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a very rare truck-"fixed".................... on ebay
always amazed at how many "botched" A's are on ebay! |
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I like it! The comfort of a coupe the utility of a pickup. Something Ford should have built here not just down under. See the latest V8 Times.
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Tried to find it on Ebay but failed, can you please post a link.
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I'm with ronn on this.
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Hey..............it's a mobile hot tub.
I wouldn't have done that, but at least it's not some rat rod. |
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What a monstrosity!
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Thanks for the link guys.
They don't all have to be show cars to be enjoyed. I can see that it would be a fun and practical vehicle to use for club outings and should find a buyer quite easily. It won't take long for the right person to come along and make an offer.
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so the next question- what would it take to put her back to stock?
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The first thing is to take those awful 16 inch wheels off. As soon as the 16 inch wheels go on its not an A any longer unless A stands for Awful or Abortion. Wayne
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It looks like a tugboat on wheels...........IMO.
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I kind of like it.The price is really decent for what it is. I don't understand why we have to be so critical of these type of vehicles. If a newcomer shows his try at a restoration on this forum, he gets kudos as he should, but when a vehicle shows up for sale, it is picked to pieces and gets lots of awful comments. I hope no one appointed us judge and jury of these cars. Just my 2 cents. Let's be kinder.
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Its a flower car for a funeral procession... very rare custom
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" I hope no one appointed us judge and jury of these cars"
no but someone has appointed a judge and jury regarding PMs on another thread about a motor losing power.......
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I thought ford made something like this for the Aussie market? You know the one vehicle for church on Sunday work on Monday UTE!
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Does not look like a lot would be needed to revert it back to factory.
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They did produce the Roadster/Ute in the Model A.
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That was a '33 or 34 V8 ute made by one of my wife's ancestors who worked for Ford at the time (Lou Bandt (spelling?)) I have a picture of the very vehicle somewhere - it still exists.
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http://motor.history.sa.gov.au/colle...-coupe-utility I grew up in Geelong where Ford Australia assembled and later built cars. I knew Lew Bandt as a lad growing up (me, not Lew!) through my church, where both families attended. When I was a teenager, Lew restored his own '34 ute and painted it a garish light blue and white. The doors were also emblazoned with fairly ordinary looking pictures of a kookaburra (he was also an artist, of sorts!). Sadly, Lew was killed in this very same ute. He mistakenly turned the wrong way into a one-way slip lane at a T-intersection on a country road just outside of Geelong and had a head-on. The apprentices at FoMoCo later rebuilt the ute and it went on display at the Ford Museum in Geelong. It sometimes appeared in parades. On one such occasion, it was carrying prominently the logo of a well known brewer who was also the parade sponsor. This incurred the wrath of my uncle, who was also a draughtsman (I'll spell it our way!) at Ford Geelong. He wrote a scathing letter to the local paper, as both he and Lew were staunch teetotallers! One of the photos below shows Lew with his restored ute in the front yard of his home in Geelong. Mercifully, the kookaburras are hidden from view! Lew is commemorated in the naming of a bridge on the Geelong Ring Road. Last edited by Hoogah; 08-12-2016 at 02:29 AM. Reason: Add photo |
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Here's a copy of an advert for the first Aussie Ford ute.
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"Does not look like a lot would be needed to revert it back to factory."
well, the price is low and it would be nice to see someone save a truck of this rarity-so who's game? Midget, wasnt so much out to pick this vehicle apart as to mentioning it here in the hopes of someone "saving" it. It is one rare truck. You know we all need to be "saved" at some point of our lives.......... Hoogah, nice job on the ww's. I hadnt even noticed, as my eyes were under such strain..... |
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Sad but for every Rod or whatever you call the above, adds to the value of a stock model A.
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Looks like some MODERN CAR/PICKUPS & they sell like CRAZY!
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There's no real evidence that it was ever a Model 66 Deluxe Pickup (as described in the ad). Looks like someone wanted to make it look like one and did a pretty good job. But no cigar!
When I first saw my Pickup (the one in my avitar), it was described to me as a Model 66 Deluxe Pickup. It, too, has no evidence of ever being a Model 66. It was nicely done, but not an original "Deluxe" pickup.
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I'm sort of laughing in a good way at the replies regarding this vehicle and how so many hate it vs those who do not.
My wife called me at noon to tell me that a local fellow had a blue fordor sedan for sale at a catfish cafe where we frequently eat here locally. Happens that this same fellow had stopped by my home to admire my pickup a while back when he was at my neighbor's garage sale. I went over to look at the sedan today. He wanted $12,000 and it was in such very sad, sad shape that I felt that his asking price is totally ridiculous, as the cost to restore or to even get it up to snuff would be a goodly pile of money at least. Still, someone else may bite on it, but not my cup of tea for that price. In comparing those two vehicles to each other, simply because both are supposedly Model A's and at least painted similar colors, as if that mattered, I would see myself taking the modified pickup/coupe in a heartbeat and probably not wasting a single thought as to how original or modified it was in the process. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. I always hate to see a car of any make simply wasting away in disrepair and abuse and someone feeling it is worth a million dollars just because of it's age. Making a profit is one thing, but this car was really a sad case and it showed pretty badly. Me, I like the quirky and oddity of many vehicles and the mods made to them. It is fun to view the Utes and to wonder about their use by the real owners over their lifetimes. Like say, different strokes for different folks and a million and one different tea flavors if one does not suit you in your cup. :-) I have to admit that the vehicle shown reminds me of some funeral vehicles with the railing on the back bed as shown. Maybe a review of vintage funeral wagons or cars would show some similarity to this one, but I don't know. Any rate, I enjoyed looking at it, myself. I didn't think the wood in the bed was done so wonderful from what was shown, but otherwise I thought it was interesting and done up pretty good on the body to say the least. Just my opinion though and we know what that is worth. :-) |
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"Here is a Very Rare 1931 Model A "Deluxe" pickup model 66."
This first line in his description was not in his original description, I saw the listing minutes after it came online. Someone in ebay land told him what they thought it was. |
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Another clue: The e-brake is in front of the shift lever, not on the right side of it.
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I like it. Who ever did the conversion did a good job, just by looking at the pictures. Granted in person it could be a different matter. Didn't a company make a conversion kit in the 40's for the very same thing using a T box? That is the nice thing about our cars, they were heavily modified for personal use. Although I would go back to stock rims. At least he didn't chop it.
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Ford DID build one, but BETTER, research the General Electric A's...
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No buyers in US ? In France ?
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I'm sure that it will become somebody's pride and joy. Live and let live.
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If one has to chop and 'butcher' a stock car, THIS is the way to do it ! I found the car to be a nice idea and concept, and did not stray too far from being a 1930 'Concept' car. Within the confines of cutting up a stock car, I must say I like it. However, I did find the price a bit high for the product.
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Back in the late 1930s - 1940s, running clunker Model A Fords could be picked up in most areas for $15 or $20. In the 1960s, we were always stumbled across altered coupes with assorted pickup truck beds embedded or just stuck on the back. Some were tudor sedans with a homemade wooden partition installed where the rear half of the body had been eliminated to create a utility farm truck. Suppose it's rare to find some goober who actually "restored" the car into that hodge-podge configuration.
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Its never so bad it can't be worse. It is obvious that some people routinely over react. He changed the original to suit himself. Not original anymore but neither is an A with directional signals, 16 inch rims, radial tires or a radio. Wayne
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I don't think thats a converted coupe. Looks like someone converted a 4 door sedan to me. The quarter window looks "off" to be a coupe window.
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