CAB with hatched roof - optional all models

[Mike K]

1939 Ford ute , or van 12 cwt in Aust army parlance .

This 39 Ford ute is based on the car chassis , classed as a light commercial in civilian life . It has the truck cab and grill , but narrower guards ( fenders ) than the larger trucks .

The door script reads DIV sigs , so it belongs to a signals unit . The army reg number V ??? is also there on the door .

The box in the back would house a no. 101 wireless set . The ute has a antenna mount on the off side . These utes are particularly rare nowadays , I have only seen 3 of them over the years , all unrestored . Of The examples delivered to the military , many would have gone overseas to areas like the Middle East , virtually none have survived here in OZ .

The ute bodies were rather fragile and very few survived for long .

Mike