Great story, Morris.
The fish that got away. I'm sure we all have stories like that, just at the moment when one is
cash poor. Off-topic, so don't look:(I have an Aston Martin story, w/$800 sign on it)
I relish each of your posts and wish you would tell us more about what W-O vehicles you own/have
owned.
Reed (CA)
--- "Morris G. Hill" <mgh@...> wrote:
From: "Morris G. Hill" <mgh@...>
I saw one of these wagons in 1965 -- this one was a 1954 6-85, and the cane
body inserts looked exactly like the woven cane bottom you see on chairs.
The headliner was a different material -- it was the "woven paper" coarse
weave stuff that came on all Willys wagons, at least all the ones I saw from
the 1940's and 1950's. I tried to find the headliner stuff about 12 years
ago, because the original headliner in my 1956 wagon was beyond reasonable
salvage, but lots of calls later I had managed to learn only that this
"woven paper" as they called it in the trade (1) had been cheap and not very
durable; (2) hadn't been made in years, and (3) besides Willys, had only
been used by Ford in their woodies around the 1940 period. I test-drove the
1954 6-85 wagon and it ran and looked good, but I couldn't afford the $175
the owner wanted for it.
-----Original Message-----
From: RockyRdAdv@... <RockyRdAdv@...>
To: WillysTech@... <WillysTech@...>
Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WT] willys woodies
From: RockyRdAdv@...
Wow, I'd really like to see one of these restored. This was a common
practice
on a lot of early luxury sedans. I've seen it on Rolls Royce and Packards,
but never on a Willys. Anyone have any info on if this was factory or an
aftermarket customizing job?
In a message dated 6/25/99 7:55:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ben.griffiths@... writes:
Willys folks: my '53 model 685 (2wd) wagon had a funky variation on
the woody theme - the indented panels on the side had some sort of
wicker cane design (an octagonal pattern like you see on old caned
chairs). Combined with a headliner and interior trim made out of a
cane-like material (like you see in a straw hat), it had a safari
feel
to it. Of course, the material on the side panels has long since
disappeared leaving only the faint pattern behind, and the
headliner
and interior trim has long since decomposed leaving only crumbling
tidbits, but it must have looked darn cool coming off the assembly
line!
Vern Heywood
Laguna Hills, CA
'49 Station Wagon
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