Old truck. is a Ford

[Michael QLD OZ]

The old car behind my tractor is an early 50's 4 door Ford Prefect it used to have a dicky seat where you would now expect to find the trunk or boot.

 

[Michael QLD OZ]

The other side.

 

[2tractors]

I would have guessed a late 30, early 40's. Nice

 

[Tony in Mass.]

Prefect, that name rings a bell. I hope there is a 'bonnet' for it. Too bad about the glass. I suppose the spiders enjoy the plush upholtery. The whole front clip reminds me of a Studebaker pickup of the same age. I had an already old 'Vauxhall Victor Velox' while working in New Zealand... the column shifter was pathetic, the rest of the car was surprisingly solid and practical. Some kid is probably still driving it around...

 

[ShadetreeRet]

Well, you don't see many of those anymore! Fix that thing up and stick a 2.3 with tranny and rear end out of a late model Ranger pick-up in it and turn some heads.

 

[Bob (Aust)]

Ford Prefect, Ford Anglia, Ford Consul and Ford Zephyr were English Ford vehicles, made in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

That model Prefect was producd from 1949 to 1953 and had a 1,172 cc four cylinder side valve engine.

Well I remember the vaccuum windscreen wipers, ported from the intake manifold. Under acceleration and uphill the wipers stopped!

Great little car in their day!

 

[ericlb]

glass isnt a problem, its all straight glass, any glass shop that sells windshields for big trucks can make new glass for this when you get it going, [ they'll need the vehicle to measure the patterns] this is too nice to just let it sit, it needs to be back on the road

 

[Bob (Aust)]

There are quite a few Ford Prefects for sale in Australia, examples [b:13bb12d6ed]HERE[/b:13bb12d6ed].

They sell at very reasonable prices. A few have been converted to hot rods.

Michael, is that sugar in the background? You in the north of the State?

 

[Michael QLD OZ]

Yes that is sugar cane. I use it as a screen to hide the mess I make a s I work on projects.
I'm near Townsville.