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Get Ford's complete story in Ford Tough: 100 Years of Ford Trucks and see why they’ve dominated the truck market, selling 1.5 million trucks every year in the US alone.
In July 1917 Ford Motor Company introduced a one-ton chassis for commercial trucks, marking what many historians feel was its official entry into the dedicated truck business. Sure, after-market pickup beds could be added to a Model T car to convert it to a pickup, but with the debut of the rugged Model TT truck chassis, Ford was firmly in the truck market.
Eight years later, Ford introduced its first factory-produced pickup, a sturdy half-ton job the public loved. During the century that has passed since that first Ford truck chassis, the F-series has become the best-selling truck in the world, and the best-selling vehicle of any type in America.
Ford Tough: 100 Years of Ford Trucks tells the entire Ford truck story from the very beginning, when Ford got its start in truck production. This book provides the history of the wide array of models Ford has built over the past century, including the Model A roadster pick-up, stylish 81C pickups, legendary 1948 F-1, Bronco, Courier, Ranchero, and Econoline.
Ford Tough 100 Years of Ford Trucks
by Foster, Patrick R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2020-10-27
Publisher(s): Crestline Books
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Author Biography
One of America’s best-known automotive writers, Patrick R. Foster has spent over 30 years studying the automotive industry. The leading authority on AMC and its predecessors, Pat has written several books on that subject along with many others, including Jeep, Studebaker, Hudson, Kaiser-Frazer, and Metropolitan. His popular columns appear in Hemmings Classic Car and Old Cars Weekly, and he has won awards for his books and articles from the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) and SAH (Society of Automotive Historians). In 2011, he was honored with the Lee Iacocca Award—one of the most coveted awards in automotive writing. His website is The Olde Milford Press (oldemilfordpress.com).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 EARLY ATTEMPTS: 1905–1916
CHAPTER 2 FORD ENTERS THE TRUCK MARKET: 1917–1927
CHAPTER 3 FORD EXPANDS: 1928–1942
CHAPTER 4 THE WAR YEARS: 1942–1945
CHAPTER 5 YEARS OF GREATNESS: 1946–1959
CHAPTER 6 FORD EXPANDS THE LINE: 1960–1979
CHAPTER 7 TROUBLED TIMES: 1980–1989
CHAPTER 8 GLORY DAYS: 1990–2008
CHAPTER 9 THE ROAD BACK: 2009–2017
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER 1 EARLY ATTEMPTS: 1905–1916
CHAPTER 2 FORD ENTERS THE TRUCK MARKET: 1917–1927
CHAPTER 3 FORD EXPANDS: 1928–1942
CHAPTER 4 THE WAR YEARS: 1942–1945
CHAPTER 5 YEARS OF GREATNESS: 1946–1959
CHAPTER 6 FORD EXPANDS THE LINE: 1960–1979
CHAPTER 7 TROUBLED TIMES: 1980–1989
CHAPTER 8 GLORY DAYS: 1990–2008
CHAPTER 9 THE ROAD BACK: 2009–2017
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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