1965 Wagonaire Woody?

[texbodemer]

Does anybody have photos of the 1965 Wagonaire Woody design study? I am planning a paper model of it, anything would be very helpful.

[scott.rodgers]

There are two pictures of the wagons in a book called "Woodies & Wagons." I have the book, but the pictures are too small and too dark to scan well. I've never seen the pictures anywhere else. I wonder if they were from the Richard Quinn collection?

[studegary]

Only slightly related. I turned a 1963 Daytona Wagonaire into a woody. I thought that it looked pretty good that way. I applied wood grain vinyl over the entire length of the wagon, below the side trim. I put it on in one piece and then cut out the door openings. This made the woodgrain flow consistently the length of the car. It was hard to hang the giant pieces of vinyl by myself.

[texbodemer]

Could you post some photos of it?

[8E45E]

E.T. Reynold's fabulous autobiography in Car Classics once again provides an answer:



Craig

[scott.rodgers]

Those are the pics - very nice.

[JBOYLE]

No one asked what I think...but IMHO I think a neat look would he the half-woody look as seen on some Jeep Wagoneers (...the Wagonaire's big brother) and early 70s Dodges.

BTW: We just had our kitchen cabinets refaced, and for the frame the carpenter used a self adhesive thin veneer that would probably stick well to a flat or very slightly curved surface. All you'd have to add are the frame pieces

[8E45E]

No one asked what I think...but IMHO I think a neat look would he the half-woody look as seen on some Jeep Wagoneers (...the Wagonaire's big brother) and early 70s Dodges.

At the 1984 Pacific CanAm zone meet in Merrit, there was a Daytona Wagonaire where the owner nicely laid woodgrain on the center portion of the wide aluminum side trim strip where it is normally matte black.

Craig

[Bob Andrews]

At the 1984 Pacific CanAm zone meet in Merrit, there was a Daytona Wagonaire where the owner nicely laid woodgrain on the center portion of the wide aluminum side trim strip where it is normally matte black.

Craig

Hmmm... just like the prototype in the SNM!

[stude53]

Hey, John.

Great idea about applying the cabinet facing wood veneer, then framing it would make for a cool Woodie.

[texbodemer]

Thanks for the help.

[8E45E]

Those are the pics - very nice.

I'd like to know if photos of the rear of those cars exist. The taillights appear to have been relocated from above the beltline to the middle of the body. The 'real' 1965 sedans, had it been 'business as usual' in South Bend were supposed to have an entirely new rear end with a full-width taillight. I wonder if the '65 Wagonaire was going to have a similar styling treatment on the rear; maybe not with actual lenses on the tailgate itself, but painted red to make it appear full width.

Craig

[scott.rodgers]

Craig - great catch! I never noticed that the taillights weren't there. I'd like to see some more pictures too. I did notice the cabover engine pickup and 65 sedan prototypes behind the wagons.

[Studeous]

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[showbizkid]

Brooks Stevens at work again: The side trim in that top photo sure looks like the same style applied by AMC to the Grand Wagoneer.



I'll bet, with a little adaptation, those plastic surrounds could be made to fit a Wagonaire. And 3M recently began reproducing the Di-Noc adhesive woodgrain decal panels again; they're big items in the Ford community for restoring Country Squires.