1940 Mercury Woodies/why there were none?

[choprods]

Can anyone shed some light on the fact that Fords were built as woodies in 1940 but not the Mercurys........?
The only negative I am aware of is that the Mercury did have substantially more taper at rear body/trunk area which will complicate the transformation to a more or less "square" woodie bodied car....but hey,all things are possible.

I've found pictures of a 1942 mercury woodie.
but of course it is in the later46 48 body \style and was not nearly as good looking converted even as the factory sold it.

I am doing some research in that direction as I am contemplating building one.
It will be a Phantom build of course[4dr] ,but am planning as much an original- OEM look as can be done with my skills and resources....

I have an excellent Texas car[4dr] as a donor,so it is =ON.

[jerry grayson]

In the thirtys and early fortys, station wagons were considered commercial cars and the new Mercury line was an upscale car as a step below the elite Lincolns. Lincoln did not build station wagons either for the same reason.

[choprods]

thanks Jerry, that makes sense considering the timeframe....
Now tha the middle class is driving 60,000 dollar family SUV's I think it may be time to upgrade this woodie to match their lifestyle!....

[choprods]

Now that I think of it there was a local car[1932 Lincoln factory built as what was termed an "estate wagon" I saw several years back,very nice car.

I have built several phantom style customs and have experience so this is a challenge to me even tho it has been done before by others.
Here is a Buick"woodie" I built the body for....[all steel with faux paint woodgraining throughout....]

[Vic Piano]

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Ford did not designate the "Woody Station Wagons" as cars until 1940, prior to that they were considered Commercial vehicles. The first year for a Mercury "Woody" was 1941. Various coach builders converted the Model "K" Lincolns of the 1930's into Estate Wagons etc.