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          Lewis Thornet Bandt (26 February – 18 March ) was an Australian car designer, most famous for designing and building the first ute (coupé utility).!

          Louis (Lewis) Bandt was a motor vehicle engineer who designed and built the world's first 'coupe utility' aka the 'ute'.

        1. Lewis Bandt was born on February 26 His occupation was an engineer.
        2. Lewis Thornet Bandt (26 February – 18 March ) was an Australian car designer, most famous for designing and building the first ute (coupé utility).
        3. On this day, 26 February (), the designer of the iconic Ute, Lewis Bandt, was born.
        4. Lewis Bandt, credited as the inventor of the Australian "ute" or utility vehicle, confirmed the often-told story and the letter's contents.

          5. 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.

          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