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What If Ford had made a Model A Woody Pickup?

 

What would this look like with Dark Blue Wheels?

 

What if Ford built a 1932 3 window based cabriolet?

 

Love this!

 

Now that's cool...

 

A few pictures to modify or use for ideas for a 3 window based cabriolet. I actually have a back half of a 3 window that has the fenders raised to the body line and roof cut off like a cabriolet so was curious what it may have looked like as a whole car.

 

A Cabriolet is a 3 window.

 

Yes, technically. It uses the square cowl and shorter doors though.

 

nice one!!

 

Put some nice cool big wheels on it and drop it in the weeds leave the paint

 

We would but the admin (photoshop police) will pull it if it has big cool wheels. The police regulation is basically nothing past 1964. I know, the world has moved on.

 

I wooda bought one.

 

Ok put wheels on it that the photo chop police won’t delete the posts

 

Hello,

Back in November 2022, I spent a couple of sessions drawing different versions of a hot rod woody, every day for a week. I could not finish it all in one sit down. So, I spent an hour here and an hour there to try to get it done. This is what I came up with for a Friday Art post.

It was my version of what a woody for surfing would look like back in the early 60s. Normally, for some reason, finished woody wagons were not the choice of daily drivers or long distance Surf road trip vehicles. There were plenty of station wagons and sedans, but hardly a woody in sight. But, learning to shape and treat wood, I thought a woody would be a nice hot rod edition. At the time, we were getting better and were hoping for some support from various surf shops and board makers...

I wrote a story about a panel truck that had sides open in the back to use as a neighborhood food delivery or sales vehicle. I remember my mom going outside every day to see the delivery guy come up with the freshest fish, just off of the boats in the local harbor. It was much better than the “fresh” fish at the grocery stores.

My brother and I used to have Thanksgiving with our parents on a Wednesday night and travel to Baja Mexico loaded with turkey and the fixings for our meals until the following Monday morning. So, an open sided food storage unit was drawn in place. Turkey on the run...

So, a pick up woody was called for to keep the longboards in place, low and out of the howling wind while cruising down the Coast Highway. The bed would have been deep enough to have a couple of coolers packed with the food to last the 4 day and sometimes 5 day surf vacations.

Jnaki

But our friend made a custom surf rack for a small sporty car that supported two to four heavy longboards. He only had room for two, but it was a good rack and if others needed longboard transportation, this rack was it.

So, a Ford Woody pickup truck would (pun intended) have its value for various applications. YRMV

 

If you read some of the early history of surfing Woody's were used because they were usually cheap and in disrepair. Actually anything that a surfboard could have been stuffed into or on top of. Eventually that shifted to station wagons, then to vans. And when you consider that the early boards were monsters. 10', 11', 12' boards were the norm and if you included your buddies a large vehicle was a necessity.
What made the woody popular in reality could be traced back to the songs of The Beach Boys. They, along with other surf bands, promoted the mythology of the Woody.
I came across many early surf wagons in the 70's. The closest I came to buying one was a 1940 Chevrolet wagon that was decked out with decals plus board racks. The guy had surfed it hard from the early 60's. I told the guy I'd take it then drove twenty minutes to get the money together and by the time I got back it was sold. $400 cash was the asking price. Someone gave him $500 cash while I was gone.

 

Jack Fuller, @jackandeuces on the HAMB has built a cabriolet out of a 3 window with the longer 3 window doors:

 

Hello,
The drawings were taken from memories of our surf adventures starting in 1959 and ending in 2003 when I left surfing as a part of my growing up history. From early rising almost daily at 4 and the beach at 5 at first light of day, we surfed to our hearts content. Sometimes, we would take a break at lunch and nap for an hour or two. Then we would be rested for the "afternoon glass off" on those same waves we rode in the morning. It did not matter if it was Doheny, the secret spot at Killer Dana cliff side, Malibu, or Santa Barbara, it was the fun that drove us to enjoy what was there.

If you look at those times from 1959 to and including the 70s, it was mostly station wagons and sedans. My flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery was unusual for 1960 to 1965. A lot of times, it was mistaken for a milkman delivery van and/or a surfing plumber's ride. Ha!
It stood out among the 4 door sedans and station wagons... but no woodies.

The symbol of wood station wagons was from the historic hotels and resorts of those very early days. They were used to transport folks from train stations to the resorts as a courtesy of vacationing at their hotels. Also, the woody wagons were associated with the large estates as transportation from home to business, airports or travels.

Jnaki

But for the everyday So Cal surfer, the woody wagons were not pristine as shown in later photos and advertising. It was rare to see on any beach parking lot along the Long Beach to San Diego beachfront locations. If there was one woody wagon, it was in shambles as if it was outside, for its whole life. Coastal moisture/fog/misty salt air is not wood or metal friendly.

After those surf music sounds/advertising art/photos came out, then the image of surf wagons turned to woody's. But still, they were rare in various surfing spot locations. Perhaps everyone's timeline is different as perspective is changed in various locations across the USA. Although, during those 70s times, "Hang Ten" in Iowa was a million dollar business!!! YRMV

 

And one more I did awhile back....

 

Gee Moose, you are sooooooo talented !!!!! Just love your work !!!!!!!

thanks

 

@verde742 Thanks so much for the complement!!!!

 

Anything would TECHNICALLY be bigger than just the brake drums, right?

 

OK here ya go...I guess there's nothing wrong with a little patina

 

Here's a photoshop of a Woody I did a few years back. Since a Woody cowl is hard to find I utilized a model A cowl and doors along with the hood and fenders. Then I added the wooden box and side curtains. Seems like it would be fairly straightforward.

 

I like it better with the steel doors.

(I'd buy one if I could. Probably priced between a coupe and a woody. That would probably be a lot more than I paid for my first Model As, a '30 Pickup for $49.90 and my '29 roadster for $1000).

 

Nice headlights!

 

Thanks