Aussie utes in U.S. army film

[Mike K]

AWM pics depict wartime Townsville in QLD .

The rear end of a 1941 Pontiac ute - followed by a 1/2 Ton CC ? And one of the rare 1941 military Ford car based utes , of which less than 10 are known of today . A friend in Melbourne has located the remains of about three of the 1941 Ford utes ( the Cooma wreckers example is one ) and has been undertaking a 'long term' rebuild of one. It's been a nightmare job as the body has complex multi-layered panels .. a rust haven .

I owned a 1941 Pontiac ute for a while ... passed it onto Colin Anderson who, these days, drives it to Corowa each year ! Back in 1981, I drove it home , up the Geelong road , through Melbourne, unregistered and all . The 80+ year old owner had bought it in 1946 . He told me a friend of his in the RAAF had it transported down from - you guessed it , Townsville - could be the very same car pictured as very few were made.

Mike