38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Of the two, this one retained it’s mechanical brakes, and although its underside was knocked for excessive pitting, it was awarded its Dearborn for absolute perfection but for the weathered underside, no rust present, painted of course. Jack Hogan was pleased with both cars, but this one, he had not foreseen turning out as good as it did. After its first showing, Jack was advised on concealment of the brake floaters he had installed, which makes the car more roadworthy. He did take that advice, and the floaters became undetectable unless disassembled, which of course is never part of any EFV8CA Concourse.
This is the one that had been restored to become a driver, the other to be the show car, both shown together at their first outing. I’ve forgotten the details of the other one, but as I recall, it had several minor issues to take care of before the next show, this one (as I recall), only the brake floaters being obvious.
So many years ago, my memory not as it once was, I judged both cars for thier first three meets. Seldom does any first time showing produce so few discrepancies, and of course, being “twins”, they enjoyed that notoriety.

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

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“Woodie Times” magazine featured the Twins on both the front and back covers of its April 2002 issue.

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Beautiful car. I know personally, having restored a '39 wagon (999 points) how much more effort is required than a convertible or closed car restoration.
Examples like this I could never quite understand... to go through countless hours of work and neglect the undercarriage. Why? To save money?
In my judging experience, that is not uncommon and the main reason there are very few #1 cars.
Sadly, wagons have plummeted in value and as such, I doubt this one will sell for anywhere near the investment.

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Jack told me the story of why he restored both as 38's. Primarily because of the consecutive plates he found in the original DMV envelopes. Good story. Great guy.

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Beautiful cars. As time goes on, I've become quite fond of the nose on a '38.

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I suppose that's a great reason. Certainly, one I'd never had guessed :)

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

They’re great cars and I like the story on the restoration……I’m becoming very fond of wagons but I’m partial to ‘49-‘51….if I was told I could only have one car for the rest of my life I would want a Shoebox wagon………Mark

Re: 38 Ford Woodie - one of the twins for sale
 

Just moments ago, I saw the ad listed elsewhere. $110k.
Yeah, maybe fifteen years ago. I'd be quite surprised if this one brings $55k.
It's 2026, not 2003.