Ford Canada Conventional and Modified Vehicles

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Shown here are a 1941 Ford Fordor C11A sedan and a 1942 Ford Fordor C21AS Staff Car. You can see the C11A is a Conventional vehicle, with just light alterations from a civilian vehicle. Ian McCallum noted: "Modified sedans started with the 39 model. I have a '40 01A(F). Changes included hide seats, fabrikoid interior plus military fitments and extra instrumentation." The manual noted it had a "grille guard on front bumper".

The "S" in C21AS denotes Special, it clearly has more modifications including heavier bumpers and a roof rack. It looks like the mudguards / wings are cut-back and it has a raised suspension?

Two pictures of a Ford 1941 model Staff Car in use at Sherbrooke, Canada, ca. 1942, courtesy of ‎Yan Lauzon.

Being a 1941 model, that would make it a C11AS rather than a C21AS, right?

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