A little light entertainment: 1939 Ford 1 ton Utility restoration

[jack neville]

This rear body is from a civvy model and has had a side spare wheel mount added, which is a home made job. The spare on a 39 was mounted under the chassis. The front of the Aussie roadster utes had a modification to the rear body to fit the squared off cabin. You can see in the photo below that the civvy body had the curved contour to follow the rounded civvy cab. I will have to cut this back. This body is missing the rear panel and typical of Australian farmers repairs has been fitted with a heavy piece of wood and over engineered heavy steel to reinforce the corners at the rear. This is typical of vehicles with timber framework that can not survive the elements and abuse and start to loosen up and fall to bits. There is virtually nothing left of the timber work in this body and not too many clues as to what is should be like. Studying the remaining bolts can give a few clues as to thickness of timber and layout. This body also has an inner lining that the army models did not have. It looks a little amatuerish so may have been a after factory addition I think.