since we are discussing woodies, i have long wanted one, chased down three..got none, when i was in college in the early nineties, i came across a 31 ford woodie close to the univ, it was dilapidated and was parked outdoors, owner didnt sell,was too 'emotionally attached" car sold to a kabari later!! the second was a real gem... an original low milage 53 buick roadmaster with an ionia woody body, a third party got "wind" of it because my broker got too greedy, apparently they struck a direct deal, and the broker got nothing...serves him right!!, third was a nice 46 ford V8 woodie but a friend wanted it too and made his offer before me,without knowing that i was interested too, so i let it go, though i could have got it if i had offered slightly more.
V16, the cloth lined roof is to cover the wooden strips running across the lenth of the roof. as most of these bodies were tailor made for various chassis, it did not make economic sense to make tooling for metal roofs to fit individual chassis. also,its way lighter than a metal roof. |