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The 1947 Ford Deluxe Sportsman convertible was intended to make buyers
forget that Ford was offering basically warmed-over versions of its
pre-war cars. One of the most valuable of the post-war cars, only 723 of
the woodie convertibles were built in 1946, another 2,274 in 1947 and 28
in 1948. With the totally new 1949 line, the brief but spectacular era of
the Sportsman convertible was over. Mercury also had a version of the
Sportsman woodie convertible, but only a few hundred were built in 1946
and 1947.
The '47 Chrysler Town and Country convertible is considered by many to
be one of the most beautiful post-war models. With its wooden doors and
trunk lid, it was intended to lure buyers into showrooms while the
corporation readied its first post-war designs, which were unveiled for
1949.. Chrysler only made 9,000 of these woodie convertibles from 1946-48.
Each Town and Country was finished by a master woodworker, in mahogany
with white ash trim, so each is unique.
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