Ford "Estate Wagon" Custom-Built for Henry Ford II, February 1945
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Artifact Overview
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 postwar 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 Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
03 February 1945
Subject Date
03 February 1945
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.20333
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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