Question for my 'Down-Under' friends. Tell me about Model-A UTEs please.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Below are a few pictures of one of two Model-A Deluxe Roadster Pick-ups (a 66-A version so to speak) that were cloned a decade or so ago using a Brookville Roadster pick-up (76-B cab) and what I assumed was a bed that someone fabricated just like the bed from a 66-A pick-up.

I knew that Mike Butcher had a hand in the restoration of those two trucks but I never had thought to ask him about them. Mike called the other day so during our conversation I thought about those pick-up and I asked him who built those beds for them. To my surprise he said those were actually factory-built and were called UTEs, --short for Utility. I have seen UTEs of later models, but had never seen a Model-A UTE before the RP/U pictured directly below. Has anyone else ever seen them, ...and did they indeed use the sheetmetal and wood framework from a 66-A Deluxe Pick-up as the foundation for their bed? I have included a factory photo of a 66-A for comparison. Looks like the railing is the only difference. Thoughts??

TIA!!





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