weekend racing on a budget

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26994009746884424&set=gm.1735413034401182&idorvanity=226675368608297

there's a new way to fix photos, and not use Photoshop. It's called Restore AI, but the cost is about the same. Looks a lot better in general, but the complaints are about the details of people's faces

https://www.on1.com/restore-old-photos

I wish there was a website, or facebook page for summer camps, or similar scouting, hunting, and vacation places that had woodies, and advertised on the doors with hand painted lettering

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1933-isotta-fraschini-tipo-8a-takes-best-of-show-at-2019-keeneland-concours-delegance/

to see the ones I've found and posted, see https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/summer%20camp

A lady crossed 3 lanes of traffic, just to smash into this 95 Roadmaster. Of course, insurance totaled it, and the owner fixed it in the garage

. Got a fair settlement. Took it home, found a parts car the same color and repaired it in my home shop. Replaced of the woodgrain. This repair has no bondo, or paint added. Quarter panel replacement done with plug welds, and panel bond.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10239715552617635&set=pcb.797962143302005

A VW Bug woody wagon

https://www.automesseweb.jp/2022/05/27/1030132/_mg_0218

well made!

 

the NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remotely operated camera inside the shipwreck of the USS Yorktown, sunk by torpedo during the Battle of Midway in June 1942, and found a vehicle they suspect is a 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe "Woody" in black.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noaa-uss-yorktown-world-war-ii-ship-vehicle/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-1940s-car-discovered-wreck-american-naval-ship-that-sank-during-world-war-ii-180986485/

I've never heard of the 1956 Cadillac View Master before

This Cadillac wagon was actually commissioned by the automaker. The grocery-getter was designed and modified by Hess & Eisenhardt, a coachbuilding company from Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm made a name for itself by manufacturing armored vehicles in the late 1940s but began producing civilian automobiles in the 1950s.

Dubbed View Master, this wagon is based on the fourth-generation Series 62 and was one of only a few produced in 1955 and 1956. It's unclear exactly how many were produced, but most sources say around 15 to 19 were made and sold.

The low production number likely has something to do with the very expensive price. Unsurprisingly, some of these wagons were purchased by celebrities, including actors Dean Martin and Burt Lancaster and boxer Joe Louis. Far fewer examples have survived.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1956-cadillac-view-master-is-one-of-7-built-owner-waited-30-years-to-buy-it-247365.html#

a McKeen in a scrapyard in 1948, until 1950 when she was purchased and moved to Rt. 2, in Bono and converted to a diner.

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2400577816662261&set=pcb.2400587476661295

https://www.facebook.com/lakesidemarbleheadrr/posts/pfbid0hzEuUmRztmc2H2GsmR4hkhbKs2hXGyWq6SbAUzttCpA8qeSBFtcXkaMM9TcrhfCRl

This 4×4 1954 IH was specially ordered by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Chief Engineers of the Minuteman Missile System in South Dakota. Just five were made, and three are known to survive.

The Minuteman Missile Program required vehicles like the R140 for accessing remote silo sites during the Cold War. With its full bus-style “Woody” body, seating for six, and ample cargo space, this truck played a key role in supporting the construction and maintenance of the missile system.

 https://silodrome.com/international-harvester-r140-4x4/

1938 Ford Hunting Car was found in a remote part of Argentina, built on a truck chassis instead of the usual car chassis

The coachbuilder, Tieppo Hinos, was a company from Argentina.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2018510011926629&set=gm.27951091507815389&idorvanity=1464654713552429

a 1926 Hudson that was hand fabricated into a woody surf wagon

https://www.driveonline.com/feature-2/wood-you-believe/

https://m.roadkillcustoms.com/rollin-in-a-woody-jack-dicks-surf-wagon/

https://theawesomer.com/jack-dick-customs-surf-wagon/270873/

https://www.motortopia.com/1928-hudson-woodie/

I am getting such a kick out of seeing what people wrap their Tesla truck to look like... a Country Squire was unexpected!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4003197223240856&set=pcb.7654600171259705

Originally from the "Secret Society of the Simulated Woodie" facebook page

Full article on this at https://www.thedrive.com/news/surprising-tesla-cybertruck-looks-alright-with-a-retro-woodgrain-wagon-wrap

Ford Motor Company Station Wagon Body Ready for Shipment, Kingsford, ca. 1940- 1949

it had it's own fire department naturally, because all that wood needs fire protection!

 https://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/dclpdf/Genealogy/Photographs%20of%20Kingsford,%20Dickinson%20County,%20Michigan%20-%20Ford%20Plant.pdf

they had a terrific woody in The Shaggy DA, I think a '34. Looks really nice, and it seems that it once had lettering on the passenger side door

Woody rail inspection car

https://forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic/376665-photos-des-trains-avec-des-anciennes/page/53/#comments

the Packard woody of Valley Ranch, possibly near Lake Arrowhead

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-3900

The Island Inn, Sanibel Island, Fla 1895-1995

 

https://www.peweevalleyhistory.org/clovercroft.html

Catagorize this one as hotel in paradise airport shuttle.

In 1895, founders Will and Harriett (Granny) Matthews came to Sanibel Island from Kentucky, chasing the elusive pioneer dream of a better life for themselves and their four children. Granny Matthews, herself an avid shell collector, chose the location for the Inn at the southernmost point of West Gulf Drive beach.

https://islandinnsanibel.com/island-inn-history/

Ellen Glendinning Frazer and her Watch Hill limousine.

https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/philadelphia-in-palm-beach-part-iii-1935-1938/

Catagorize this one as extremely wealthy Philadelphia families flaunting their wealth I guess. Wintering in Palm Beach Florida, as one does I suppose, as that's where they keep the polo ponies and yachts. And, well, that's where Gertrude Vandebilt has her Florida estate. Sigh. 

https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/images-of-another-era-frazer-scrapbooks-a-face-book-of-florida-bo?context=tag-ellen+glendinning+frazer+ordway

flange equipped pneumatic tires

http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/PassengerOperations/EarlyPassengerTrains.html