Ford woodie wagon in USS Yorktown
 

I hadn’t seen any comments about this. The NOAA submersible was looking at the sunken Yorktown deep in the Pacific Ocean and found this Ford wagon. The article I read suggested that it was a “1940-41” Ford. It’s definitely a Ford flathead V8, but it didn’t seem to have the fender shape of a 1940 model. Any thoughts on this from the experts? I guess it could be a 1942 as well. I bet the admiral wished he could have removed it before the ship was sunk.

Here’s the link to the article which also shows a few more photos
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okean...n-mission.html

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Vertical grill bars arranged in an arc and the style of the bumper guards suggest 41 to me, Not 40.

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Those fender lights sure look like the ones on my ‘41

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Thanks Mac, great video.

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How time flies when you're having fun. I was stationed on Midway during the 20th anniversary. This cachet stamp went on all outgoing mail from Midway Island for those 3 days.

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It is without a doubt a 1941 Ford station wagon. There are three pictures including a close up of the grill since the dive team was trying to read the license plate.

What I find odd, beyond the car being on the aircraft carrier, is the bright work. I though military vehicles were all drab and blacked out. This one has stainless trim.

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okean...frontplate.jpg


https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okean...ve07-woody.jpg


https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okean...automobile.jpg