Ford V-8 Pilots? How many in Usa???

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Originally Posted by fordscript

All the pilots I ever saw here in New Zealand had a badge on the grille which said 3.6 litre.

Read an article that the Pilots in developmental stage had the 2.5 engine but production was ramped up with the 3.6 as you say. The 2.5 in the Pilot was too gutless.

GB

[Graeme / New Zealand]

more Pilot pics

[FlatheadTed]

I know of two of the Model 62 (picture on the right ) one in Wanaka .There is one regular pilot I know of up north of Auckland , .

Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

Pilot Pick up, Sedan, and earlier English v8 62 ( stolen off Wikipedia)

GB

[videowallart]

Originally Posted by scrapiron

Vid, is the one in NH with Tony Bullard?

I don't know, It is another woody, this I found out from the author of the English woody book

[videowallart]

Originally Posted by colin1928

As I understand it all Pilots were built RHD and ford would not have sent any to LHD countries where they already made a simular car LHD

Well, I know at least one LHD Pilot woody and it was definitely built this way. I have been told that there was production aimed at Continental Europe and Canada due to the English economy being in poor shape after the war
the run was only '48-51 but with the custom bodied cars they dribbled out of coach builders into '53. This shot is from Wavecrest '12
woody crop.jpg

[scooder]

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Some of the export ones, exported from England had aluminium dash boards rather than bakelite. Their was a Model T roadster years gone, that had a narrowed ally dash in it. Can't remember if it was left or right hand drive. May have been Jimmy hibard (valley gas)? If any more Brits remember it?
Martin.

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Here's a pic of a LHD Pilot and the link.

GB

http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-shootingbrakes5.htm

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Here's a link to English E-pay with a Pilot a v8 62 Woody for sale now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-V8-Pi...item43c5bb43cf

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Type-...item43c0693b35

GB

[Byron Warwick]

We saw Lots of Ford Anglia and Prefect models in Ontario in the 50's and 60's. These were 4 cylinder cars and LH drive, and I never saw a V8 Pilot.
Saw this 4 door Prefect this year from Windsor ON, but with OHV 8.

[Manuel]

There was a 1951 green wagon [a shooting brake] for sale in the April 13, Classic and Sports Car magazine.

Manuel in Oz

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Originally Posted by Byron Warwick

We saw Lots of Ford Anglia and Prefect models in Ontario in the 50's and 60's. These were 4 cylinder cars and LH drive, and I never saw a V8 Pilot.
Saw this 4 door Prefect this year from Windsor ON, but with OHV 8.

Thats a nice little modded "Defect"... as a mate of mine from school called them. He had 2 ,a metallic brown and a blue one . He took a sweeping bend at speed into the valley where we lived and rolled it over. He just went home, took the body off the other one unscrewed the chassis plate on the firewall and and did a switch with the blue body and drove it around until it died. These were 10 a penny in the 70's down here at the "ass end of the world" and can still be bought today quite cheep on NZ Trade me.

GB