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          Lewis was an Australian car designer, most famous for designing and building the first ute (coupé utility) cars in the s.!

          Lewis Bandt

          Australian car designer

          Lewis Thornet Bandt (26 February – 18 March )[1][2] was an Australian car designer, most famous for designing and building the first ute (coupé utility) cars in the s.

          Year-old Lew Bandt designed the first coupe ute, which hit the market in ; Henry Ford was initially dismissive of Bandt's design; Only a.

        1. The world's very first ute was designed and built right here in Victoria.
        2. Lewis was an Australian car designer, most famous for designing and building the first ute (coupé utility) cars in the s.
        3. Initially a way to provide rural churchgoers with a more dignified ride to town, the ute caused decades of challenges for automotive engineers.
        4. Loyd Bandt was born circa , in birth place, Nebraska.

          5. Early life

          Bandt was born the eldest of five children in the South Australian town of Moonta. The family moved to Adelaide after World War I, and in he began a fitting and turning apprenticeship with Duncan & Fraser Ltd who specialised in modifying Model T Fords.[2]

          He moved to Victoria in and worked for the Melbourne Motor Body & Assembling Company.

          In he moved to the Ford factory in Geelong as the subsidiary's first designer.[2]

          Ute design

          The design of the ute was a result of a letter from an unnamed Victorian farmer's wife asking for "a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays".[1] In response, Bandt developed the ute and the model called a "coupe utility" at