Woodies Enthusiasts Autos

In their heyday, woodies were often the most expensive cars offered by a manufacturer and many tallied impressive sales figures. During the World War II, wood construction saved steel for critical war-time uses. After the war, the middle class found mass-produced woodie wagons perfect for family travels. The popularity of woodies for personal transportation peaked mid-century. By the late fifties and sixties, used car dealers had plenty of cheap, poorly maintained wood-clad cars. Surfers found these bargains perfect for hauling their longboards in search of the perfect wave. A sub-culture and a car became legend.

• Livio De Marchi: Seafaring Wooden Automobile Sculptures - Surrealist artist creates lifesize cars of wood to navigate the Grand Canals of Venice, Italy.
  
• Woodie Discussion Group - E-mail discussion list about woody cars and events.
  
• Wooden Wagon - Features the restoration of a 1941 Mercury woodie station wagon.
  
• Alternative Autos: Tryane II - An aerodynamic wood bodied three-wheel coupe with Citroen 2CV drivetrain.
  
• Treehouse Woods: Custom Woodies - Custom automobile and woodie parts supplier who builds hotrod woodies in Florida.
  
• AutoWire.Net: Everybody Loves a Woodie - Brief history of woodies featuring a restored 1938 Ford Station Wagon.
  
• Woodie Works - Cincinnati creator of streetrod phantom woodies. Includes photos of completed cars and current projects.
  
• Horseless Carriage Co. - Specializing in wooden commercial bodies for Model-T and TT Chassis. Depot Hacks, Delivery Bodies, and custom designed bodies for the era.
  
• AutoWire.Net: The Remarkable Morris Minor - Brief history of the Alex Issigonis' classic British people's car, featuring the Traveller woodie station wagon.
  
• SurfRod's Woodie Aloha Shirts - Large collection of Hawaiian style woody shirts for sale.
  
• Da-Woody: San Diego's Most Famous Carboat - A former Sea World woodie replica takes to the high seas.
  
• Woodies: S.T. Foreman Woodwork Restorations - UK shop is also known as "Woodies". They specialize in timber frames for classic cars, particularly the Morris Traveller.
  
• Santa Cruz Woodies - A chapter of the National Woodie Club. Woodies on the Wharf, membership, events and gallery.
  
• Chrysler Town and Country Owners Registry - Devoted to the promotion, restoration and preservation of the Chrysler Town and Country automobile 1941 thru 1950, including the 1949 and 1950 Royal wagons.
  
• Southern California Woodie Club - An official chapter of the National Woodie Club, this site is designed for the wooden car enthusiast and describes member activities and events.
  
• MTFCA Photo Gallery: Hacks & Misc. - Wood-bodied hacks in the Model T Ford Club of America photo gallery.
  
• Wood 'N Carr - West Coast auto wood and refinishing shop who specialize in woodie station wagons and street rods. They can build "phantom" bodies from scratch.
  
• America's Most Needed Car: 1948 Keller Super Chief - History of Keller, a post-war manufacturer whose wood bodied station wagons were too little, too late.
  
• Kiwi Morris Minor Woody - Translanted Californian and his Morry Traveller woodies in New Zealand.
  
• Traveller Timbers - Specialist Timber Manufacturers for the Morris Minor Traveller woodie wagon in Yorkshire, UK.
  
• Wavecrest Woodies Meet - The world's largest annual gathering of wooden bodied automobiles in the world.
  
• Dodge Power Wagon Woodie - Photos of a unique 4WD woodie with history of wooden body builders J.T. Cantrell and Campbell Mid-State.
  
• Woodie WebRing - List of woody web sites on a web ring devoted exclusively to woodies.
  
• San Diego Woodies - Application, calendar, board rides, meetings, newsletter, event pictures, classifieds, contact and members.
  
• CarNut: Woodies Photo Gallery - Several pages of photographs of woodies, ranging from mild to wild.
  
• Austin Woodies - Wood-bodied English shooting brakes once manufactured by Austin Motor Cars.
  
• Owls Head Transportation Museum: Woodie Exhibition - Vacationland: Woodies in Maine, a display of woodie wagons and convertibles from Maine's coastal and camping heritage.
  
• California Woodies - Calendar of events and photos of past woodie events and upcoming calendar of events.
  
• Old Woodies - News, articles, links, resource directory and photograph gallery of woody wagons, shooting brakes, estate cars, coupes, convertibles, and trucks throughout the world.
  
• Beach City Gas Station - Home to a 1949 Plymouth Woodie in Santa Cruz, California.
  
• National Woodie Club - 3,000 member club for all woody enthusiasts and owners of wood bodied cars and trucks. News, events calendar, photos and contacts.
  
• Station Wagon: Suburban Staple - Student's project describing the evolution of station wagons, with particular emphasis on woodies.
  
• Woody Wagon - Photo gallery in chronological order, classifieds, advertisements, chat room and contact.
  
  

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