Jailbar Ford

Whether we’re travelling in town on local business, on extended road-trips for fun or even on assignment (rare these days thanks to the pandemic), we’re on the lookout for vintage metal. Be it an old school day to day driver or restored classic, we play no favourites. Be it never to turn a wheel again or a mangled jumble of parts, again, it matters not. Here we’re looking at a 1942-1947 Ford Pickup and it’s completely random find. This series of truck sometimes called a Jailbar Ford for the distinctive grill and we can see why. There’s a real looking out from a prison cell vibe to it.

So we’re out on some errand – is that an old…truck? Sure is! Comes a hard stop then soon after the photos below are captured.

While the decorative front licence plate (from Ontario) says 1942, it’s probable this truck is from the last couple years of production instead when output was at the highest. During World War Two many vehicles were earmarked for governmental bodies with few made available to the general public, so it would take a year after the conflict ended in 1945 before the flood gates opened in that regard. Still, it might be an ex-military truck for all we know.

Although we don’t know about this example, they could be had with the firm’s legendary Flathead V8, the first engine of this configuration to be mass produced. In spite of being a little rough around the edges, with a few dents and such, this old pickup does appear to be driven often.

That spectacular sky makes it a cherry on top kind of evening and the driver on the passing bus seemed to nod in agreement. Captured at the height of the lockdown (first edition) they had not a single passenger on board.

That same week…
737-200 – an old airliner in retirement.

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Date of adventure: April, 2020.
Location: Calgary, AB.

1940s Ford Pickup

A random Calgary find, this 1940s Ford Pickup.

Jailbar Ford Pickup

The grill earned them the nickname Jailbar Fords.

8 responses

  1. Monty Barret says:

    I live just down the street and see that truck out on the road every now and then. What colours in the sky!

    • The sky was alive! It did look like the truck was drivable and I guess it would have to be if sitting on the road. What a cool old ride.

  2. Rob says:

    Amazing!

  3. Connie Biggart says:

    Love that sky!

  4. Lina says:

    I would ride the number six bus to work early in the pandemic and would often be the only passenger the entire trip. What a crazy time.

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