1941 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon

Henry Ford purchased the town of Pequaming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula which included half-million acres of forest surrounding it. Ford's new station wagons were clothed with maple framing and birch paneling from these forests. Around 1922, he opened his own Iron Mountain sawmills under the Michigan Land, Lumber, and Iron Company in the Menominee River Valley.

Initially, the Iron Mountain's mills turned out raw lumber. The components were shipped to Briggs and Murray in Detroit and later to Raulang in Cleveland for assembly. This changed After Ford opened his own station wagon assembly line in the fall of 1936 at Iron Mountain.

In 1941, Ford produced 9,485 examples of the Super Deluxe Station Wagon. This particular example was first titled on June 15th of 1941 in Eastern Pennsylvania. The original owner was a Ford dealer. In 1974, ownership passed through a former employee of the dealer to its new owner. The new owner began a seven-year nut-and-bolt restoration to original specification. The work was completed in 1985. In 1986, it received its AACA First Junior and its Senior Award one year later. In 1998, the car was honored with a Dearborn Award at the Early Ford V-8 Club Grand National meet in Dearborn, Michigan.

By Daniel Vaughan | Dec 2017