Ford "Estate Wagon" Custom-Built for Henry Ford II, February 1945
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In 1944, Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II requested the head of the Design Department, Bob Gregorie, to refurbish an unused 1931 Model A into a vehicle that Ford could use around his summer home. Gregorie, seeing the post-war potential of this type of vehicle, took the challenge. He knit together unused Ford parts with unrestricted wartime material to create this wood-bodied Estate Wagon.
In 1944, Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II requested the head of the Design Department, Bob Gregorie, to refurbish an unused 1931 Model A into a vehicle that Ford could use around his summer home. Gregorie, seeing the post-war potential of this type of vehicle, took the challenge. He knit together unused Ford parts with unrestricted wartime material to create this wood-bodied Estate Wagon.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
03 February 1945
Subject Date
03 February 1945
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.270.P.189.20337
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in