The vehicle featured in this article is a fine looking 1949 Ford Woody Wagon.
The 1949 models debuted at a gala at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in June 1948. The year 1949 was a critical one for the Ford Motor Company and in some ways was a do or die year for the company.
The 1949 Ford’s represented the first restyling since the end of the war and it was important for Ford to produce a winner. The 1949 Ford’s were produced in either a base or custom series. Both were available with six or eight cylinder engines.
This 1949 Ford Woody Wagon is a beauty in every way with it’s classic wood sides, Flathead V-8 under the hood, and that new bullet-nose which has now become a legend. This type Ford model is of extreme rarity since less than one out of every 35 Fords produced that year was a two-door station wagon.
The Ford Woody Wagon was Ford’s most costly vehicle for the 1949 model year.
New 1949 Ford Styling
It is often said that the 1949 Ford started the era of more modern streamlined designs.
The legend is that the ’49 Ford was designed on the kitchen table of a former Studebaker designer, with the help of his Studebaker design buddies. Ford’s top management was so overwhelmed that they bought the design over their own in-house effort, and the rest is history.