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Who built the first utility - where - when...
by Gary Warner
The story of the utility truck or coupé utility– the ute – began in 1932, when a letter was received by Ford Australia’s plant at Geelong, Victoria. It was written by a farmer’s wife who’d had enough of riding to church in the farm truck and arriving in saturated clothing;
‘Why don’t you build people like us a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday, and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays?’ her letter asked.
Bank managers at the time would lend money to farmers to buy a farm truck, but not a passenger car, hence the plea from one very fed up woman!
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http://www.fastlane.com.au/Features/First_ute.htm
Sadly they are no longer produced.
They race a professional series of V8 Utes.
Thought you might like this pic.
