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Nooooo, it would go well on my island but it looks like it sold. Very nice truck. I have a friend who has some AA trucks that look like that. What a nice survivor.
Sold for $28,000. Interesting story in the BaT article and comments...
This 1941 Ford is a 1½-ton example that was coachbuilt as a transport truck with roll-down curtains and removable bench seats. According to the seller, the truck was initially used as a prison-transport vehicle in Michigan, and it was later repurposed for use at Camp Agawak, a girls’ camp located in Minocqua, Wisconsin.
I want to share an amazing story with everyone that was following this auction. The buyer of this auction ended up being the owner of camp Agawak! I spoke with her today and she told me how she bought the camp 35 years ago and needed money to fix up the camp so had an auction and sold his truck off for $500 and always regretted it. She reached out to some of the alumni of the camp and they pitched in money to get this truck back so she won the auction! I am so thrilled this truck will be going back to camp Agawak after all these years
That is a great story; yes $500 is a steal. After looking at this truck I was thinking of all of the '47 and under ton and a half trucks that could have the outside duels removed, the frame shortened and a tonner box installed!
Or maybe the rear wheels are unset too much for that?
None of that is unsurmountable. Adapters for wheels (at that speed) easy. Torch, welder and a drill press. My big regret is selling my '37 1 1/2 ton and not making it into a pickup. The Waltons drove an AA express and that was my hook. If you gonna have a truck it might as well haul a ton. A car can haul a half ton......Edit: And this truck is probably the coolest old ford right up my alley. 40-41 big truck is my holy grail. I had one once, but it needed way more than I could pull off in my younger years. Soooo glad this gal got her truck back. What are the chances??????
Fantastic “rest of the story” Wayne. Thanks for that. As for the truck, I’m not convinced it was shortened at all. The coach work would have been done by any of the school bus converters of the era. The wheels I think are SRW style Budds that had less offset. I have a set of early 18s like that. Stu
Great story Wayne. Minocqua is sort of in my neighborhood. I get there occasionally. They have one of the best cross-country ski facilities in the mid-west. It's great that Camp Agawak has their truck back after all these years.
My truck has a wooden bench for seating similar to what is shown in the picture, but interestingly, it isn't padded. "Comfort" was a consideration for girl campers and prisoners, but not, apparently, for Coast Guardsmen. The trip from the base in Sault Ste. Marie to the Grand Marais Station was probably three hours one way back in the day, so the guys could easily spend more than half their day bouncing around on a hard wooden bench. They probably really appreciated the springs and padding in their personal vehicles after a hard day's work.
03-25-2021, 06:46 PM
