OT poll: wooden cars

[JohnZhang]

hahaha

Thought some of the more 'handy' amongst us might enjoy the woodwork involved:

[meow2222]

NT

[Dave Plowman (News)]

For a real car made largely of wood try Marcos. Of course most older coach built ones had a wood frame to the body.

[:Jerry:]

Any advances on the Morris Minor Traveller being the last *mass produced* car that had structural wood?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Depends on what you mean by 'production'

[the_constructor]

Yes, the Morris Mini Traveller which was after the Minor

[Colin Wilson]

[:Jerry:]

Wrong, on both accounts! The Mini [Traveller] never had structural wood [1] and the Minor Traveller remained in production long after the marketing mans fake structural wood option was drooped from the Mini range.

[1] the wood was just screwed to the standard steel body shell

[Roger]

The message from "the_constructor" contains these words:

Wasn't that wood just cosmetic?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Probably given the Mini Traveller has the same basic body as the van. The Minor Traveller and van were very different - the van had what was effectively a separate chassis.

[Aidan]

Africar.

doesn't qualify in the mass-produced, or even produced, categories but lots of woodies there for enthusiasts.

[Huge]

No. The wood on Travellers is structural.

[:Jerry:]

On the Morris Minor Traveller - Yes, in the Morris Mini Traveller - No. The Mini Traveller has / had the same shell as the Mini Estate.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I don't think it is. The body shell is based on the van which has no wood.

[Huge]

I'm pretty sure it is. We owned a saloon for years and I still wouldn't mind a Traveller, if the mechanicals were updated.

Have a look here;

like the rear wings, side panels, doors, windows and roof are all supported by the timber frame... Looks pretty structural to me!

I quite fancy one of these;

[:Jerry:]

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