Station Wagon Tailgate Components There’s nothing finer than having an early Ford or Mercury wagon with a tailgate that looks and functions like new. Get yours back in shape with authentic components from Bob Drake, each made to match the original.
1932-37 Car 1932-48 Station Wagon
1939-41 TAILGATE BUMPERS Molded rubber bumpers that fit around the tail gate latch pin. 91A-7943916 $20.00 pair
TAILGATE HANDLE GROMMET Fits under handle & gives a clean, finished look. (2) required. B-41648 $4.00 each
1937-48 Wagon LIFT-GATE SWING ARM • BRACKET ASSEMBLIES
1940-48 Wagon LIFT-GATE SWING ARM • BRACKET ASSEMBLIES
1940-48 Wagon LIFT-GATE SWING ARMS Designed to adjust the angle of the tail gate rear window or hold it open. 01A-7942060-B $65.00 pair
Fits on rear corner body post. Holds swing arms. Includes all hardware & special adjusting nut. 78-796122 $80.00 kit
Fits on tailgate rear window. Holds swing arm. Includes 2 special screws. 01A-7942062 $90.00 kit
In 1919, the Stoughton Wagon Company of Stoughton, Wisconsin began making the world’s very first automotive station wagons using Ford’s Model T Truck as the base. Public and commercial acceptance was huge and soon these unique, versatile vehicles were called many names such as “depot hacks” or just “hacks”, “carryalls” and “suburbans” but none stuck and stayed with the Ford station wagon better than “Woody”. By 1929 Ford was by far the largest producer of what was now their very own station wagon, but involving many other companies in the specialized process of combining major wood components with steel to make vehicles for the road. The Ford woody became an institution with Americana culture throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. The last of the genuine Ford woodies featuring all-wood external door skins and body panels was produced in 1951. Later offerings from Ford still sported large wood panels and divider trim, but the wood was fastened to steel skins with all-steel support columns taking the place of thick, machined hardwood. By 1955 Ford had substituted plastics and other composites including photo-printed steel and aluminum in place of the bulky but beautiful genuine wood. The simulated woody wagons continued to be produced into the 1990s. The Birth of the World’s First Station Wagon
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