wisconsin to keep the station wagon flame alive. His unofficial motto--Save the whales: Restore a station wagon.--was evidenced at the get-together by a good number of restored vehicles.

Perhaps the most unusual wagon at the cruise was Adrian Clements' 1967 Ford Country Squire. While