 The pickup truck continued with the 1940 standard Ford styling.Production of the 1941 models was disrupted by a sudden labor strike in April 1941; Henry Ford, having resisted unionization well after the rest of the American automobile industry accepted it, finally gave in and signed a contract with the UAW.The 1942 model year lasted only four months before the government ordered a halt to civilian automobile production starting on February 10, 1942.