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A woodie (or a woodie wagon) is a wood-bodied automobile, that became a popular type of station wagon the bodywork of which is constructed of wood or is styled to resemble wood elements. The appearance of polished wood gave a resemblance to fine wooden furniture and on many occasions the wood theme continued to the dashboard and inner door ...
The Wagon's all-steel body was sometimes painted as a woodie. The Jeep Wagon was designed in the mid-1940s by industrial designer Brooks Stevens. [7] Willys did not make their own bodies, car bodies were in high demand, and Willys was known to have limited finances.
During the 1941 model year, the 1941 Chrysler Town & Country four-door, eight-passenger station wagon made its debut as Chrysler's entry to offer wooden doors and body panels, or "woodie" with an all-steel roof. Using wood in vehicle production was not a new approach as most cars built from the 1900s through 1930s regularly used wood for body ...
4. Chrysler Town & Country. Years produced: 1941-2016 Original starting price: $2,950 Before automakers covered their station wagons in fake wood paneling, Chrysler had the first real “woodie ...
Three variations — Speedway, DeLuxe and Plainsman — were offered, each with a coupe and sedan, plus a DeLuxe three-door woody wagon. USHCO/USB&F built a small run of station wagon bodies for Willys. Five examples were built on model 440 coupe chassis in 1940, and a second group of five in 1941 on model 441 coupe chassis.
A 1948 Ford woodie station wagon, one of the last of the all-wood bodied wagons The final year for the old-style Ford was 1948, with an all-new model launched partway through the year. The wood-sided Sportsman convertible, supplied by the Ford Iron Mountain Plant , ended the year with just 28 built, and the all-wood bodies on the woody station ...
The Station Sedan used a combination of steel framing and body parts along with structural wood panels made from northern birch to create a "woody" station wagon-like car due to the growing popularity of them after World War II. Unlike other woody wagons of the day, which used wooden passenger compartments mounted to chassis of a particular car ...
As part of the Redline era, this model captures the charm of a classic 1931 Ford Woody wagon, complete with vintage styling and surf-themed appeal. The brown paint variation is incredibly scarce ...