The 1947 Ford truck is a classic American pickup, part of the final year of the pre-F-Series "car-based" line (for half-ton models). It featured a car-like body mounted on a separate frame and styling cues carried over from Ford passenger cars of the era. The 1947 model was essentially unchanged from the 1942 pre-WWII version trucks, though late in the year a redesigned cab with all-new front-end sheetmetal was introduced, which would become the iconic first-generation F-Series that went on sale