Henry Ford had the foresight and the capital to purchase the town of Pequaming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and along with it the surrounding half million acres of forest.

From these forests came the maple frames and birch paneling needed for Ford’s new station wagon.

Ford opened his own Iron Mountain sawmills around 1922 under the Michigan Land, Lumber and Iron Company in the Menominee River Valley.

At first, Iron Mountain’s mills turned out raw lumber.

Then woodworkers made components, which were shipped to Briggs Manufacturing Company and Murray Corporation of America in Detroit and later to Raulang in Cleveland, Ohio for assembly.

This changed when Ford opened his own station wagon assembly line in the fall of 1936 at Iron Mountain.

Only 1,654 of the V-8-powerd Deluxe Station Wagons were built for the 1933 model year, priced at $640.

The boxy, upright styling of 1932 gave way to a more streamlined and swept-back look, with a pronounced rake in the windshield.

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