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Edward Kingsford was married to Henry Ford's first cousin. He developed and ran the Ford Factory in Iron Mountain on the upper Michigan Peninsula across its border with Wisconsin. Ford had forests up there and built the Ford Woodie's body there.Henry Ford was concerned with all the wood scraps and sawdust going to waste and they created briquets to make money off it. Wayne Yada and I visited Iron Mountain on our 2019 Woodie trip back from the Maine National Woodie Club show a few years ago.Got a tour inside the old Ford factory by one if the current tenants. They loved seeing Wayne's 1950 Ford Woodie. Ford's briquets reminded me of the Cal Cedar factory in Stockton that was one of my customers in 1975 while I worked for Union Oil Company. It was originally a pencil factory. A young manager was seeing all the wood shavings and sawdust going to waste. Cal Cedar bought wax from the Union Oil Company Bay area refinery at Rodeo and mixed it with the sawdust and wood shavings. Wrapped it in a heavy paper wrapper . . . it is now known as Duraflame logs.The instructions warn to not remove the wrapper. If you remember from Boy Scouts, a fire requires tinder, kindling and fuel logs. The paper wrapper is the tinder, the wax is the kindling that lights the sawdust & wood shaving that provide the fuel log. Pete Pete On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:48:32 PM PDT, mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> wrote: https://x.com/historydefined/status/2048160157788483831?s=20 Very interesting piece of history CDR Mike Brattland, USN (Ret.) mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com mgbrattland@brattland.org Admin/Moderator SanDiegoCarGuys List & Calendar of Events sandiegocarguys@brattland.org 619 454-0496 ’38 Willys 2 Dr Sedan Webmaster for www.brattland.org www.overthehillgang.com www.overdrivehotrodnews.com www.gerlecreek.org www.helobubbas.com www.prowlers.org www.gerlecreek.com www.ford6vcarburetion.com www.westcoastwillysclub.com www.nssha.org www.nhahistoricalsociety.org https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/
That’s really cool! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2026, at 2:29 PM, Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote: Edward Kingsford was married to Henry Ford's first cousin. He developed and ran the Ford Factory in Iron Mountain on the upper Michigan Peninsula across its border with Wisconsin. Ford had forests up there and built the Ford Woodie's body there. Henry Ford was concerned with all the wood scraps and sawdust going to waste and they created briquets to make money off it. [Emoji] Wayne Yada and I visited Iron Mountain on our 2019 Woodie trip back from the Maine National Woodie Club show a few years ago. Got a tour inside the old Ford factory by one if the current tenants. They loved seeing Wayne's 1950 Ford Woodie. Ford's briquets reminded me of the Cal Cedar factory in Stockton that was one of my customers in 1975 while I worked for Union Oil Company. It was originally a pencil factory. A young manager was seeing all the wood shavings and sawdust going to waste. Cal Cedar bought wax from the Union Oil Company Bay area refinery at Rodeo and mixed it with the sawdust and wood shavings. Wrapped it in a heavy paper wrapper . . . it is now known as Duraflame logs. The instructions warn to not remove the wrapper. If you remember from Boy Scouts, a fire requires tinder, kindling and fuel logs. The paper wrapper is the tinder, the wax is the kindling that lights the sawdust & wood shaving that provide the fuel log. Pete <1777238651220blob.jpg> Pete On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:48:32 PM PDT, mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> wrote: [X]https://x.com/historydefined/status/2048160157788483831?s=20 Very interesting piece of history CDR Mike Brattland, USN (Ret.) mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com<mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> mgbrattland@brattland.org<mailto:mgbrattland@brattland.org> Admin/Moderator SanDiegoCarGuys List & Calendar of Events sandiegocarguys@brattland.org<mailto:sandiegocarguys@brattland.org> 619 454-0496 ’38 Willys 2 Dr Sedan Webmaster for [X] www.brattland.org<http://www.brattland.org/> [X] www.overthehillgang.com<http://www.overthehillgang.com/> [X] www.overdrivehotrodnews.com<http://www.overdrivehotrodnews.com/> [X] www.gerlecreek.org<http://www.gerlecreek.org/> [X] www.helobubbas.com<http://www.helobubbas.com/> [X]www.prowlers.org<http://www.prowlers.org/> [X] www.gerlecreek.com<http://www.gerlecreek.com/> [X] www.ford6vcarburetion.com<http://www.ford6vcarburetion.com/> [X]www.westcoastwillysclub.com<http://www.westcoastwillysclub.com/> [X] www.nssha.org<http://www.nssha.org/> [X] www.nhahistoricalsociety.org<http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> [X] https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/ <1777238651220blob.jpg>
Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM, Peter Cowper<petercowper@att.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Sandiegocarguys mailing list -- sandiegocarguys@brattland.org To unsubscribe send an email to sandiegocarguys-leave@brattland.org
My friend Wayne Yada and I have made two cross country trips in his Woodie from the Dearborn Show and the Maine show. Wayne is a Past National Woodie Club President and newest recipient of the Will O'Neil award at our Central Valley Woodie Club show this weekend. Fifteenth Person to receive the award since 1975.His 1950 Ford woodie is a fine cross-county tourer . . . with a Chevy 350 & 700R-4! Pete On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 04:09:59 PM PDT, Wendell Jack <lumberjax1941@yahoo.com> wrote: Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM, Peter Cowper<petercowper@att.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Sandiegocarguys mailing list -- sandiegocarguys@brattland.org To unsubscribe send an email to sandiegocarguys-leave@brattland.org
*Congratulations WAYNE & PETER, * *Great Pic of you both with Wayne's Woodie wagon!* *That car looks much like our friend Woody Downing's '49 Wagon.* *Thanks, Bob & Jan Mohler 🥰😎👍* On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote:
My friend Wayne Yada and I have made two cross country trips in his Woodie from the Dearborn Show and the Maine show. Wayne is a Past National Woodie Club President and newest recipient of the Will O'Neil award at our Central Valley Woodie Club show this weekend. Fifteenth Person to receive the award since 1975. His 1950 Ford woodie is a fine cross-county tourer . . . with a Chevy 350 & 700R-4! [image: Emoji] Pete [image: Inline image]
On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 04:09:59 PM PDT, Wendell Jack < lumberjax1941@yahoo.com> wrote:
Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood [image: Photo attachment: 1000000165.jpg]
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Having ridden to Wavecrest in Woody's lowered 1949 Woodie, I'm glad Wayne and I don't have to crawl over every speed bump!Sure miss Woody Downing.Pete On Monday, April 27, 2026 at 07:27:16 AM PDT, Robert Mohler <rmohler@gmail.com> wrote: Congratulations WAYNE & PETER, Great Pic of you both with Wayne's Woodie wagon!That car looks much like our friend Woody Downing's '49 Wagon.Thanks, Bob & Jan Mohler 🥰😎👍 On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote: My friend Wayne Yada and I have made two cross country trips in his Woodie from the Dearborn Show and the Maine show. Wayne is a Past National Woodie Club President and newest recipient of the Will O'Neil award at our Central Valley Woodie Club show this weekend. Fifteenth Person to receive the award since 1975.His 1950 Ford woodie is a fine cross-county tourer . . . with a Chevy 350 & 700R-4! Pete On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 04:09:59 PM PDT, Wendell Jack <lumberjax1941@yahoo.com> wrote: Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM, Peter Cowper<petercowper@att.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Sandiegocarguys mailing list -- sandiegocarguys@brattland.org To unsubscribe send an email to sandiegocarguys-leave@brattland.org _______________________________________________ Sandiegocarguys mailing list -- sandiegocarguys@brattland.org To unsubscribe send an email to sandiegocarguys-leave@brattland.org
*You're right Pete, those bagged cars just aren't all that practical for us long-distance fans.* *He didn't drive the '49 as much after he acquired his '57 Woodie wagon. Then later his '41 Ford convertible* *became his favorite driver in his last years.* *(Some pics of Woody & his Friends over the years).* *Rest in Peace Woody- we miss him too!* *Bob & Jan M.* On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote:
*Having ridden to Wavecrest in Woody's lowered 1949 Woodie, I'm glad Wayne and I don't have to crawl over every speed bump!* *Sure miss Woody Downing.* *Pete *
On Monday, April 27, 2026 at 07:27:16 AM PDT, Robert Mohler < rmohler@gmail.com> wrote:
*Congratulations WAYNE & PETER, * *Great Pic of you both with Wayne's Woodie wagon!* *That car looks much like our friend Woody Downing's '49 Wagon.* *Thanks, Bob & Jan Mohler 🥰😎👍*
On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote:
My friend Wayne Yada and I have made two cross country trips in his Woodie from the Dearborn Show and the Maine show. Wayne is a Past National Woodie Club President and newest recipient of the Will O'Neil award at our Central Valley Woodie Club show this weekend. Fifteenth Person to receive the award since 1975. His 1950 Ford woodie is a fine cross-county tourer . . . with a Chevy 350 & 700R-4! [image: Emoji] Pete [image: Inline image]
On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 04:09:59 PM PDT, Wendell Jack < lumberjax1941@yahoo.com> wrote:
Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood [image: Photo attachment: 1000000165.jpg]
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*To Mike Brattland & Friends* *Ref our mutual friend WOODY DOWNING* *(It's coming up to 5 yrs ago when he passed away unexpectedly in June 2021)* *Jan & I were really close friends with him ever since we parked next to him* *& Mike at a DEL MAR car show in about 2002. * *I've taken a lot of photos of he & his friends over the nearly 20 yrs **we knew him. * *Thanks* *Bob & Jan Mohler 🥰😎👍* *Here's a Slideshow of Woody & his many mutual friends (good memories)* *CLICK: https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1B3fVoL45NXq82b6 <https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1B3fVoL45NXq82b6>* On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote:
Having ridden to Wavecrest in Woody's lowered 1949 Woodie, I'm glad Wayne and I don't have to crawl over every speed bump! Sure miss Woody Downing. Pete
On Monday, April 27, 2026 at 07:27:16 AM PDT, Robert Mohler < rmohler@gmail.com> wrote:
*Congratulations WAYNE & PETER, * *Great Pic of you both with Wayne's Woodie wagon!* *That car looks much like our friend Woody Downing's '49 Wagon.* *Thanks, Bob & Jan Mohler 🥰😎👍*
On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM Peter Cowper <petercowper@att.net> wrote:
My friend Wayne Yada and I have made two cross country trips in his Woodie from the Dearborn Show and the Maine show. Wayne is a Past National Woodie Club President and newest recipient of the Will O'Neil award at our Central Valley Woodie Club show this weekend. Fifteenth Person to receive the award since 1975. His 1950 Ford woodie is a fine cross-county tourer . . . with a Chevy 350 & 700R-4! [image: Emoji] Pete [image: Inline image]
On Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 04:09:59 PM PDT, Wendell Jack < lumberjax1941@yahoo.com> wrote:
Here is my 50 Ford Woodie with new wood [image: Photo attachment: 1000000165.jpg]
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