1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon

Ford resumed automobile production in July, 1945, before the war in the Pacific ended. Civilian truck manufacture had started in April of 1944. When converting to war production, Ford had retained a stock of wood parts at its Iron Mountain, Michigan facility, which it used for the 1946 station wagons. Ford and mercury were the last manufacturers to build 'woodies,' ending production in 1955. Since the war department forbad non-essential design work, the 1946 models were basically prewar designs with slight updates. Unique to 1946 was the red trim on the front grill. Due to parts being in short supply, some details did not always match. In this car, the clock is different from the rest of the dash. Most of the wood on this station wagon is original. The quality of the woodwork earned it the Finest Wood Grain Award at Hemming's New England Concours in 2012.