Vintage shots from days gone by!

Acording to this, they lasted untill 1998.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...aNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQ0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5146,3408901

 

WWII was in progress by now, everything rationed, but mom managed to wrap a cube of real butter in tin foil, & retrieve it from her purse just as the hot biscuits were served!

 

Aussie 39 roadster ,,

 

Yes you are probably correct. There were a lot of those "crackerbox communities" built shortly after WWII and many of them looked the same (as Seeger sang of). My dad built many similar houses in those days, they'd be framed in a week or less and done within several weeks depending on size of the work crews at the time.

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I took that pic in 1993 or 4 in Trenton Ontario Canada. The CL-13 Sabre had classic lines.

It was a good original 55


But I wanted a convertible, so, I bought a 57.



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1956 Desoto sedan delivery.
Made in Australia like my UTE.
I tried to buy one of these a few years ago but could not make it happen.

 

Mountie's

 

Big logs..

 

Riverside Raceway - 1958

 

Man and airplane and others.

 

I just found this, sorry if its a repost.

 

Sorry,---Ford NEVER made a 1939 ROADSTER---1937 was the last production roadster.

 

Gee, what's the guy haul'n in the trunk of that tri-five chevy ?

 

They did things a little different in Australia. Never say never south of the equator.

 

I'll repeat----NEVER MADE A 1939 FOMOCO ROADSTER!!

 

This is about as close as it gets. 4 doors though.

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z7183/Ford-DeLuxe-V8-Model-91A.aspx

It was quite common for US cars to be a model or two behind in availability in Australia well into the 60's, so I wouldn't be surprised if such a car was available here after they stopped production in the US.

Apart from the link, I don't know - but I have a couple of friends who are Ford gurus, and I will find out.

regards,Rod

 

I have people tell me that the factory never made my UTE also. The Australian market did lag behind and did offer different models that never saw the light of day in the states. The 1954 Plymouth production cab stayed in use in the OZ market until 1963 with different front fenders and rear quarters.

 

http://www.reocities.com/MotorCity/downs/5230/

Scroll down a bit.

 

the official designation in Australia was "Club Coupe Convertible" low production built from a 38 type base Club Coupe base ,,no wind up windows and 4 side curtains ,they had the flat decklid not a rumbleset,,also available was a "converible with wind up windows also with the club coupe rear body,,,thus,,


the church in the background is the same one as in original pic,20 years later ,the car in the old pic was my dads inspiration for the car in the later pic,,

 

Pretty close to being proof.
Roadkill, you posted before I edited the original. I had second thoughts. Gotta be quick it seems !

regards,Rod.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/3357913335/in/set-72157613229643927

 

Looks like Ford made one alright, but a British baby one, not the hairy chested V8 variety.
The car in the ad is an English Ford.

regards,Rod.