Australian 1940-1941 Ford Open Cab Pick-Ups

[GB SISSON]

Not sure if I've shared this happy faced one I picked up around 2005. The seller said he bought it as someone's abandoned project and hadn't tried to start it. I had no use for some 'oddball buick engine' specially with some kinda auto-matic transmission behind it. Well I got it started and man did it KNOCK! I gave the engine to a friend who's into gm hotrod stuff, and installed a 302 with a T-18 from a local farmers F250. I kept that beauty of a radiator though.

 

[mercman from oz]

1940 Ford Truck - GB Sisson - Nice

 

[38 coupe]

I find the body lines of the Australian 40-41 trucks fascinating. I looks to me like they were imported as chassis - cowl units, and everything from the doors back stayed the same as the 38-39 units. Out of curiosity I found a photo of a 1940 Ford New Zealand truck for comparison, and that unit appears to have been imported as a chassis - cab since the doors match the cowl. If you like trucks and are ever near Invercargill you have to stop in at the Truck Museum where this picture was taken.

 

[mercman from oz]

New Zealand 1940 Ford Truck displayed in the Truck Museum at Invercargill.

 

[mercman from oz]

Australian 1938 Ford V8 Truck.
Notice the three pressings in the door which are identical to the USA doors

 

[mercman from oz]

Australian 1940 Ford Truck.
Note the three pressings in the door, a carry over from 1938-1939 Ford Trucks.

 

[mercman from oz]

1941 Ford Open-Cab Pick-Up