Thread: Old cars identification

From the pdf linked to this article, comfortable speed was around 35mph.

Austin Light utility Truck
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Originally Posted by Chops

There's one in every crowd,,,

We seem to have more than our fair share then.....

These 2 are a lot easier, even I know these (I think)




The first is at Kookynie and the second is at Sandstone West Australia






















Erich

The first is, I think, a Ford F1



The second is a Standard Vanguard.

Originally Posted by Chops

There's one in every crowd,,,

No. Ian is in a class of his own.

Hey, Chops, looking to restore one of them? A bit of polish and elbow grease, should come up a treat.

You should buy this one. It's popular with the ladies.

Originally Posted by p38arover

And me. I had been looking at Commers and found this.

That one pictured has the Austin winged wheel badge showing. I think these War Department utes were made to a basic specification by more than one manufacturer. There were quite a few Hillman versions in use around Brisbane when I was a boy/teenager. I recall they were very hot, cramped, and uncomfortable. Would our forces have had these or were they post-war imports to take advantage of the vehicle shortage of the time? Performance would have been very ordinary, but then we were accustomed to small cars with small under-performing side valve engines. Austin, Morris, Standard, Hillman all had vehicles in this category.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

No. Ian is in a class of his own.

Hey, Chops, looking to restore one of them? A bit of polish and elbow grease, should come up a treat.

You should buy this one. It's popular with the ladies.

Hello Mick,

That one is a 1941 - 47 Art Deco Chevrolet. With the trace of the front quarter panel it was assembled in Australia during World War II by "Holdens". There may have been a black and white enamel badge with a lion on it on the passenger side of the fire wall.

Kind Regards
Lionel

I think that is a Dodge going by the grill,41-47 the Ford is a K1 of 1948, just before the F series,and directly after the "Jailbar"41-47 the rear body on those Australian assembled utes went from 41-54, the Standard Vanguard Ute would be 53-55 Spacemaster model"Phase 2",my parents had 3 of them,49,54,55,and I had a 53 panel van,and a 56 Phase 3 Spacemaster Station wagon 4 cyl,the Vanguard 4 cylinder was also used in the Grey Ferguson tractor, wet sleeve motor,only problem with the 48-52 and 53-55 was rust in the lower "rolled" body panel, a very comfortable and reliable car.

The Austin 10 ute had a companion in the war years in the Austin 8 "Wasp" tourer 39-47 I had a 39 and I could get 75 miles per hour out of it,"Warp-Speed"


cheers