New Vehicle - '41 Ford Woody - C11AS

[Ian McCallum]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Congratulations Ian! I saw the Woody in the auction catalogue and was hoping it would find a good home....and so it did.

I searched the web for woody staff cars a while ago and realised that it's not unusual to find them restored in civvy colours and with clear coated woodwork! Good to see this one is still in dull painted woodwork

Alex

Hi Alex,

I have photos of when it was rescued from the hotel and at that time external woodwork was clear coated. Paintwork was a buff/sandy colour and those arrow shaped embellishments on both back and front wings are clearly visible. They must be a locally produced rather than a Ford item as I have never seen them on any civilian vehicle photos. Funnily enough my father worked for Mathew Brothers near Croydon Surrey just after the war who used to deal in war surplus and remembers buying a number of 'woody's' which needed little work prior to being resold.