Beaver car

[Benjamin Barrett]

One other possibility is that it's related to a "woodchip car," a
train car for hauling wood chips.

http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index2.htm?GNEWoodchipLoading.htm

There's mention of Willamette, Pacific OSU and UofO Duck woodchip cars
at
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,23565

Unfortunately the photos offered are no longer there. BB

On Aug 9, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> There's are comments at http://www.flickr.com/photos/oybay/
> 2231349232/ about a Ford Country Squire where one person says they
> used to call it a woody and the other a beaver. As can be seen in
> the photo and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Country_Squire,
> the word "woody" probably comes from the wood siding. I wonder if
> "beaver" is a play on that?
>
> There's also a comment about a Mustang at http://forum.teamxbox.com/archive/index.php/t-232874.html
> , where fausenbaug says "yeah, its gonna be a pretty kick angry
> beaver car. I like the stylings of the ealier models." I think
> "beaver" here either means "woman-getter" or is else just random.
>
> Wikipedia mentions a few other Beaver vehicles at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_%28disambiguation%29
> .
>
> BB
>
> On Aug 9, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Barbara Need wrote:
>
>> Is anyone else familiar with this term? It refers to a station wagon
>> with wood (veneer) sides. A game we played on trips when I was a
>> child (1960s) was to be the first to spot a "beaver car". I do not
>> know how the phrase originated (I will ask my mom when I next speak
>> to her). It is possible it has something to do with visits we made to
>> friends in Beaver Falls, PA (from near Cleveland), but I don't know.
>>
>> I tried to do a Google search, but what seemed to be getting was car
>> dealerships in places with Beaver as (part of) the name.
>

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