Solved - WFM404: 1956 DeSoto Ute from Australia

[Bill Murray]

Beauty is often in the eye of the beholder.
Make, year and country of origin please for one point.
Bill

[BERTRAND]

Stewart UTE from Australia?

[Bill Murray]

Hi Bertrand:

A Ute, yes and therefore from Australia but not a Stewart.
Bill

[BERTRAND]

Hello Bill,

it's Ford (Australia) Ute Pick-up in the forties (I can't find exactly the year)

[Bill Murray]

Hi Bertrand:

I hate to disappoint you but it is not a Ford product and the year is different.
Think a little more outside the box.

Bill

[BERTRAND]

Chevrolet?

[Bill Murray]

Sorry Bertrand, not a Chevrolet either.
If it helps, the marque is no longer produced.
Bill

[BERTRAND]

I don't forget you, Bill, but I have family live and my wife is jalous about auto puzzle.  I spend a lot of time with my favorit web site.  And sometimes, I have to close my computer. 
But speaking about your puzzle, Bill, that's the most important.

Your puzzle isn't easy because you show the left hand size.
After open my books and the net, I think it's the Fargo Ute from 1957.  Fargo is the name for the Dodge trucks built for the exportation.

[Bill Murray]

Hi Bertrand:

Don't feel bad my friend, I am retired and I still have the "wife problem" when it comes to spending time on the computer and websites  such as this.

You are that close that I will lock it for you (I hope I can make the Lock work, it has been a long time since I posted a puzzle and the Forum has changed a bit).  You are one year off and while it is in the same family, it is not a Fargo.

This puzzle is locked for 24 hours.  I could not change the header correctly.

Keep looking!!

Bill

[BERTRAND]

I found your photo in the net but that's a forum and under the photo, this is what I found.

1956 Deluxe cab truck UTE but they also offered a standard cab version that was still unibodied but did not have the rear quarter windows!

What do you think!

[Bill Murray]

You have the correct year and the type name but you still need the marque name, which is not Fargo.
Bill

[BERTRAND]

De Soto

[Bill Murray]

Yea Bertrand!!

1956 DeSoto Ute from Australia.
Of interest is that the Australian Chrysler organization used the older, earlier 1950's sheet metal for a few years after the US changed to a newer design.

A well earned point.

[fyreline]

The Australian "Utes" were all pretty interesting . . . And the Dodge/Fargo/DeSoto trucks especially so. This particular 1956 DeSoto Ute with its rather unique roofline is known as a "Coupe Ute" . . . It was also offered with a more conventional-appearing cab without the second small side windows. All of the major manufacturers offered "Utes" down under, many of them pretty sharp-looking . . . Including this one. DeSoto Utes also appeared on passenger-car based chassis which were basically Plymouths with DeSoto grilles.

[Bill Murray]

Thanks fyreline for adding the "coupe" part of the designation.

Here are some period advertisements showing a bit of the amazing variety of US cars/trucks on offer in OZ in the day.

Bill