5 Cars That Defined The Woodie - And The 5 Worst Woodies Ever Made

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In the earliest days of the automobile, creating steel stampings for bodies was more expensive than making them from wood. Companies knew how to work with wood. They'd been making horse-drawn carriage bodies from wood for centuries.
When the curved-dash Oldsmobile hit the streets in 1901 as the world's first mass-produced car, its body was made of wood. Here are some models from the glory days of the woodie - and the 5 worst woodies ever made.