Although station wagon bodies were common on Model Ts, the Ford Motor Company did not catalogue the body style until the 1929 model year. It is credited to Edsel Ford, who desired such a vehicle for his estates in Michigan and Maine. Designs were drawn to Edsel’s request, and body production was entrusted to Murray Corporation of America in Detroit, one of Ford Motor Company’s principal body suppliers. The wood came from Henry Ford’s forests at Iron Mountain, in Michigan’s northern peninsula. This was high-quality maple, while birch plywood was used for the panels.

This Model A Station Wagon, which was built in August 1929, was owned by a Texas family from new, and they used it as their principal transportation and subsequently on their farm. It was used to deliver ice for some years and was then retired to the farm in the mid-1940s. It was rescued in the early 1970s and restored. The current restoration was done to Model A Ford Club of America standards in the late 1990s. It is in its correct Manila Brown with black fenders and has won several First Place awards in California shows, as well as a First in the Blue Ribbon Class at the 2000 Model A Convention in Kansas. It comes with full side curtains and correct nickel-plated brightwork. It is still competitive on the show field and equally appropriate for picnics or parades.