1937 Ford Woodie
by Anne Sands
Title
1937 Ford Woodie
Artist
Anne Sands
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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This 1937 ford woodie was on display in Melbourne, Florida. It was digitally enhanced to create this black background.
By the late ‘40s, as World War II drove to a close, manufacturers began phasing out the use of wood in their hard bodies. There were many good reasons for that—lumber supplies were dwindling; the wood had to be tediously and expensively hand assembled; the wood was purely a cosmetic feature, providing no practical purpose. In addition, the au naturale wagon bodies had serious, and predictable, problems: rot, splintering, and moisture damage.
As the original woodies disintegrated into oblivion, the all-steel, Griswold-destined station wagon moved into American garages, and stayed there for the next 40 years. As sub-cultures rose to the forefront of the national consciousness in the 1960s, broke, nomadic surfers realized the old woodies, rotting in yards and garages all over America, were perfect for longboards, shortboards and entourages of thrill-seeking buddies. Many grabbed them cheap off owners who just wanted to free up some space, and rode them into a new era of reclaimed purpose.
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March 1st, 2020
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