GOOD WOOD

Woodies. We’ve all heard of them, most of us have seen one in the flesh (or should that be ‘in the grain’?) and some have even owned one. But of those woodies, nearly all have been station wagons. There’s the odd sedan or coupe here and there, while a woodie convertible like Chrysler’s Town & Country is rarer still. But a woodie ute? Now that’s got to be a one-off.

JUSTIN’S WOOD

What you’re looking at here is the creation of Justin Wood; an appropriate surname given the NSW-based car nut is a qualified cabinetmaker and timber craftsman by trade.

Over more than two decades, Justin has applied his woodworking talents to everything from furniture to homewares, children’s toys and even musical instruments.

So what does a cabinetmaker have to do with cars? In Justin’s case, a lot, as for eight years, he built reproduction wooden frames for vintage and veteran automobiles, using the same sort of timber and tools that the original coachbuilders would have back in the day.

That experience with older production cars car builds.