1948 Ford Prefect Coupé Utility [A53A]

1948 Ford Prefect Coupé Utility [A53A] in Shine, Movie, 1996

Class: Cars, Pick-up — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: AUS

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Mudflap ◊ 2011-03-25 22:18	Looks to me like an Australian 'Ute'. Perhaps a Ford?
chris40 ◊ 2011-03-25 22:33	Yes, based on the 1938-49 Ford Prefect [E93A].
chris40 ◊ 2011-03-25 22:42	BTW officially known as ‘Coupé Utility’.
G-MANN ◊ 2011-03-25 22:43	Shall I add that to the model name or extra info?
Ingo ◊ 2011-03-25 22:45	Orign AUS?
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-03-26 09:13	There are so few survivors of those that it should not be too hard to find out exactly what year it is.
chris40 ◊ 2011-03-26 16:32	@nzcarnerd: you probably have more useful sources than I. I've had a trawl through Google Images, but the only one that might match is a 1947 model ... in the USA. Most of the images are of [E493A]s.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-03-26 20:16	I had a book out from the library not too long ago about all of the small Fords where it made mention of these and had a couple of photos. Unfortunately at the moment the library, although I believe to be undamaged, is in the no go area of our earthquake ravaged city and it will be sometime (maybe up to a year?) before we can return our books and borrow more. I haven't searched yet but there must be a small Ford club in Oz who would know the car.
dsl ◊ 2023-01-30 22:37	According to wiki, chrome grille = Oct 47+ (midway thru A53A phase), continuing into 49+ A493A.