I just ran a posting about a fake wood-paneled Chrysler Town & Country, so why not take a look at a real wood-paneled Lincoln from 1955. This is a one-off Lincoln Sportsman Convertible, meant to evoke the memory of classic post war wood bodies classic cruisers like the Ford Sportman, and even the real Chrysler Town & Country. And this car will be auctioned off today in Burbank, California. So, does this Woody give you Wood? According to the very detailed auction listing:

Built from 1946 to 1948, the Ford Sportsman was a wood-bodied convertible coupe, a prestige model like Ford had never seen. But it was expensive and difficult to build, and Ford was giving up wood bodies, in favor of wood motif appliqué, even on station wagons. The company mocked up a 1949 Sportsman coupe and convertible, using Country Squire-like trim, but nothing more was heard – until this car turned up. Ostensibly a Lincoln Sportsman, it does not appear in any of the many books on Ford or Lincoln, and a search of auto show records for the period has found no reporting on it, until a feature article in an enthusiast magazine in 1987. Regardless of its origins, it remains an essay on what a modern-day Sportsman might have been. Complete wood bodies were a thing of the past by 1955, so an appliqué is in character, as Chrysler used for the K-car-based Town & Country Convertible. It is equipped with power steering, power brakes, power windows and seat, central chassis lubrication, windshield washers, an AM radio and a heater-defroster. An accessory visor, complete with traffic light prism, has been fitted to the windshield. It has Lincoln’s 341-cid overhead valve V-8 and Turbo-Drive automatic transmission. Paint, body and brightwork are all very good, although the workmanship of the wood appliqué is not of artisanal quality. An interesting foray into what might have been, it is the center of attention wherever it goes.

Initial Auction Estimates for what this car will bring range from $150,000 to $200,000. You can see if it sells today by watching live coverage on the new NBC Sports Network, or you can simply wait to see what it will bring by looking at the listing here from time to time. This is a lot of coin for what is essentially a one off car, but do you think it’s worth it?