Every part was disassembled, cleaned, painted, and reassembled with even more care than when it rolled off the assembly line 26 years before. It has a hand rubbed lacquer job with so many coats it will never need painting again.

It was completed during the summer of '56, and  I switched off driving it and my '51 Ford Convertible to high School. The '51 is another story, and it's the only "keeper" I didn't' keep.

The photos above were taken recently and the one to the right in 1956 showing that the car still looks exactly the way it did when I completed it 52 years ago. Only the rumble seat passenger looks slightly different now. I drive it around Santa Barbara on the weekends.
 
 

Ford's Iron Mountain facility produced all the wood components necessary for the Model A and subsequent woody wagons. Frames were made from hardwood maple while birch was typically used for side panels. Over 445 board feet of lumber went into the Model A station wagon. Waste wood from Ford's Iron Mountain mill were processed by a separate division of the automaker, its most famous product being charcoal briquettes which would eventually bear the Kingsford name.

Ford built less than 5,000 woodies in 1929, and by 1940 the company was selling 13,000 wood station wagons annually, over four times more than its nearest rival, Chevrolet. It would continue to be dominant woody manufacturer until 1954.