With “flared fenders, hints of a rag top, chrome trim and and a spare tire,” the car was eventually identified as a Ford Woody. But how and why this particular vehicle found its way to the ...

When car enthusiasts think of woody cars, something large usually comes to mind. The common denominator tends to be a long roof, whether on an SUV or a station wagon, and a footprint that ...

They even earned an appropriately kitschy nickname: “woody wagons.” People looked for that same vibe in their automobiles, too. When car production began ramping up in the 1920s, it wasn’t ...