Re: SER1 Land Rover family tree update

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Diana,
    Do a google image search for model T pickup.   These werent the 
first either pickup style trucks have been in use since before the turn 
of the century.  By 1934, pickup style vehicles had been in production 
for nearly 40 years and the four wheel drive truck had been around for 
22 years!  You can call them whatever you want.  Its still a pickup.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eighty Inch <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:21:35 +1100
Subject: Re: SER1 Land Rover family tree update

  Wayne

I couldn't see where Ford produced the pickup in those links on the 1914
model T, there was the Touring, Town Car and Runabout with the later
addition of a bare chassis but I couldn't find the Ford produced pickup
model.  In fact I did read that prior to the bare chassis model a non 
Ford
body would void the warranty and that the guy was restoring his Model T 
in
the tradition of the after-market modification.

So I will maintain my position that the 1934 Australian Ford Coupe 
Utility
was the World's first "production pickup" or "Ute".

So just to be clear about it - youse guys can have your "pickups" but we
will keep our "utes" - or in the case of the Camino have pickups based 
on
the good ol' Aussie Ute.  In fact I did hear that GM was considering
marketing the current Aussie Holden Ute under one of it's brand names 
just
like it recently did with the recent Holden Monaro sold as the Buick 
GTO in
the US.

Cheers
Diana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Perrin" <wperrin@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 Land Rover family tree update


Dear Diana and All,

Although far from being a Rover,  Model T "pickups" were sold and
manufactured all over the world, including Canada and the UK, so we
might push the age of the "Ute" even further back.  It is certainly
arguable as to where the body work was really done, but the same
style turns up in links to Canada, South Africa, and the States.  No
controversy intended, I just love old trucks and mine happens to be
an 80" Rover
Wayne

http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/Ford_19_T_Pickup.jpg
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/f1001501.htm
http://www.modelt.ca/1914Tpickup-fs.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eighty Inch <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx>
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:36:20 +1100
> Subject: Re: SER1 Land Rover family tree update
>
> Cheers  :-)))
> Diana
>
> P.S. Real men drive a ute!



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