Not mine, etc...
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1014409582583953
This is advertised a homemade Model A pickup, but it looks to me that it could actually be an original Model A Ute, although I don't think I've ever seen one with the coupe's side window. I don't want it, but it might be worth checking out for an ambitious Model A restorer.
Ad says:
Homemade Model A turned truck, not running , no title , serious inquiries only, no tire kickers .ACTUAL MILEAGE UNKNOWN
Might be worth sending to the Ford Piquette Ave Plant (Link) Museum for them to research.
If that's homemade, it's pretty good, especially considering the vintage. Oh, the awful, awful things I would do to that car.
oh man i would super rock that. my biggest complaint of vintage pickups is lack of cab space.
Looking at the first picture the paint does seem different on the bed sides compared to the rest of the truck.
Back in the 40's my father took my mother's 31' 5 window and turned the back into a pickup truck for the farm...
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Neatest thing I've seen, is taking the relatively unloved sedan, removing the crossection that contains the rear doors, and joining the rear short section to the front, making an extended cab Model A pickup. Its slick.
The lettering on the door tells the tale.
So many of these were converted to trucks during the depression and WWII.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I was not aware the factory ever made a model A Ute. An name is never heard to getting into Australian Fords, back in the '70s
Ford called 'em rancheros , since the late 50's
That one looks like a very well made home job, at a glance. I'd love to be shown I'm wrong!!!
These are 1928s
Very cool! I've never seen one! 'Course at 293 made by a custom Coach builder, little wonder!
Did the factory make an "Ute", or are we talking about what is usually called a Model A Pickup?
I realize that the Model A Pickups were basically a sedan with the back chopped off, which makes them much more like an "Ute" than a modern pickup (which is entirely different than a sedan from the ground up)
Are the Ute and the pickup 2 different vehicles, or the same thing?
In reply to SV reX :
They are different. The regular pickups are a cab and bed. The Utes, known formally as Deluxe Pickups, are integrated bodies and beds.
It's important to remember that it was Ford Motor Company. Ford manufactured the chassis, engine and running gear back then. Ford also made some of the bodies, but others were made by Briggs, Murray or Budd, along with a few others. There were tons of variations (and not everything was interchangeable), and coachbuilt bodies were still a big thing at the time.
Bodies (or parts) were delivered to Ford and they were put on the chassis along the assembly line.
Often, running, rolling chassis with hoods and cowls were delivered to coach builders for special bodies.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
Interesting...
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