Lew bandt biography of michael j

After World War I the family moved to Adelaide. This firm specialised in the modification and sale of T-model Fords, and Bandt spent most of his time designing custom-made bodies. Pty Ltd. Two years later he was appointed a junior draughtsman at the Geelong plant of the Ford Motor Co. A job at the factory was arranged for his father, and the rest of the family moved from Adelaide.

On this day, 26 February (),

A sample body was made in and the first utilities, or 'utes', rolled off the production line next year. Both the Ford and General Motors companies were soon manufacturing models for the American market. He won bronze medals in the annual British Empire motorcar design competitions in Back at Geelong, he was manager of body engineering.

He retired in On 18 March he took part in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television documentary about the utility. While driving his restored model home that day, he collided with a truck on the Midland Highway, near Bannockburn, and was killed. His wife and their three daughters survived him. View the front pages for Volume Select Bibliography N.