Meat from father's vehicle found in ship, oddly (8)
I believe the answer is:
pastrami
'meat' is the definition.
(I know that pastrami is a type of meat)
'father's vehicle found in ship oddly' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'vehicle' becomes 'tram' (tram is a kind of vehicle).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternating letters of 'ship' are 'si'.
'tram' put inside 'si' is 'strami'.
'pa'+'strami'='PASTRAMI'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pastrami that I've seen before include "Smoked, highly-seasoned cut of beef" , "smoked joint" , "Tapered tuck; missile" , "A tramp is (anag) - meat" , "beef dish" .)