History 49 - 51 Sedan Delivery?

Argument around the fire pit the other day...somebody claimed their uncle's next door neighbor's cousin's tree surgeon owned a new 1950 Ford sedan delivery (station wagon with no rear side windows). I had to admit that I could not remember ever having seen one. Figured the HAMBapedia would be a great place for another dozen opinions.

Do I just have a bad memory? I've seen 48s and on back and 52s and on up...but the 49-51 just doesn't materialize.

tnx
dj

"To fly West my friend, is a flight we all must make for our final checkride"

 

they didnt produce sedan deliveries for the shoebox fords...if you remember all the wagons were woodies there werent any all steel ford wagons....sedan delivery production picked back up in 52

 

did NOT know that specifically, and I thank you for the information. I will now go back to the firepit and pontificate at length about the greatness of the HAMB and its infallible contributors

thanks again

dj

 

f- series "pick-ups" were the sedan deliveries, not the shoeboxes...

 

Panel truck but not a true delivery. They are often confused by the general public. The 52 up deliveries were called Couriers.

 

That's a panel....I specifically asked about the SEDAN deliveries in a shoebox edition. I know that the F1 Panel trucks were made, guess maybe that's why they felt they didn't need to produce a passenger car version of a delivery, although it would be interesting to know why that opinion only pertained to those three years. Were there NO true sedan deliveries made by Ford prior to 1952?

thanks

dj

 

That was a reply to Spoon's post by Tommy. Panel truck based on pickup frame. Shoebox had no sedan delivery, and the couriers started in 1952. Sedan deliveries were made prior to 1949. Lot's of them....and Panel trucks.

 

Sorry havi....makes more sense to me now (not a regular occurence, these days)

 

I blame it on not having enough coffee yet, lol.

 

Back in the CB radio days I was chatting with a guy... he said he knew of a 41 Ford sedan delivery for sale. I questioned him about the rear doors and sure enough it was a 41 Ford sedan delivery (looked like a 40 Ford sedan delivery) I ended up trading a slightly hotrodded 62 Corvette for it and some cash. The more I worked on it and sat in the drivers seat, the more I realized that I would not enjoy driving it with that huge blind spot. West coast mirrors were just not an option.

 

Its a shame Ford didn't make any shoebox sedan deliveries. I think they'd look pretty cool.

 

Yeah, that's rad.

 

Did not know this question had been asked so long ago but... here are a few pics of one

 

That's nice. I guess you like woodies?

 

I doubt a "tree surgeon" would have any use for a wagon/passenger car-based vehicle.
Likely the starter vehicle of this conversation,
the Uncle's next door neighbor's cousin's tree surgeon .... was a Panel Truck, maybe a heavy-duty panel.
People often confuse panels with deliveries because people are dumb. This is especially so when it's my uncle's cousin's next-door neighbor's friend's once removed vehicle.
There's no telling what it actually was.
It could have been a "Burma Jeep".
Who knows?

 

This popped up on the internet recently. Custom one-off? PhotoShop? Ford design exercise? Or an Uber-rare actual model? I’ve never seen one.

 

...I sketched this one awhile back, ...too bad they didn't make them

 

Hello,

This Maroon or could be Tahitian Red, Ford Sedan Delivery sure looks like it could be similar to @rusty1 and his great art work.

Jnaki

It is a daily driver and has been seen all over the coastal areas.
But, for the record, it was shown as a 1952 Ford Sedan Delivery.

 

Saw this on the market place today……is this a factory vehicle? I have a 1949 Tudor and thought I knew shoeboxes pretty well. Never saw this model. Curious what it is…..

 

The two vehicles shown in the last few posts (13 & 19) have been too heavily modified to be an indication of anything. The one shown in post 16 is really well done and looks great, but I'll still be willing to bet it's "phantom".

 

It actually was an easy build. Very little modifications. Ford could have very easily built this

 

The two shown above may be coachbuilt cars, built in one of several body builders active in the era producing “professional cars”, ie hearses, flower cars, ambulances, etc.

I don’t think the pre shoebox sedan deliveries were ever big sellers, going back to the model A days and continuing through 1948. I don’t have the data here, but I seem to remember production numbers in the hundreds, not in the tens of thousands, and with all the disruption to engineering and manufacturing as Ford was scrambling to launch the all new shoebox, a low production niche car like a sedan delivery was pretty low priority.

Having said that, Chevy sedan deliveries in the 49-52 time period seem to be plentiful. Ford always paid an inordinate amount to what the General was up to (and does to this day), and undoubtedly chose to jump back into the market in 1952.

The market finally disappeared with the success of the original Econoline, although the sedan delivery hung on as a Falcon until 1965. I think Chevy killed them after 1960.