1937 Ford Woodie Restomod - Jay Leno's Garage
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- Hot Rods & Hobbies' Scott Bonowski takes Jay for a ride in the woodie he restored for Eric Johnson.
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1937 Ford Woodie Restomod - Jay Leno's Garage
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Great builds, and I love how those two Fords are Ford powered. Just so natural.
The woodiea were in some movies of the 30s 40s,, and 50s. DARK PASSAGE - BOGART BACALL, ROY ROGERS TV SHOW - OCCASIONALY
Thanks for the post....beautiful woodies. In 1961 at 16 years of age, I bought a beautiful original 46 Ford Woodie for $400.00. Many beach guys had woodies in San Diego, and I was one of the characters who loved them and abused them....out with the third seat to make room for the surf board. When it came time to fix a thrown rod, bad trans or some other mechanical problem, owners would take their vehicle to North Beach in Ocean Beach San Diego, and set them on fire, abandon, and have the city remove what was remaining. I never condoned the burning and consequently was never involved, but when mine was giving me trouble, I traded it for a 750 Norton Scrambler motorcycle. I'd like to have all the woodies that were left in the sand pit at North Beach. Even in the day, it hurt me to see our wooden cars destroyed. They were bulky, noisy, geared low, required constant wood attention...basically a pain, but I loved them then and have two now....a 1948, and 1951 Ford. Beautiful.
Kenneth Coffey I love these nostalgic stories of the past and they always makes me think about how much I would have loved to have been alive back in the 60s and 70s. Unfortunately I was born in 1983 and my first car was very unimpressive, it was a 1990 Ford Festiva automatic, but at least it had cold air conditioning. I have had 52 cars since then and now I have two cars, a daily driver 2014 Dodge Ram 3500HD with the Cummins diesel, and my project, a 1997 Honda Civic coupe that makes 508 wheel horsepower that I not only built, but painted myself right in my mud and gravel driveway with a 3 gallon pancake air compressor and a $30 Walmart HVLP paint gun. I have owned many domestic cars including a 600 horsepower 74 Camaro that my brother still owns, but when I was a teenager the imports is what was popular although I have owned many rare high horsepower imports, this common Civic with a 1.8L DOHC VTEC Acura Integra engine that has been rebuilt with forged internals and had a turbocharger added is alot of fun and never fails to put a big smile on my face. Thanks for the trip down memory lane buddy. I would really like to see your Fords someday.
K
Those are truly beautiful, the 30-40s had some incredible designs, especially in the two seat sedans and with the great woodie wagons. Love the fenders and paint jobs
The paint and those white wall tyres 😍 The way he describes it, it is like a driving piece of fine furniture 😊
The work these restores do on these cars amazes me, I salute you all.
You always put a grin on our faces. To see them driven is a thrill for all viewers. You have taken us all on many adventures that we would have missed.
The wood joinery is not "Tongue & Grove" as Jay said but rather what is known as "Finger Jointed".
More importantly is the beauty of these cars. Like works of art in some cases. Very nicely done.
Wonderful segment. Beautiful restoration. Great builder that I would call an artisan and an owner that seems like the guy you would like to have as a neighbor. You know this is the kind of car that could make you jealous of the owner. Me, I'm glad that there are guys out there and can afford to restore such a car, and do . . . better than when new on the showroom floor, I'm sure . . . so we who can't can vicariously enjoy the ownership that we can never have. Certainly triggers childhood memories. Thank you Jay. As always, top notch. Oh, and thank you Mr. Johnson for preserving an icon of a bygone age. Again, a wonderful segment.
Restomod is the penultimate combination of past glory and modern power, safety, and reliability. The '37 Woodie is a rare and worthy car resurrected to new and greater life; a life that will go forward for many centuries - or more. Future generations will savor more than we do the fine art and beauty of the automobile in all its splendid forms.
Loved the yacht-like woodwork.
Bravo Scott, Jay, and Eric for making this happen.
penultimate means second from the last.
All that drama with the wood is easily solved by using a WEST System finish...Designed for wood boats, The WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Tech) System finish will make it truly durable and usable in all weather with no more swelling or dimension changes from Temperature and humidity, and no problem with UV damage or discoloring either.
You still have to build it the old way. There is no change to the joinery and look of the wood body at all, so you have the great look but with modern tech in the finish....Great looking wood, without the downside.
Bravo 21, agreed that West System epoxy is wonderous. I've got different numbers and size containers, actually use it in place of welding sometimes, depending on the application.
You sir are correct BUT in a different realm of functional properties. But you are right...not correct!
It's funny how originally the wood was a cost saving mesure and now instead it costs as much as a new car
My dad had a 39. He got it from his great uncle in the late 50s when he was in highschool. He installed a 47 Mercury flathead with 3 dueces on an Offy intake and upgraded full synchro 3 speed. He drove it until he was drafted in early 65. While he was stationed in Europe, my grandfather sold the car w/o him knowing of it, because it was sitting in his driveway, and it was 'in the way'. There is just 1 surviving picture of it.. Neat to see that people are still painstakingly restoring these cars.
My dear Grandfather was in the hardwood lumber and veneer business and he had a 1942 Packard 120 woody wagon.
It had factory A/C and the radio was in a narrow Walnut cabinet that was mounted over the transmission tunnel in front of the rear seats.
I was born in 1946 and was fascinated by that car and when PaPa died in 1961 I pled with my Dad to claim the Packard but it didn’t happen.
I’ll always remember the spare tires were mounted in the running boards ahead of the front doors and were adorned with chrome strips that spelled out sor conditioned in script font!
Just think …. 80 years ago automotive “bling” was made of wood …. African Mahogany plywood for the flat panels and White Ash lumber for framing.
Such memories for a pre-teen boy!!
I had a 1940 Ford wagon and it was parked daily in front of my stereo shop in Burbank called Electronic Sunshine between 1972 - 1975. What a fun woody and I had a 327 vette motor and power glide. I think Jay actually stopped by before he was famous to show me a car he bought from the Recycler. I sold it for two grand in a pinch. I still have the matching 1939 GMC carryall, three seats and windows like a woody but a lot less wood, just the window frames and tailgate are wood. I paid fifteen dollars for the GMC carryall off a guy who lived near S.Victory Blvd. it may have been So-Cal speed shop truck in the fifties. It has a Studebaker overdrive and a big radiator for running in the desert. Even these carryalls are super expensive now. At least they don't squeak. There were all kinds of panels, pickups and vintage cars around the shop and on Van Nuys Blvd. on Wed night back then. I had a forty coupe with a Hemi I sold for three hundred as I had no parking spots. Wish I had kept the woody buy fifty thousand for wood is worth it but expensive, True story, did buy these hacks for three hundred and less back then especially if the owner was getting drafted to Viet Nam.and had to sell quick.
I love the green one. It’s absolutely beautiful.
"Uniquely California experience"?? Jay! We've got woodies coming out the wazoo here in Michigan!! You forget we were the capital of wooden boat building!! So woodie cars are greatly loved here!! And there are a lot!! One of my favorites locally was a '53 Buick wagon woodie!! Yes, you do have to care for them but just like a boat, if cared for properly, will last a lifetime!
BUICK Woody?
Both woodies are beautiful. I love how they were kept mostly stock looking but with a modern drivetrain, suspension, and brakes. That 48 Chrysler T&C with the Viper V10 is one of the coolest hot rods I've ever seen
Great looking cars. That 37 really sounds good too. They definitely do nice work.
I really like the way Jay Leno features other owners cars as well as his own. He definitely showcases all the cars in their best lite.
Very nice workmanship /Art of carpentry and auto mechanics, a big up to all involved in such resto's and as always to Jay and the team for the documenting.
Respectful modding. That's what it should mean. People should do this more often.
Good point. Other than the lumber, there was nothing much special to restore. Like the guys said, they were almost un-driveble.
Resto-mod? How about Respecto-mod?
Wonderfully smooth, beautiful lines. Nobody mentioned what kind of wood is used. Such handmade craftsmanship went into making this One-of-a Kind car! Love it!🤩
Gorgeous looking, I can’t say enough about how I like them. Thanks for letting me see them.
Love the show Mr. Leno. I love the fact that you give us the full history of each car. And I like how you sometimes gives us period appropriate music to help make the cars come to life again. You should do that more often.
Hahaha Jay "if it's a 150 degree day you've got other problems"
Personally i love restomods, you get the best of both worlds
Every beach song I know is running through my head right now. Great car
My Dad and I built a 40 Ford coupe deluxe. Our first frame off build. We kept the body completely straight! Boxed the frame for anti-twist. 350 Chevy (sorry) Turbocharged WITH Nitrous! Kenne Bell switch pitch transmission! Electronically controlled vs vacuum as designed. Drives like a normal 2300 stall tranny until you flip the switch and the vains in the converter go to 3000 grab! Which means NO turbo lag! 9” Ford rear end. Drive all day in the summer with no overheating! Put the 4:11 gears in the back with Drag Slicks , hit the Nitrous button and it did 13.04 @ 110 with wheel spin at Bandimere Speedway at over a mile above sea level. 4 page article in Street Rodder magazine entitled “Happy Fathers Day”!
thoroughly enjoyed this!
love your show Jay!
keep it old school
As many beautiful days California has, I'm suprised Jay doesn't have a "Woodie" in his garage. Beautiful automobile!😊
Soooooo glad you do this show, Jay.
Thank you again for the whole series.
I wouldn't want one, they just sound too expensive and delicate,
but so glad others do. Thanks to the owners and the craftsmen who build them.
This is My dream car, a 37 ford deluxe woodie in royal blue is as cool as cars get, there is a gentleman in my town who has a red one and it is breathtaking, as a Carpenter, I want to learn how to rebuild these woodies and own one myself one day, I am blown away that these were considered normal and utilitarian, and the steel full body wagons were the luxury wagons.
I always look forward to your videos Jay. Thank you for sharing such a great car!
Jay,
The proper term for the wood joint that you called
Tongue &Groove is actually
Called a " finger joint".
T&G is a term used for wainscoting only.
Love that Woody so much.
The finger joint is used to make a stronger joint between woods. When it's glued up, the use of a finger joint maximizes the surface area that is glued. A , 6" joint
Increases in strength as if it were a 24-30" surface area.
Its actually stronger than the natural wood after curing.
Just thought I'd put my two cents in, because that's my specialty and two cents is all I usually have in my pocket. Ha ha!!!!
Love your show Jay!!!
Awesome!!
EPK
Cape Cod
Jay currently owns *130* cars, and *93* motorcycles, housed in three separate hangars. Source : LA Times interview, July 14, 2014… Just thought I'd pass that on, since a lot of people ponder the exact figure. And I've seen some wild ones.
Of course i knew he had a lot of cars, i am shocked he has soooo many motorcycles though.
SillyPuddy2012
He has over 215 cars now.
Mike Samra That's a big jump, do you have a source for that?
That was my bad..I was thinking of Hartough's Ford collection and I wasn't paying attention..Leno does have 169 cars tho from what I read on Wiki but who knows with him.
blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/08/29/worlds-largest-private-ford-collection-replacing-its-pre-war-cars-with-post-war/
@Mike Samra 169 cars that his wife knows about! lol
Beautiful workmanship
Sweet looking restomod. I like something that looks as original as when it came from the factory, but mechanically, it's a totally different animal.
It's rare for 2 different shades of red to go together, but the Woody has it perfectly, on a rare and beautiful car. Thanks for showing.
Beautiful!!! Where I live I'd have to leave the car in the garage, because it rains too often. Our summers also got hotter and hotter over the past three decades, so there wouldn't be many days I could drive a car like that. I always loved the looks of Woodies and these guys did outstanding jobs on the cars we see here.
Love these videos. From a Bugatti to a teenager's pride and joy Mustang----Jay appreciates them all regardless of $ value. Love of the automobile.
Incredible work and craftsmanship and I do like this style of restomod. I can almost equate it to Reliant Robins (the 3 wheeled cars) over here in England, where they have a passionate following and a strange love for something so useless. It's so typically Californian to have a car that can't be driven in the rain or damp or even too hot a day!!! Shows how much love you've got to have for that model if you're paying such a huge amount for quite literally a wooden box on wheels that is only considered a classic due to the material it was made from!!!
All that wood work reminds me of older sail boats. Very classy.
Those color combinations are delicious.
I'm in LOVE with that TEAL color mixed with that light mahogany combination.
I had a trusty old BRONCO with that same teal color, and it's such a unique and not flashy color, that I didn't expect people to notice (but later at a competition, I nearly won because of the color :P).
Dearly love the '40s Woodys....great resto for an icon of automotive history
One of Jay's best. I love the Woodies and the Chrysler T&C Woodie. Here in the South, it would be a crime to drive one around in all this heat and humidity!
Thank you Jay, for sharing the experience that I only heard about (Born 1957) all of my life. This video is the closest I have been to the “Woody”.
Beautiful car and incredible craftsmanship!!
I don't see myself owning such car as wood is a pain to maintain in decent condition due to sunlight, temp changes and moisture
Beautiful car. 4 mufflers and it still made nice sound. The Woody show in Dana Point just happened. What a friendly group of people. That Chrysler Town Country you featured is a well known car at the show. Maybe the owner will come up to Trancus this Sunday?
A couple of beautiful cars. My fav is the green on. I love moonie hub caps with the white walls.
The joint Jay points to at 3:26 and 17:38 is fairly simple to make with the right machinery. It's called a "finger joint".
Yes, and tongue and groove is joining side edge to edge. Finger joints are end to end joints.
+The March Hare
Jay knows CARS.... Not Wood! LOL
17:35 that’s actually called “Finger Joint”.
Tongue and Groove is used to edge join wood. "Finger Joint" as pointed out above, is used to join wood end to end. It is actually used often in cheaper wood construction so that scraps can be joined rather than expensive longer pieces. If painted, you never notice.
Finger jointed wall studs are often straighter than solid wood studs.
Thank you for point it out I hate to be a stickler but that is a finger joint and Jay is so cool wouldn't want to be a hater.Finger joint makes it easier to fit different curves of wood together and add's strenght vs bending one long piece of wood by steaming it.And it will stay that way for a longer period of time.also crossing the grain of the wood makes it stronger and dowling it is better than screws.I bet the guy who built the wood didn't use any screws in the final build other than to fasten metal parts.
And that is because the wood used today is stress wood, that is, it is not the nice formed wood from straight tree trunks. That wood is expensive and studding is the lesser quality wood. If you go buy studs in the big box stores, it is junk wood. If you don't nail it into a wall quick, it will start to pull and warp right away. Much of it has to be sorted through and 10-15% discarded or used for the short cross pieces as fire breaks, which also serve to pull the twisted studs in line.
I have the studs from the big box store, what you call “junk wood”, in my storage for months, they do not warp right away. You have to know which ones to choose.
The reason the wood in the car in the video has finger joints has nothing to do with bending or warping or junk wood or curves or anything. I believe it was used to closely replicate how the car was made in the factory when it was new. This is the type of wood Ford Company used in auto manufacturing.
Jay those are so cool thanks for bringing these wicked rides to us, most of us will never get a chance to see them in person, great video.
I like all the american woodies and those wire wheels are fantastic, pieces of art.
Great craftsman`s skills have altered the QUALITY OF LIFE world wide. The ability to think, reason, experiment ,fail, and repeat the process until success is achieved has totally transformed the world with greatest improvements during the last century. Hopefully it will always be used for beneficial means!
Thank you jay for keeping it real its always a pleasure to watch
Just looks like a massive headache, Kudos to the guys who love these cars for restoring them and keeping them on the road.
Those are beautiful
Works of art. Would love to see more of these in future shows. I would have thought Jay would have had a Woodie section in his garage. Lastly, You've heard of the "mile high" club .... could there possibly be a "Woodie" club?
These never came to Europe, but in the sixties, we had the original Mini Traveller and Countryman, a small stationwagon with a wooden frame designed to emulate the Ford Woodie look.
Instead of a tailgate, they came with two doors on the back that open like kitchen cabinet doors. About the same size as kitchen cabinet doors too.
Jay please keep doing what yer doin. Thanks
THANK YOU JAY A FORD MOTOR IN A FORD I AGREE
Great video ,very informative Jay . You must have that car on,the one with the viper motor . That car was probably one of the coolest cars ,I have ever seen from that era done Restomod style .
This is my favorite classic woody stations wagon 👍🇺🇸
Most awesome classic car series on youtube. Great video, and WOW........these Woodies are something else.
Mr. Johnson had a broken Woodie, now he has a hot rod Woodie. Jay I think I got it right. I love that Woodie its cool.
Very nice video. Nice cars! I like the restomod philosophy.
I'd not seen one of these before so that was interesting. The front ends are beautiful.
fords in fords..thank you jay..and the dudes that did those RIGHT :)
That Inside Was Beautiful
I smiled through this Jay Leno's Garage.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was also a woody, haha! Beautiful cars.
What a memory....my dad had one me those....my dad was a hot headed Greek....every time he got into an arguement with mom he would run out jump in turn the radio on full blast and peel out...he didn't hear or see the fire truck.mom said there was wood everywhere,and dad was just sitting there on the floor pan.....ha ha
Perfect....More Station Wagons Please. Late 50's thru 70's are nice.....
stunning I love the retro craftsmanship
Jay,
The first air conditioned car if I recall your right it was a Packard but an enclosed limousine for either the secret service or Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States. Essentially it had a house air conditioner stuffed into a box mounted in the trunk.
Thanks
Our family had 1940 and 1946 Ford woodies, and they drove as well as other cars from that period. They were not hard to drive if you greased the chassis once in a while. Many of them became delivery vehicles. They were not built to overheat as there was a water pump on each side of the engine that circulated the water extremely well. To see the speed of water movement, on a cold engine, just take off the radiator cap and rev up the engine and you'll wonder how they could ever overheat. The later versions of these engines had a large radiator with a 24 quart volume of antifreeze and never overheated under normal driving conditions. On these earlier V-8's, a problem occurred after 100,000 miles, if you changed the oil on schedule, that the push rod for the fuel pump that sat on top of the engine block, would wear down and need replacing as the stroke for the fuel pump diaphragm was shortened. In hot weather, the gas in the insulated fuel line leading to the carburetor would vaporize, and as there was a short supply of available gas, the car would stall. Any of those cars with an added, electric fuel pump never had a problem, even in hot weather. Those cars also had dual ignition points on a distributor located at the front of the engine block, so ignition points lasted twice as long as other cars that had only one set of points. One unique feature was the anti theft, locking steering column, where by turning the ignition key 360 degrees, a metal rod was inserted into the column to prevent it from turning. The rear seats could be completely removed easily by simply tilting them forward and yielding a very large cargo space.
Those cars were built to conserve resources with only one transverse leaf spring for the rear suspension, and a small engine, with a forged crankshaft, capable of high rpm's to save on steel and vehicle weight.
my sister just gave me a die cast model of a woody,for my 68th birthday (17.october).Thanks Jay for showing me 2 of them.I think the nearest we got to it in UK was a Humber,a RR,and the moggy minor traveller. for me the Ford is the best.
Bender Rodriquez thats the moggy.all so a mini traveler.of course no comparison.
I have vague memories of a Riley Elf Woody and/or Mini "estate" Woody too - or am I imaging those?
TheMissendenFlyer No old chap you are quite right.
TheMissendenFlyer and there was also the Austin A40 Somerset Station Wagon.(not as much wood as the Ford)
I think the Gypsy wagons are the closest british version of the american woodys...lol.
I just turned 13 now its amazing going from a kid to a teen its "wow".
Looking for attention kid?
kirbyswarp and so did I when I was young, ignore it if you like
just remember Jeff cars are a pain but they are so awesome
Aichmo Just like women..... LOL!
lol
so teen
very not kid
much amaze
wow
Lol " you're a Johnson with a woody"
Jay, I don't know if you've done a video of 1936 Chevy low cab pick up yet.I think that would be cool. I just purchased one this summer, all original! ( dents, rust, missing parts and all.) To bad I can't get a picture of it on here. It's pretty complete. I've already got the engine and transmission I'm going to use. It's a Chevy 5.3LS/4L60E. I plan on street rodding it.
Great film Jay! I hope you can keep doing these weekly episodes for a long, long time!!!
Woodies were often the most expensive cars offered not the cheapest. Ford sent there cars unfinished by rail to Iron Mountain Michigan to have the wooden body's made and then shipped back to Dearborn to finish them. These cars were popular with Country Clubs, Ski Lodges and Golf courses thru out the New England States so the east coast had a fair share of the selling market. By the late 50's early 60's there were so many poorly maintained and cheap wooden cars around the younger generation created a cult around surfing using them. My Dad and I ended up selling a 1942 Mercury Woody Wagon we had started to restore to a Collector down the road from Jay's (Nick Alexander). These cars had some amazing wood work in them.
i stay not too far away from these guys! awesome
I really love the 37 look 😊
Geez, Jay! Hands all over the paint!! I'd freak if they were mine!
Surf Surf!!! Fantastic restos on each
I love when people keep their classic cars unmodified. Truly beautiful.
So wonderful
It is so beautiful....thanks guys.....what a love in it....
Love the sound of that old 5.0
We have a Green Woody in Ft. Worth, Tx...
Same location as the Cobra's, Ferrari's, GT's, Lotus, etc, that I mentioned during the Cobra episode...
A "Blue" joke in the middle of the video Eric "Woody" Johnson car looks really cool
This is the only episode where you can actually understand Jay Leno saying welcome to another episode of Jay Leno‘s garage
There's a ton of 49-51 Ford woodies in CA> Pop had a 49 when i was a kid.
As the person responsible for the Y.O.M. license plate in California (and subsequently most of the U.S.) It's always great to see these vintage cars with the correct Y.O.M. plates.
Dan Simmons
Why lol?
If you read this jay leno seems your favorite driver is the black 75 duster I also had a black one same vinyl I believe I drove that thing I’ll tell you it was a 318 with a few small budget mods wish I had a few of your molars my favourite car besides the 41 or 2 Willis is a 75 max wedge Belvedere polara you know the style in sure you have one it would be so fun to have one of them but my dreams are fading at 60 nothing bad about dreaming I think it keeps me going good video jay
This is my dream car or one of, a nice resto mod Woodie.
Gorgeous cars
Great job Scott!!! Looks perfect.
Love it, the ending Jay reminded me of that program California's Gold, except (in fond way), Jay Leno would have been a less abrasive host I've always found Leno's personality on camera one other hosts should emulate.
Beautiful cars.