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03-04-2019, 03:05 AM | #1 |
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Aussie Model A Ute
Recently found this picture on our club's Facebook Page. No, it has nothing to do with the distributor on the engine!!
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03-04-2019, 11:46 AM | #2 |
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Nice looker!
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03-04-2019, 12:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Aussie Model A Ute
Must be custom-built or a prototype as I believe the first factory ute was in 1933?
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03-04-2019, 02:40 PM | #4 |
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About then - Built by one of my wife’s great uncles.
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03-05-2019, 01:08 AM | #5 |
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Re: Aussie Model A Ute
There were Utes done in the Twenties. This one is a specialty body done on a commercial chassis which was the usual way of getting what the commercial customer needed. Ford US only really began providing many different commercial bodies from 1930-31 to expand sales.
Re the myth of the '1933 Ute', Ford Aust. marketed Utes from the late Model T days but the Model A open cab ones were a nice design. Late 1933 was the first Coupe Ute [ when Ford Aust. started stamping Coupe metal tops] which was far more stylish than any Ford US commercial pickup except for the '31 Model A Deluxe P.up. Cheers. Tom |
03-05-2019, 02:45 AM | #6 |
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03-05-2019, 12:21 PM | #7 |
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That's a pretty cute Ute!
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03-05-2019, 10:50 PM | #8 |
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This picture was from the Lost Wagga Web Site. It is a local historical page. The following info when with the picture.
An early Wagga Wireless Distributors 1929 A model Ford with custom made ute tray. The company was established in 1928 by local chemist Harry Gissing in the basement of his Central Pharmacy in the Australian Hotel building, Fitzmaurice St. Harry started the business after developing an interest in wireless during his service in the Ambulance Corps in World War 1. The company continued to trade into the 1950's. (Sharing Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society's photo) |
03-10-2019, 06:25 AM | #9 |
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The Bee Gees wrote one of their early songs in Wagga.
Maybe it was the inspiration for the sound track for "Grease"? |
03-10-2019, 10:02 AM | #10 |
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Can someone tell me how a wireless distributor works? Jack
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03-10-2019, 10:54 AM | #11 |
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Not very well !!!
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03-10-2019, 01:05 PM | #12 |
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03-11-2019, 03:40 AM | #13 |
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I'll translate for you. A "Wireless" is a Radio
"distributor". Is a shop that sells radios for example. Nothing to do with points plugs or condensers. Dave |
03-11-2019, 06:08 AM | #14 |
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There is an aftermarket points plate that doesn't have the fine flex wire running to the lower plate. Instead it has a contact strap that rubs on the top plate to conduct voltage to the points. I don't like them and have seem a lot of problems caused by using them.
I'd rebuild the distributor by using a good fine stranded wire as sold by the Model A parts houses. I know Bert's, Bratton's, and Snyder's all sell the wire and other needed distributor parts. |
03-11-2019, 04:04 PM | #15 |
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Hence the "radio supplies"and
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Prior to radio, long distance communication was by telegraph, then telephone, both of which required a wire between the sender and receiver. When radio came along, it was a wonder of the modern world - no wires, hence "WIRELESS". It was a common term for a radio in those days.
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