[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Check out the front end design [thanks Mark] for the Quad-Ant...you can see the precedent set with the front wings/fenders attached to the main front end structure. As:

1. the MCC and Quad-Ant complied with Spec. 36 they were idea for copying front end and rear body design [in the case of the GTs] and
2. the drawings for these designs had been sent to the DND and thence to Windsor by December 1939, which allowed for ready modifications to fit a V-8 and inline six, and
3. they had a proven cross-country/towing performance,

the Ford team under Sid Swallow were easily able to modify the 1940 Ford 4 x 2 to suit mass production, and create designs that would stand up to military requirements.

This also of course shows that the GM of Canada designs owed very little to the development lineage, save for providing testing of drive trains which were able to be rectified when series assembly started, which used in some chassis GM components that had to be from the heavy duty range.