Wood in Fords is fact. While wood was not used in the chassis, wood was used in the bodies. In the high volume Ford automobiles such as the tudor sedan, the coupe, the roadster, touring car and pickups, the body frames and structural members were steel, a small amount of wood was installed to attach the upholstery panels and head liners to. These bodies were manufactured by Ford. In the low volume bodies,built by outside contractors, wood was used for the body frames, rails and structural members. These cars were the four door sedans, the Victoria’s, the Sports coupes. These cars made up about one third of Fords production. By the late 1940s wood was not used to any extent in Ford bodies.
While that’s true, the backup for door panel upholstry, and what amounted to custom coachwork outside of Ford factories, it doesn’t support the poster’s claim that ALL FORDS up until 1952 were made of wood.
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