Interesting Ford in PNG
 

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C394114

I've not seen a Ford like this one ! The tub is a typical Australian well sided ute body but the cab is unusual on a car type Ford

Impressed
 

Impressed in NG?


Seems to be a whole row of odd-balls in the background.


Mike

Pretty good reason why you've never seen a Ford like that.

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It is a 1939 Plymouth roadster utility.

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The first thing I noticed was how the bonnet lifted up one side with a centre hinge and the bead around the front wheel arch.

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The Fords of that era had a one piece bonnet with sides down to the mudguards and no bead.

Cheers Rick

Impressed in NG
 

Well spotted Rick!

Somewhere in AWM126, I remember there was a page of odd-ball vehicles headed 'Impressed in New Guinea'.

Unfortunately, I don't have a volume or location reference for that page, but I'm sure someone will chance upon it eventually. A comparison between the vehicles visible in the image, and that page, may prove interesting.

Mike

yes
 

Yes , I found that particular page, it includes vehicles such as a A model Ford and other pre-war oddities. There is even a "Jap truck" listed somewhere in the 126 books.

Chev
 

Same setup on 39 Chev

Willys
 

Willys too

Once again those drawings showing fat dumpy vehicles as lowered streamliners remind me of the "artist's Impression" in real estate advertisements.

A new housing development at Ayers Rock (Uluru) was drawn not only with green grass and tall trees but a lovely winding road just a short walk from the Gold Coast whose pristine surf beaches can be seen from your bedroom window 3,000km away.

Lang