Ford "Estate Wagon" Custom-Built for Henry Ford II, February 1945

Summary

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

 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

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