What Ford is this?

[Guest Sensa]

Can anybody please tell me what model this Ford is?  It looks like a 1948 Super Deluxe Coupe with a 1952 F1 front end.

If anyone can help me out with this one I´d appreciate it.

Thanks.

[Dave Henderson]

It appears to me that this hybrid may have begun as the truck rather than vise versa,  with the coupe body being grafted on. The door looks like it is from the truck, with the rounded upper rear corner. The flatter windshield and surrounding metal looks like it is from the truck too, not the coupe.   I see a  rusty line over the windshield which is where the connection may have been made.   Strange.

[Mark Simmons]

WOW !! just when you think you've seen it all something else comes round the corner. I'd call this one a unique one of a kind.

[dodgedh2]

16 hours ago, Dave Henderson said:

It appears to me that this hybrid may have begun as the truck rather than vise versa,  with the coupe body being grafted on. The door looks like it is from the truck, with the rounded upper rear corner. The flatter windshield and surrounding metal looks like it is from the truck too, not the coupe.   I see a  rusty line over the windshield which is where the connection may have been made.   Strange.

Those are not truck doors.They did not have trim or the body roll near  the bottom.  Bumpers appear to be Ford truck also. Note, hood appears to be 1952 Ford F1 (trim slightly different than 1951). The rear portion doesn't seem to be Ford. The rear fenders (how they meet the body) and the taillights are not 1941-1948 Ford

[Curti]

I would think it is something from the European market.  I'll bet the pix was taken in South America.

[Guest Sensa]

This car is in Uruguay, South America. The guy wants to sell it but I can´t identify it.  I share opinion with you all regarding the details but I have checked the car and it doesn't´t seem to be welded together. Could this have been made specifically for other markets? The only American cars that entered the country back in the day were usually for consulates or military.

[Fleek]

A picture of the dash and instruments would tell a lot about what it is.

[1937hd45]

There are "long" and "short" door Coupes in this era, quarter window size differs too. Bob

[Dave Mellor NJ]

THE BACK WINDOW IS DIFFERENT, TOO.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

No gas door in the fender. Where goes the nozzle?

[Guest Sensa]

The instrument panel looks exactly the same as an F1 and so does the shifter.  I am getting access to the car this weekend and will try to find the identification number on it.

[pont35cpe]

11 hours ago, Dave Mellor NJ said:

THE BACK WINDOW IS DIFFERENT, TOO.

Looks like a `41-48 Chevy back glass and trim..

[Fleek]

Exposed running boards and door handle below the chrome trim  should help date and identify.

[emjay]

It's possible that there was a lot of local content to complete the body.  Like many country they might have had high import tariffs for complete vehicles.  On another forum a person in Uruguay posted their local version of British car.  The factory version of a wagon was made of wood and aluminum, but his Uruguay version was all steel and very professional looking.  This example is several years older and may have been constructed using some Ford panels and some local panels and then fabricated on a truck chassis.

[Dosmo]

Here is a late 1940s Chevrolet coupe using pickup truck front sheet metal in the same manner as the Ford coupe in the OP.  From somewhere in South America, I'm pretty sure.  I don't believe it is something put together in someone's back yard.