1937 Ford Roadster Utility a rare Australian made commercial vehicle !

[fractalign]

Thought i might put this up.

I built this years ago and it is a replica of an Australian bodied 37 Ford Roadster Utility.

Only a few hundred of these rolled out of the Ford Factory in Geelong. I have seen about the three of them in full size but never one as a model. For this one i used the Revell Monogram 37 Convertible chassis, with the bench seat coming out of the coupe version along with the door trims. The wheels are the American five spokes from the Revell 32 Ford kit. For the engine i choose something a bit more unusual its a DOHC 4.6 Litre Cobra engine from the AMT 32 Victoria kit.

[ChrisR]

Nice conversion.

[fractalign]

thanks for the compliment !

[jamesG]

cool, nice job.

[rmvw guy]

That's a real beauty!!! Do your kits all come with right hand drive or is this part also a conversion? I've always wondered about that. I have seen a '37 utility at a show here in the States only it was a hardtop. The guy got the body shipped from Australia.

[slusher]

Really nice...Sharp

[Chuck Most]

I've never seen a real Aussie Ute in person, but I saw a fiberglass-bodied street rod years ago with a body modified like that. Lovely looking little roadster! The conversion work is great.

[crazyjim]

Your pics are very dark but the build looks cool. That's like a '37 Ranchero.

[Guest]

That's a cool model Robert and painted black no less! Great conversion work!

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice model indeed.

[1930fordpickup]

Very well done !!!!

[fractalign]

Firstly thank you for all the compliments, its nice to know others appreciate my work ! Just to fill you in on this mode, its actually a resin one i cast from a master that i made up from the Monogram 37 Convertible body, i converted the dash to right hand side by swapping the instrument guages and the glove box.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice. i've been fascinated by the Australian utes for a few years now....yours is a real beauty.

[deathskull59]

not to bad looking very cool