Model A woodie

I sure like that, and it would be great for camping and swap meets.

I'm wondering about the frame. Is it cut and extended, or some special factory built frame?
 
Actually the body on your Model A I believe is called a "Camionnette Normande" (small truck from Normandy) after the horse carts that used to be used in the norther (Normandy) part of France.

Here is a Model T with a Normandy style body:
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...patterned after this original horse cart typical of the Normandy part of France:
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Fordially,
Brad in Maryland

9 Feb 2016 - photos fixed, also attached below.
 

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Tom Wesenberg said:
I sure like that, and it would be great for camping and swap meets.

I'm wondering about the frame. Is it cut and extended, or some special factory built frame?
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As per #12

"Looks to be built on a 114" wheelbase chassis. Offered in UK France and Germany according to Dear Old Dad, for customer built commercial bodies and landaulets. Pretty rare."

Brad - can't see your pics in #23 above, just blue squares. Strange cause I can see the one in #19 just fine :)
 
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Here's a Canadian original, I looked at buying it around 1960, but passed on it as I had no place to store it inside.
 

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Guys, this is fantastic, thank you, Brad, please could you try again with the photographs.
I am going to use it for exactly the suggestions here, camping and the like. My romantic side, tells me it was a shooting brake, ordered in France to drive the shooting party around the estate before a sumptuous picnic out of the back!
 
Very cool car! I enjoyed Brad in Germany's suggestion on origin, the likely use, and Katy's near miss acquisition.
 
Synchro909 said:
I guess this is what they mean by "a dollar each way!" Finished it a day ago!
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Synchro,
In the '40's, Chiefs' friend, Major, built a similar type on a GMC Pickup. The sides opened down, with awnings & contained 2 beds. Behind was a 2 wheel trailer, with a COMPLETE kitchen ! Pretty spiffy, for that era & built by a professional Tractor Driver.
Bill W.
 
Ive been following up on the camion normandie lead and I am convinced after google searching it is an original one. Thank you guys.
 
From Wiki

"In 2006, The New York Times said the shooting-brake was conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs."[9] and "although [its] glory days came before World War II, and it has faded from the scene in recent decades, the body style is showing signs of a renaissance as automakers seek to invent (or reinvent) new kinds of vehicles for consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing."[9] In 2014, Lawrence Ulrich of the New York Times said the shooting-brake is "essentially a two-door station wagon."[10]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
 
Baguette hunting? I hadn't thought of that. But they'll have a go at pretty much anything that won't shoot back...
 
....for hauling French baguette bread is also a very valid idea...in which case this type body would be called a "Camionette Boulangère" (small bakery truck) or simply "Boulangère".

Here is a Citroen version of a "Boulangère":
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...or on an era postcard:

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....so maybe it is a "Boulangère Normande" :cool:

Fordially,
Brad in Maryland
 
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UK Woodie,

If you were wondering about those rows of pegs along the side of the back of your "Boulangère", here is a photo of a Citroen version of a "Boulangère" where you can see that the pegs are used to hold/prop the large (long) loafs of bread on-end:
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Fordially,
Brad in Maryland
 

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