shetland classic car show

[stitchdup]

I'm not going to post all my pics from today as i have over 750 and i concentrated on the fronts today so tomorrow will be the rears. I'm going to post the cars i found most interesting. finding two pre war ford woodies made my day and its the first time i've seen a 37 or 36 for real. I wouldn't want to drive the cadillac rag top, its was clean at first glance but you could see the entire rear end shake when the doors shut and the top removal seemed to just involve a saw and some thin stainless trim without any reinforcing on the sills. I'll be adding all the pics to my flickr albums once i return home and theres lots to see apart from these.

 

[stitchdup]

I got to sit in the 36 woody today and i was so happy about it i completely forget to get any pics of the interior. Both the woodies are british built so there are a few differences from your ones. The 37 only got registered in 1978 and was previously connected to our current queen through some shooting estate

[stitchdup]

there were a few lagondas at the show today. The owner of the black one lives local to me and when i said i was getting pics for building a model bentley with a similar looking suspension he invited me to visit him after september as he has a bentley blower too and a few other similar cars. He was very keen for me to visit to get more pics of his other cars so I'm looking forward to this visit. If anybody needs any detail shots i can get those at the same time.

 

[Rockford]

Fantastic! Are all these cars living in Shetland or do they make the trip across from the mainland? 

[stitchdup]

the lagondas travelled up from the mainland, and about a dozen cars came up from orkney. The ferry was full every day from tuesday thru friday but that included ordinary cars and stuff too. maybe up to half were local cars

[NYLIBUD]

Wow,certainly some interesting and some odd cars.??

[woodieguyuk]

Correction. There were no British Woodies built in the UK by Ford. Pre WW2 Ford Woodies, or "Utility Cars" as they were known, were all built at Ford's Iron Mountain facility in Michigan, and shipped via Ford's Canada factory, as Canada was part of the British Dominion and therefore had advantageous tax rates.

These wood-bodied shooting brakes were first sold in the UK in 1935, until the outbreak of war in 1939. These were built on a "Special Order" basis with right hand drive. They were then fitted with trafficators and wing-mounted side lights by the supplying dealer to conform to UK regulations.

Post-WW2 the Ford V8 Pilots were supplied as a "Chassis/Cab" by Ford and some woodie shooting brakes were built by outside coachbuilders, most notably the V8 Pilot Shooting Brake built for HRH King George 6th by Garner Motors of Willesden.

Hope this information is of some help

Regards

Colin  

[woodieguyuk]

On 6/2/2024 at 5:26 PM, stitchdup said:

I got to sit in the 36 woody today and i was so happy about it i completely forget to get any pics of the interior. Both the woodies are british built so there are a few differences from your ones. The 37 only got registered in 1978 and was previously connected to our current queen through some shooting estate

Correction,

There were never any Ford Woodies built in the UK by Ford. Too labour intensive and time consuming to build. All Ford Woodies built pre WW2 were built at Ford's Iron Mountain facility in Michigan in the US. These were all special orders from Ford UK, and were shipped through Ford's Canada plant as Canada was then part of the British Dominion and therefore had advantageous import tax and duties. These were fitted with right-hand-drive and on arrival were fitted with trafficators and wing mounted sidelights to comply with UK regulations. Post war-the Ford V8 Pilot Woodie Shooting Brakes were sold as "chassis/Cabs" and bodied by outside coachbuilders most notable was the shooting brake built by Garner Motors of Willesden for HRH King George 6th and on display at Sandringham.

Hope this information is of some help

Colin (V8 Pilot Woodie Owner)

[woodieguyuk]

On 6/2/2024 at 5:26 PM, stitchdup said:

I got to sit in the 36 woody today and i was so happy about it i completely forget to get any pics of the interior. Both the woodies are british built so there are a few differences from your ones. The 37 only got registered in 1978 and was previously connected to our current queen through some shooting estate

Hi Les,

Regarding the "British" woodies, you might be interested to read my comments below i have posted a correction regarding them

Regards

Colin (Ford V8 Woodie Owner).