Saturday, February 20, 2016

Station Wagons

Found at Woodpile Report number 414.

1948 was also the last year for their legendary-to-be "woodies"—station wagons with classy wooden bodywork —the wartime scarcity of steel finally in the past. Far from the pre-minivan they became, station wagons were a niche vehicle marketed to upscale households. Their putative purpose was to deliver and pick up their owners, or their guests, at the railroad station. Hence the name. The van-style body was to accommodate the outsize pile of baggage required by the fashionable traveler, or to suggest it.

3 comments:

  1. Very, very interesting! Thanks for the link! The Woodies are popular at the local car shows.

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  2. 'ol Remus comes up with some really interesting stuff.

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