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woodiewagon46

12-16-2024 @ 7:08 AM

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We didn't quite know what we expected to find in Blairstown much less finding that the gentleman that serviced our Woodie was still alive. That was in 2010 and Mr. Kimm was elderly at that time so I doubt he is still with us. I was amazed about what he still recalled about Mr. Drake, the original owner of our car. Mr. Drake owned the town grocery store, but Mr. Kimm told us that Drake's passion was hunting dogs and that it wasn't unusual to see our car parked in town with several dogs in the rear barking and yapping away!

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WOW you guys, what a great story. i think a great number of us here and on the barn would love to have the same luck in finding out the heritage of our old cars like what you guys experienced. that woody wagon sounds like a keeper. Best wishes, Farmer Tom "on the barn" from Iowa.

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12-15-2024 @ 5:08 PM

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Woodiewagon46, I just got off the phone with my friend from Iowa. He said the car they worked on had Swanson Florists faintly on the doors. The story was the dealer owed the florist a large amount of money and took the car to settle the debt. That one was maroon. Your story brought a smile to my face because that's exactly what living in rural Iowa was like. Cars became almost like people where everybody in the town knew who owned it and where it came from new. My dealership didn't get Mercury until 1955. The first Mercury they sold was a yellow and black Montclair hardtop. Same family still had it, and we worked on it several times.

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12-15-2024 @ 9:56 AM

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1942 deluxe, it was a small town called Blairstown. We couldn't believe our luck as when we pulled into Blairstown we saw a mini-mart/service station with the same name of the owner of the service station (Kimm) that serviced my '46. When I walked into the mini- mart I asked the gentleman behind the register if Mr. Kimm was around and when I showed him the lubrication stickers he told me that he was his son and would call his dad. I could not believe our luck in that Mr. Kimm was still with us and came to the mini-mart to see the car that he serviced from 1946 until 1964. He was also a "car guy" and invited my wife and I back to his house to see his vehicles. Mr. Kimm told us the history of our car from 1946 until 1964, who owned it and where the owner lived and we actually drove past his house, it was a great day!!

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12-14-2024 @ 3:14 PM

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Woodiewagon, where in Iowa? I was a Ford dealer in Iowa and one of my fellow dealers had a customer that had I think a 46 station wagon the family bought new. The dealership was in Gowrie Iowa near Fort Dodge.

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12-14-2024 @ 11:52 AM

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I used the lubrication stickers that were glued to the "A" pillar to get information about my 1946 Station Wagon. We drove our Woodie from NY to Wavecrest, the worlds biggest Woodie show in 2010. On our return trip we stopped in the small town in Iowa that was on the lubrication sticker and actually found the elderly owner of the service station and he was able to give us the name of the owner of our car from 1946 until 1964.

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12-14-2024 @ 10:49 AM

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Bought from a dealer and not many past receipts that he had from his purchase and have what he did only . Thanks again for the info and agree with DMV aspect Best, Gary Wheeler.

Kindest regards, Gary Wheeler

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12-14-2024 @ 10:46 AM

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thanks again for the info and very much appreciated!

Kindest regards, Gary Wheeler

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12-14-2024 @ 7:14 AM

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Tracing ownership without some old receipts or other documents is a futile effort. Motor vehicle departments in almost all states must comply with "right to privacy" laws. They will not give you any information at all. Did you purchase it from a previous owner or was it from a dealer?

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12-13-2024 @ 9:27 PM

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Not much help, but according to Lorin Sorensen's book Famous Ford Woodies, all wagon body numbers were hand stamped into the driver's side engine compartment firewall from steering column to top.
If you know this number, you can almost find the month that it was produced.
1947 production started in March of 1947.
Your number should be between 24119 and 39486 (March to September 1947)
Not any help with ownership, but you could find out when it was roughly produced.

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