1942 Australian 12 cwt Chevrolet Ute - Help!

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Noce one! Thnaks for the data. These were the '1945' Models available from Holden's:

1945

45-4201B MAPLE LEAF 1670 Series

45-4201B MAPLE LEAF 1680 Series

45-4526 CHEVROLET Coupe Utility 1311 Series

[Mike K]

Talking of utes:

These are the two Holden body tags from my two 1940 chev utes. They are the light commercial utes on 113" w.b. , with the truck cab .

One was found down past Geelong, the other near Maryborough . The body/job numbers are very close . Both were originally painted in the factory in "port red" colour . They are both Jan. 40 production, very early .

They are very sick however, I need a good cab to begin with .
Not many of these would have been allowed to go into civilian use. Some were fitted with a GMH built all wooden tray type body and one of these has survived with a army rebuild palte on the motor, others like mine had a seperate ute tub fitted. The army used both types.

Both of my wrecks have the CFA logo on the doors ... But what were they doing before the CFA was formed in 1944 ?

Mike

[Mike K]

This is the colour tag from one of the utes : it is Bright Red.

AO would be Jan 1940 I would think.

One of them was actually running , but on 4 cylinders . It appears to be a very good motor .. needs a little TLC . The second one has chronic rust in everything , the cab is totally beyond help. No evidence of army paint on them .

Early 1940 would have been when the govt. was confiscating trucks from the populace .. they forcefully 'aquired' vehicles from civilian owners.. I believe it was 39 and 40 models they grabbed .. anything earlier wasn't so attractive.

Mike