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Depot hackney
- The depot hackney or taxi, often on a Model T chassis with an exposed wood body, most often found around railroad stations, was the predecessor of the station wagon body style in the United States. These early models with exposed wooden bodies became known as woodies.
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Aug 10, 2019 · The first station wagons were a part of train travel. During that period, automakers used hardwood to assemble passenger compartments. They’d frame the compartments in steel and coat them with colored lacquer for additional protection. The framing, however, was not covered like a normal automobile.
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The first station wagons were built in around 1910, by independent manufacturers producing wooden custom bodies for the Ford Model T chassis. They were initially called "depot hacks" because they worked around train depots as hacks (short for hackney carriage, as taxicabs were then known).
Apr 20, 2021 · The 1946 Willys Jeep Station Wagon was the first family-sized all-steel production wagon (despite the fake woody-look sides). Although it was a bit out of the mainstream, and did not become a big seller, it did expand American’s idea of what a modern, multi-purpose wagon could be.
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Jul 2, 2014 · The original station wagons were products of the railroad age, a commercial-only product used as hackneys to taxi passengers around busy train terminals or to and from hotels. These early...
- Charles Moss
The first official factory Plymouth station wagon appeared in 1938 (the P6 DeLuxe Westchester Suburban wagon, although the bodywork was still done out-of-house by U.S. Body & Forging). Chevrolet's first woody was also a 1940 model (the Special DeLuxe).
The “station” in the station wagon refers to a train station. The first powered station wagons were custom-built Model T, a car with enough space in the rear to bring several people and their ...
