Can you guess how first Ute the world was born? Menghadirkan
can you guess how first Ute the world was born?
Ford may be the first of the three manufacturers of the Australia to announce it will end of manufacturing vehicles in the country in 2016, but it does not pay tribute to the car, the ute of the Australia's most iconic type.
the precursor to modern vans appeared in 1933 by a designer of Ford Australia aged 23 years, who had the idea for the world of the first van after Melbourne-area wife of a farmer sent a letter to Ford the general director Australia asking for a vehicle with more utility.
that's what the letter says: "my husband and I cannot afford a car and a truck, but we need a car to go to church on Sunday and a truck taking the hogs on the market on Monday. Can you help me? "The demand sounded the Fords logic Australia boss Hubert French, who forwarded the letter to a young engineer called Lewis Bandt.
he started working on the project and developed the Ford utility as a cup (two-seater, steel, glass-windowed panels) with a built-in steel billboards carrying the load in the back. He mixes the collection in a cut body sides, providing the vehicle with a cleaner profile and increase the load behind the cab area.
two prototypes have been built for testing at the end of 1933, each with a 545 kg (1 200 lb) payload on a wheelbase of 2 845 mm (112 inches). The vehicle entered production in 1934, with Bandt calling his design "Cup-utility." It was powered by a V8 engine linked to a manual 3 speed, while the suspension was by transverse leaf with shock absorbers at the front and rear Springs heavy semi-elliptical springs and shock absorbers at the rear.
the cabin was the same that the four-door coupe 40 Ford five-window model, but instead of the trunk, Bandt has added an article utility wood frame with external panels of steel welded to the body cut to form a vehicle with smooth walls.
the Ford Cup-utility was very popular in rural areas, with 22 000 units sold between 1940 and 1954. More important still, it opened the way for trucks of today. He has also created the Falcon ute which launched in 1961, the XK Falcon ute and more than 455 000 units sold to date.
as Bandt, his death came in 1987 in an accident riding a restored version the utility he helped make famous.
by Dan Mihalascu
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