1941 Ford C11 ADF Station Wagon / ex- Heavy Utility 4x2

1941 Ford C11 ADF in Impulse, Movie, 1954

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for:

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Author	Message
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2020-07-17 14:07	1941 Super DeLuxe Station Wagon.
dsl ◊ 2020-07-17 18:18	LTW 463 = Essex, Feb-March 47, so maybe Dagenham factory registered. I wonder if it's a Cork-built Woodie?? Also this with link to this.
jcb ◊ 2020-07-17 18:55	Could it be another war surplus Canadian vehicle a civilianised C11ADF ? -- Last edit: 2020-07-17 21:47:06
jcb ◊ 2020-07-18 11:17	From Bart H Vanderveens seminal work on WW2 vehicles 'The Observers Fighting Vehicles Directory'- ''By 1941 Canada was the main supplier of automotive equipment to the Empire, turning out in that year 189,178 military MT vehicles the majority being 4x2 types'' I believe this was Canadian and supplied to a government department or military.
Sunbar ◊ 2020-07-20 12:31	^ Agreed the tyre size and headlights suggest or confirm to me it is ex-military. Front bumper also as the war surplus Canadian example pictured above.
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2020-07-20 15:53	How does a 4x2 transmission operate? Can it switch between 2WD and 4WD?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2020-07-20 16:02	4x2 simply means that the car has four wheels of which two are driven.