Thread: My 41 Ford 1Ton GS Ute

Hi
Very nice.
Would love one in my garage, good to see it was restored and not just left to rust away.
I like the simple things that why the wife likes me.

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They are a very rare machine these days, really rare! the Marmon Herrington is even rarer which is pretty much a 4wd version of this ute, they were used as gun traactors.
One day I want have a go at a SWB Blitz, military vehicles fun to build, theres so much history too them , if only they could talk

WOW !!!

That girl looks fantastic mate !

Did you do all the work yourself ? How long did it take ya ?

Cheers,

Pete

At the time I had my wrecking yard in Mitchell so I had the space and the tools, A mate of mine stripped her for me into pieces and I pieced it all back together, at the 3 month stage the cabin had been done up and was fitted to the chassis, my uncle came up one weekend and we got the engine going ina few hours, the motor was fitted new in 62 but never used after this she was going to be done up but the old guy lost interest so she was pushed back into her hole where she sat till got I her, I guess she consumed about 3 years of part time labour, I did the lot myself no outside help other then brake cyl resleeving and drum machining, the colours are the original Khaki green no3 and the sandy colour is Portland Stone a dead match for the original, NT vehicles were sposed to be camoed after a specific date, Mr Taubert kindly provided me with the original camo layout which was for a Blitz I just lengthened it and he also provided me with the Tac and formation symbol designs.

Nice one, as for the too far gone to restore bit, i know of several vintage cars that were deemed unrestorable by some. My old man has a 1927 dodge businessmans roadster that the body had been butchered by a farmer into a ute and being a rare fully steel pressed body he had to get doors and rear 1/4's from the US and the bootlid hand made. Also know a guy that built a 1924 Vauxhall Wensum boat tail tourer that the body had long since corroded away and he built a new one from scratch with nothing more than a photo on a UK calender to go by, all panels were of hand beaten alloy.

I guess with the War memorial they have the economic side to look at as they have few paid restorers, they have plenty of volunteers, they have certian criteria a vehicle must meet, sadly she didnt meet it but it was there loss, I sold her to go to Qld, she went into a private collection in Yass with the Hedges family I believe, it needed very little to finish from what I remember just the canopy made, the wheels were being modified to 16 inch things as the 20 inch tyres were impossible to get, I hope he finished it.

Top stuff Graceysdad,the ute look tops.do you still have it?.

I hope its still local, as I said she went to a private collector in Yass,