To bring working animals back to the city streets, I decided to build a commercial horse-drawn wagon in 2010. My project would allow me to sell bread and produce directly from my wagon parked on ...

However, the adoption of metal frames and bodies was gradual, unlike the comparatively quick replacement of horse-drawn wagons by automobiles. Indeed, in the 1960s and 1970s, cars with wooden ...

Horse-drawn carriages, boats ... Surfers in the '60s gravitated toward wood-paneled wagons. | Ed Freeman/Stone via Getty Images Wood was still desirable, but its lack of durability was a problem.