Utes

[Mike Kelly]

Pics from somewhere

The 41 Chevy/Pontiac roadster utes ute are rare some were issued to the US forces in Australia and also the RAAF

The civilian owned Pontiac is post war pic , he has filled over the Masonite bodywork with metal panels

The US soldier has shot a roo, his car is a 41 chevy roadster cab similar to the pontiac

[Mike Kelly]

poor quality stills from a US army doco, scenes in Brisbane QLD . The 41 Ford coupe ute and the rear end of a Masonite ute

[Mike Kelly]

The movie was about US army distributing training films around the globe .

[Mike Kelly]

Ford ute with wireless. Looks like a garden chair, a typical ad hoc installation !

The antenna base I have one !

[Keith Webb]

That Kangaroo certainly looks like "'Es shuffled off 'is mortal coil!"

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Pics from somewhere
The US soldier has shot a roo, his car is a 41 chevy roadster cab similar to the pontiac

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

poor quality stills from a US army doco, scenes in Brisbane QLD . The 41 Ford coupe ute and the rear end of a Masonite ute

A Plymouth maybe Mike, but not a 1941 Ford.

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by jack neville

A Plymouth maybe Mike, but not a 1941 Ford.

Hi John

Believe me, I know my WW2 military utes. That's a 1941/42 Ford 12cwt ute .

I owned two of the 1941 Plymouth based military utes in the early 1980's. The Ford has a distinct cab, the cab rear is a patchwork affair and it has angled panels with a flat rear panel for the window . The Plymouth has a more rounded cab rear , curved . A VMVC member has been doing a ongoing restoration of a 41 army Ford ute for 20 years !!!

Will find some pics Mike

Here we are: a MLU thread http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...=1941+ford+ute

[jack neville]

Yes I am corrected Mike. I was comparing it to my one ton utes.

[Mike Kelly]

Looks like one of the 41 Pontiac utes in the background ?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4JdU3RbV4k

[Philliphastings]

Years ago when I was living in the Southern Highlands of NSW, one of my neighbours had a paddock full of ww2 trucks, tractors, Jeeps and several of those coupe utilities still in Army green and complete but with blackberries growing over them. I can't recall what make but I do have some old pics somewhere.

I very nearly bought the two rough but complete Jeeps but my then wife squashed the idea.

I had earlier bought and restored a little David Brown Cropmaster tractor with side by side seating from the family with whom I became firm friends.

Much later, the two Jeeps ended up in Sydney, stripped down and for sale $$$$
I was asked to inspect them on behalf of the WW2 Jeeps Assn. I was not impressed with what had happened to them.

Also, later, the owner of this paddock of treasure and I were instrumental in the purchase of Matilda Tank 'ACE' by the Lancer Museum - but that's another story.

Back to the utes, I doubt they are still there and would have collapsed into the blackberrys by now if so. There just was not much interest in soft skin MVs in the 1980s

If I do find the pics I will post them up

Cheers

Phill

[Mike Kelly]

Used to be one of these in a wrecking yard in Northern Victoria, Jim Benny took us out to visit the the yard early 1980s, the old chap there said the ute was used at Tocumwal airfield ,,he only wanted $50 for it , it was very restorable, almost nil rust .

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r.../207/4/542-548

[Mike Kelly]

The military 41 Chevy ute , body by GMH.

[Wayne Henderson]

Wubin W.A.

[Mike Kelly]

Spotted in the Jumping Jeeps film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Jd...5a4qLdu_Hvad4Q

[Mike Kelly]

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sear...spx?B=31414747

[Mike Kelly]

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sear...169463&T=P&S=1

[Gordons]

I was wondering if this right hand drive Mercury Ute was built in Australia or ?
It is Listed for sale in Canada . Unsure of the exact year, looks like 1946, probably to new for Military production .

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Gordons

I was wondering if this right hand drive Mercury Ute was built in Australia or ?
It is Listed for sale in Canada . Unsure of the exact year, looks like 1946, probably to new for Military production .

Yes looks to be post war 46 or 47 . I have seen a few of these around but they were normally assembled as Fords not Mercury, Unusual to see one in Canada. There was a blue Ford example driving around the Dandenongs for years.

[Mike Kelly]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/16130961601

[Mike Kelly]

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+41148

[Mike Kelly]

https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/730990

https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/333001

[Mike Kelly]

https://www.military-vehicle-museum.org.au/2013/11/

[Mike Kelly]

Think this was taken at Gilgandra N.S.W.

Ex-army Ford 1 Ton and jeep

[Mike Kelly]

In the background I spy a 1941 Pontiac 'masonite ute'

[Mike Kelly]

This pic turned up on the Gippsland F/B page . Looks similar to a 1939 Ford army Battery Staff ute but not sure ?

"In the saddle is the local builder, the late Mr. R. J. 'Jack' Grubb. An uncle by marriage to my Aunt Lois. Sitting upon an Early 50's Matchless G80 (or similar). Unfortunately I cannot definitely identify anyone else. Probably early to mid 50's and almost definetly behind the dunes at Seaspray."

[Mike Kelly]

Probably a 1970s era pic. Could be ex-mil vehicle as I see the canvas or what might be might be tonneau hooks along the body side but no top bow brackets so who knows ! I would say a 1940 Chevy 1 Tonner , 17" wheels. Doubt it is still around now. The GM-H tubs on these were somewhat flimsy and not long lasting, after weather exposure, once the wooden frame became unstable they fell apart. Don't know how this one lasted til the 1970s !

[Mike Kelly]

I had a look at this rare Aust. military 1941 Chev 'masonite' ute many years ago when it was in a shed at Yarra Junction.

The vehicle is now being worked on by a friend.

These Aust. car based soft top utes have some similarity to the German Umbau vehicles that were featured in a Wheels & Tracks magazine.