Not all woodies are
wagons - the Ford Sportsman, and the MoPar Town &
Country are examples of heavily wooded non-wagons.
Yes, Packard did make a woody wagon, and they
also managed to make it look quite stylish, apart from the doors.
Jack Deluca's Morris Traveller stands out as the
least likely woody that you might expect to see at Santa Cruz. Note
the '37 Ford headlights.
Split-screen Fords, with just a touch of timber,
make this a shot to appeal to most of us.
Do you shout "Timber!" when you chop the top of a
woody? Rick Hirst's rare '41 Ford is obviously not a
restoration.
Art & Louise Fortin took some time out from
cruising to rest their '35 Ford woodie.
If you have a fabulous '40 Ford woodie, you
should promote the fact on your license plate.
Scott Hopkins hits the road, heading the '40
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The Town & Country
range was a stylish appliqué that converted the mundane Chrysler
sedan to something more interesting.
The surf was flat at Lake Tahoe, so Mackezie
Martinez drove his '40 Deluxe woody 6 hours to Santa Cruz, for a
surf.
The Morris Traveler has a surprise under the
bonnet (hood) - a late Chev V6.
The legendary Dennis Varni, a Top 75 '32 roadster
owner, brought his 'other car', this immaculate '47 Ford Sportsman,
over from
upscale Monte Sereno.
'35 & '36 were great years for Ford - the green
resto is a '36, while the wire wheeled woody is 1935 model hot rod.
The Fortin woodie looks great from all angles,
and appears to be well glazed - double hung?
The trailer was a tree at one stage too - perhaps
2 or 3.
'33 Fords have a distinctive 'ski slope' grille,
and a single hood latch. Butch Holmberg's black beauty doesn't have
the latter - it has custom hood sides, and neat nerf bars.
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The wood theme presents yards (super feet?) of
puns that owners can apply to their license plates
However, when he got to Santa Cruz, the surf was
flat, but the sea lions and seals made for interesting observation.
Whereas some rods have speed equipment stickers,
some woodies have surf board manufacturers stickers.
Should this guy lose points because his '39 Ford
Standard has 2 tail lamps? Not at this event.
Debbie & Stephen Holmes own this very clean '46
Ford station wagon.
This '30 Ford banger motor had all sorts of
go-fast bits from way back in the day.
Polished alloy trailers must be hard on the eyes
at sunset, but the updated '46 woodie is a pleasure to behold.
We'll close with one of the more popular makes
and years - the classic shoebox, in a less common woodie body.
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