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Grabber · 2006-09-12 14:36:14

Congrats! I love a happy ending... :-wink

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Nov 16, 2006 | 06:01 AM

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GreatNorthWoods

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Congrats! I love a happy ending...

Nov 16, 2006 | 09:14 AM

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Jag Red 54

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Grabber, I have heard that the Ford UTE is fairly common down under. Have you seen many? I don't think I have ever seen one on this site.

Glad your truck is close to getting to its new home. Jag

Dec 12, 2006 | 02:34 AM

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Posting Pictures in a new thread for those interested

hopefully i can work it out

Dec 12, 2006 | 02:38 AM

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Col Flashman

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For the most part the "Ute's" are a Ranchero, but the real early ones, prior to the Intro of the Ranchero, are a car w/ a truck bed attached.

Dec 12, 2006 | 02:48 AM

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NumberDummy

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Chevrolet in the late 1930's and early 40's offered a business coupe with a shorty bed that fit into the trunk area....so did Studebaker and Plymouth at roughly the same time...all for the US/Canadian market.

There were also plans in Popular Mechanics at the same time to build your own.

Dec 12, 2006 | 06:00 AM

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Has anyone here seen the 1950-51 Ford cars, among others that were turned into and custom built by coach makers, as Flower Cars? They resembled a sort of early Ranchero, and were done the right way as like a production vehicle off the line.

I haven't seen one of these in years, and wonder were they all disappeared to. those who remember were the vehicles that used to carry a full load of flowers in a Funeral Procession.

Dec 12, 2006 | 06:58 AM

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Here's a book you might like: American Funeral Vehicles 1883-2003

ISBN 1-58388-104-2 Published by Iconografix in Hudson, WI.

There are no pics of 1949-51 Ford/Merc/Lincolns, however.

Most Flower Cars were Packards or Cadillacs.

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Dec 13, 2006 | 06:50 PM

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I found a pic of one of the Ford made Flower Cars in a book that I have. I am going to try and upload it here. I remember seeing quite a few of these Ford Custom Bodied Cars when I was a kid.
I guess they used these for the not so wealthy homes, anyway here goes.

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