Posted by Ian Beale on February 29, 2016 at 13:55:35 from (139.168.164.158):
In Reply to: Re: Another Old Truck posted by rusty6 on February 29, 2016 at 07:06:02:
Rusty
The original utes here were also modified sedans. We have the remains of a 1926 Dodge that has a flatbed where the rear seat used to be.
The production ones were started by Ford here in response to a farm wife's request for a vehicle that could "take her to church on Sunday and pigs to market on Monday".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup%C3%A9_utility
That original one is still mobile.
The current version is the Falcon utility, with a payload of up to about 1.2 tons. And the 250 cid six is now dohc, injected (turbo option) etc and a lot more powerful
http://www.ford.com.au/commercial/falcon-ute
Holden (local GM) has similar. And we had a line out of local Chrysler as well until about the early 1980's when Mitsubishi bought that operation). No more when local production of both ends soon.
So there is a "collectors double" possible - first and last Ford ute's made in Australia.
And I learned to drive on a 1954 flathead Ford truck.
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