This Is My Idea Of An Estate Wagon... [PIC]

     Chrysler managed to build 999 of these impressive "Barrelback" Town & Country wood body estate wagons from late 1941 to just one month after Pearl Harbor when the government shut down civilian automobile production. At the end of the run, some of the cars were sold with painted grills and bumpers due to an almost immediate ban on chromium use. It's notable that this was the first woody with an all steel roof that was borrowed from their Imperial limousine. The white ash and Honduran mahogany were milled at Pekin Wood Products in Arkansas and shipped to Detroit to be assembled inhouse on the 6 cylinder Windsor chassis with Fluid Drive. The interior offers all leather upholstery  and was fully optioned. Its sleek rounded styling ended with these clam shell rear doors. Most of the '42 T&Cs were ordered as  configured as a 9 passenger with jump seat. Perhaps only a few dozen exist today mostly to wood failure. Chrysler strongly recommended revarnishing the wood every 6 months, so you know that didn't happen.

    This Danbury Mint model is quite a joy to behold.