A little light entertainment: 1939 Ford 1 ton Utility restoration

[jack neville]

Spent a day with Matt Strickland while he covered the seat. Used a green vynil that is as close as we could get to the scrap of original material on the old seat i had. Also did the door trims and kick panels. These utes were apparently delivered to the Australian Army from the Ford factory originally finished in a semi gloss finish deep bronze green. I learned this information from Mike Cecil unfortunately after I had already painted the vehicle a sand colour but it was certainly consistent with the green colour I found in places when originally restoring the vehicle. At the time I thought the vehicle must have been repainted that colour post war. According to Mikes info the vehicles were then painted whatever colour was required once delivered. I couldn't imagine the interior would necessarily be painted to match the outside so maybe I will repaint the interior back to the green so it compliments the new upholstery.
Maybe.