[quote HY8C14QC97T3510D]If that is the case, then the 50 Series ute was not much use to tall tradies or farmers back then. Maybe they had to wait until Ford's first Mainline ute was released in 1952.[/quote] MarkO - Ford always had a ute for sale long before the Mainline was available - car based utes were around since Lew Bandt's first ute in the 1930s. There maybe a bit of room inside these three - 1946-48 Ford V8 and Mercury as well as the '49 Custom.