Odd NZ Fords

[Mike K]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Hi David:

We know that after the war a lot of body dies were sent to other countries, several in South America, Australia etc. and older models out of production in the US were produced for some years in these areas. I suspect a bit of that went on in the late 30's early 40's as well.

So, here is the fire truck.
Bill

Hi Bill,

I don't agree totally , in 1940's here in OZ , Ford and GM generally kept up with the North American model releases , with, of course, the local design/manufacturing variations and input taken into account . Normally , all bonnets and front guards ( hoods and front fenders to you ) and grilles, were imported from either Canada or the USA . The cabs , doors , body shells, trim etc, were made here and followed the U.S. lead pretty much without any long lag.

There were some anomalies though . In N.Z. , the 39 Chev pickups were really odd , GM there had a surplus of 38 model cabs , so , they used up there 38 cabs on the 39 models . The result is real odd ball truck that look like nothing else .

Mike