This 1949 Ford Woody is a work of professionally built art! It is full of subtle touches – the build quality is the highest! It was done by Barry White’s StreetRods in Corona, CA, with cost-no-object ! The final build cost was OVER $300,000 ! Only the best components and the highest quality work were applied to this beautiful and functional Woody! It has every modern convenience – Air Conditioning, Hidden Stereo, Power everything, Disc Brakes, and more, more, more! Ridiculous horsepower is provided by a Supercharged LS-1 V-8.
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Only the best craftsmen applied their talents – Chris Messano was responsible for the woodwork, Gabe Lopez planned and stitched the amazing leather interior, and Marcel’s custom metal fabricated the custom smoothed firewall and fender aprons.
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Partial trades of high quality Authentic Classics, brass antique automobiles, Sportscars, Musclecars, 50’s, 60’s and ’70’s collector cars will be considered. We do NOT want Motorcycles, Motor Homes, Boats, or real estate or wine as part exchange!
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Yes it’s a Ford Woody, but it’s also a totally custom creation. The sheetmetal was formed and smoothed to present the most elegant appearance, the wood is hand-built, hand fitted and hand-finished by Chris Messano, with a depth and clarity and character not often seen in wooden cars.
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The stance – a combination of the custom and rarely seen SRRC billet aluminum wheels and the suspension is just exactly perfect, and it’s achieved the old fashioned way with comfortable and driveable springs and coil-over shocks. Those wheels were custom made for this car – they are one of one custom wheels.
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SRRC Wheels, 4 wheel Wilwood disc brakes, and a very low stance! Attention to detail like this did not come cheap!
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The woodwork is spectacular – you can see the character in the wood, it’s almost alive when the sunlight hits it!
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Only a professional could get the wood to show like this!
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This photo shows not just the engine – the incredible Magnussen supercharged LS-1 V-8 – but the incredible attention to detail in the engine bay. Note the smoothed firewall with fitted opening for the engine, done by the famous Marcel’s Custom Metal. Note the smooth fenderwells. Note how clean it is – hidden wiring, custom air intake. Everything custom, everything well designed and planned.
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Beautiful and powerful!
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Sumptuous Leather Interior in Brick Red and Tan, with matching German Squareweave carpeting. Individual power bucket seats, and console with hidden stereo!
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Another custom and extremely subtle touch – the windshield is actually taller than the factory windshield by 2 inches, to get a cleaner, more open design. That required custom windshield trim and glass, of course – a huge effort to make a small but significant contribution to the eye-pleasing nature of this car! Look at the photo below, and you’ll see the upper edge of the windshield matches the upper edge of the side window opening.
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The wood is lively and vibrant, a sunburst of visual beauty!
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The only external handle on the car is the one for the rear window hatch.
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Even the gas filler flap is well thought out – it was re-located here, and it’s a magnetic push latch to open it.
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Here we see the hidden stereo and the A/C vents.
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Beautifully sculpted doorpanels in Brick Red and tan.
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Comfortable and beautiful.
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Lovely Wood rimmed steering wheel with banjo spokes. It’s mounted to an IDIDIT steering column with a column shifter for the Overdrive Automatic transmission.
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Brilliant!
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Beautiful leather, nicely stitched and detailed. The color is brick red, it looks darker than it displays on the internet.
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L.E.D. courtesy lamps are a nice touch
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The doorjambs are beautiful
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Nicely trimmed rear compartment, note the flush speaker openings in each side.
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Let’s take in some of this beautiful undercarriage, and the high quality it displays – Chrome tubular A-Arms for the front suspension, Rack & Pinion steering gear, stainless dual exhausts, Overdrive automatic transmission, disc brakes, and clean throughout.
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That’s the power brake line booster on the left, unobtrusively mounted.
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Ford 9″ rear axle with 3.50 gear ratio. Also note the custom fabricated fuel tank.
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Beautiful!
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The lower rocker panel finish is as nice as the hood! Another indicator of a super high quality build.
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This car is beautifully finished everywhere!
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Impressive in every way!
This car is located in our showroom, Offered by the Vault Classic Cars Dealership, Fullerton, CA, call us at 714-401-1047
International customers are welcome to buy! We’ve sent many cars overseas.
THERE IS NO COOLING OFF PERIOD UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A CONTRACT CANCELLATION OPTION. California law does not provide for a “cooling off” period for vehicle lease or purchase contracts. Therefore, you cannot later cancel such a contract simply because you change your mind, decide the vehicle costs too much, or wish you had acquired a different vehicle. After you sign a motor vehicle purchase or lease contract, it may only be cancelled with the agreement of the seller or lessor or for legal cause, such as fraud. However, California law does require the seller to offer a 2 day contract cancellation option on used vehicles with a purchase price of less than $40,000, subject to certain statutory conditions. See the vehicle contract cancellation option agreement for details.
The prospective purchaser of a vehicle may, at his or her own expense and with the approval of the dealer, have the vehicle inspected by an independent third party either on or off the dealership premises. All Prices shown DO NOT include California Sales Tax, DMV fees, smog certificate on post-1975 vehicles, Documentation fees, and any late registration fees owed to DMV. Out of state customers are responsible to pay sales tax and any other government fees in their own state. Out of state customers are not required to pay California Sales Tax and DMV fees IF the car is shipped by ICC licensed carrier that issues a bill of lading. If you fly in and drive it home, we are required to charge Tax and DMV for driving on California roads! All signed contract documentation must be received AND full payment received before the car will be released to the new owner.
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Sold AS-IS, with NO WARRANTY. Delivery F.O.B. Fullerton, CA. This car is sold Mileage exempt, meaning it’s not possible to know the original mileage. It is the buyer’s responsibility to either inspect the car in person or enlist the services of an inspector prior to sale. The car may have minor or major flaws that are not evident in the photos and description. Federally required “buyer’s guide”, marked AS-IS, NO WARRANTY is incorporated in this contract by reference. CONDITIONS OF SALE, 4 PAGES, are incorporated in this contract by reference.
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We are happy to work with legitimate overseas buyers, and we can assist with getting the car shipped to most international ports. Shipping is at buyers expense, the car is sold FOB Anaheim, CA. There is an additional $200 cost to flatbed the car to any freight forwarder in the Los Angeles, CA area. Call us during Pacific Daylight Business hours at 714-401-1047.