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The woodie was also closely associated with surfers and Surf-rock, e.g., “I bought a ’34 wagon and we call it a woodie" from the classic "Surf City" by Jan and Dean or the 1963 instrumental "Boogie Woodie" by The Beach Boys. In 1995, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 15 cent stamp commemorating the woodie wagon. [12]
English: Construction of a wooden-framed station wagon body, 17 December 1947, New South Wales, Australia copy from gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, Home and Away - 11503 Date 17 December 1947
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.
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 ...
The 1962 model Chrysler wagons were created by mating their respective front ends to the updated body of the 1961 Plymouth wagon. [16] Similarly, the Dodge Custom 880 also mated its 1962 front end to the 1961 Plymouth wagon body. The 1961 Plymouth body was utilized because it was the only finless full-sized Chrysler Corporation wagon.
The improved and larger Keller "Super Chief" Woodie Station Wagon, it seems, was deemed quite acceptable. The franchise dealer network, too, was rapidly becoming a reality. The real problem, and the principal cause of delay, was the need for some $5 million to pay for production tooling and initial supply of parts.
The 4-door convertible, offered in 1940, was gone, but a station wagon was added. The woodie wagon's body behind the engine cowl was identical to Ford's, and produced at the company's Iron Mountain plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The "Eight" script was moved to the rear of the hood. 90,556 Mercury Eights were sold in the 1941 model year.
A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid. [1]