Editing Station wagon (section)

====Dual and tri-operating gates====
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In the United States, Ford's full-size station wagons for 1966 introduced a system marketed as "Magic Doorgate"—a conventional tailgate with retracting rear glass, where the tailgate could either fold down or pivot open on a side hinge—with the rear window retracted in either case. Competitors marketed their versions as a ''Drop and Swing'' or ''Dual Action Tailgate.''<ref name="pm"/> For 1969, Ford incorporated a design that allowed the rear glass to remain up or down when the door pivoted open on its side hinge, marketing the system, engineered by [[Donald N. Frey]]<ref name="time1">{{cite magazine|url= https://time.com/archive/6890312/autos-the-thinker-detroit-style/ |title=The Thinker (Detroit Style) |magazine=Time |date=21 April 1967 |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> as the "Three-Way Magic Doorgate". 

Similar configurations became the standard feature on full-size and intermediate station wagons from General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC).<ref>{{cite web |access-date=1 July 2024 |page=4 |title=American Motors Presents: four ways you can be the 1970 wagon master (brochure) |url=https://oldcarbrochures.org/United%20States/AMC/1970_AMC/1970-AMC-Wagons-Brochure/slides/1970_AMC_Wagons-04.html |website=oldcarbrochures.org}}</ref> Some full-size GM wagons added a notch in the rear bumper that acted as a step plate; a small portion of the bumper was attached to the tailgate to fill the gap. When opened as a swinging door, this part of the bumper moved away, allowing the depression in the bumper to provide a "step" to ease entry; when the gate was opened by being lowered or raised to a closed position, the chrome section remained in place making the bumper "whole".