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  Ford Truck at Walsh Bay

  Walking along the beautiful bay shore with people enjoying Friday’s morning sun it sounds unbelievable, but about 100 years ago this place was the center of bubonic plague outbreak. Filled with rubbish and infested...

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  SLOW RIDE

  History[edit] From Queensland, Australia c. 1900, horse-drawn carriage built by A. E. E Roberts Carriage Works Horse-drawn hearse, made at the Maine State Penitentiary in 1895, and used until the 1930s;...

  Photo by cdn.slacker on Flickr

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  Oh the joys of the open road!

  Timeline of motoring history 1940 - 2008 1940 Car production in Britain is put on hold as most factories go over to munitions production. The German Luftwaffe destroys the centre of Coventry. Oldsmobile and...

  Photo by brizzle born and bred on Flickr

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  Black '85 F250 4X4

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  "30 Years of Ford Jellybeans"

  A "3-D" chart showing the evolution of Ford aerodynamic automobiles from the Ford Sierra of 1982 to the 2013 models. It is mostly 1:64 scale, though some 1:87 scale models are included to fill some gaps....

  Photo by survivingworldsteam on Flickr

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  "30 Years of Ford Jellybeans"

  At the end of the 1970s; Ford, like the rest of Detroit, was in bad shape. Its product line around the world consisted of heavy, obsolete, square styled, rear wheel drive cars; the design of many of which dated back...

  Photo by survivingworldsteam on Flickr

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  1985 Ford Courier

  Since the LeMay Museum is honoring the F Series right now, it's time to post some light duty Ford trucks Once the mid sized Ranger came to North America, the Courier was no more. Plenty of other countries still got...

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  1972 Ford F-100 Sport Custom

  This nice two-tone blue pickup has an '79-'86 license plate with a Jan 1985 sticker.

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  1985 Ford F-150XL

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  New Ford Ranger Tempts Us From Afar

  03/26/15, via TruckTrend Magazine

  However, one model has been missing since 2011 and yet continues to be a fixture overseas: the Ford Ranger. Ford remains steadfastly committed to an all F-Series pickup strategy in North America, convinced buyers are not interested in smaller, more 

• These 13 Cars Cost A Lot More Than They Used To

  06/19/15, via Huffington Post

  While this practice is important for automakers, it is the tried-and-true legacy brands — such as the Ford F-Series, the Toyota (NYSE: TM) Corolla and Camry, and the Honda (NYSE: HMC) Civic — that represent the biggest sellers in the U.S. auto market.

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  Taurus revamp debuts in China as Ford counters U.S. sedan slump

  04/18/15, via Business Insider

  Ford is betting the Taurus can benefit in China from the legacy of the original 1985 American Taurus - which jolted the U.S. auto business with its aerodynamic styling. Ford's F-series pickups were then, and are still, the best-selling model-line

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  Ford to stop making Lincoln MKS at Chicago factory

  06/10/15, via Chicago Sun-Times

  At GM, sales of the nine-passenger Chevrolet Suburban SUV more than doubled to 4,130, while Chevrolet Silverado pickup sales were up 25 percent. GM's sales totaled 202,786 for the month. Ford saw a 17 percent gain for F-Series pickup trucks as the new 

• Ford F-Series Pickup Trucks, 1980 - 1986

  10/05/09, via About - News & Issues (blog)

  At first glance, you might think the redesigned 1980 F-Series looks a lot like trucks from the previous generation, but examine the pickups more closely and you'll see that they are shorter and narrower, with a lower stance. As gas prices continued to

• Review: Revamped 2015 Ford F-150 is best on gas and hauling

  07/15/15, via Contra Costa Times

  pickup competitors is the 2015 Ram 1500, which has a starting retail price of $26,855 for a base two-wheel drive Regular Cab Tradesman with a 305-horsepower V-6 engine. With four-wheel drive, the base Ram starts at $31,325. Ford's F-Series trucks

• For 2015 Ford F-150 and Volkswagen Golf, NACTOY awards just latest accolade

  01/14/15, via MLive.com

  The Golf had just come off winning Motor Trend's 2015 Car of the Year award, the first time the magazine has given the car its Golden Caliper since 1985. "Ford seems to have found a sweet spot in the ½-ton pickup segment, delivering a compelling

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  1985 Ford Trucks Sales Brochure Catalog - Ranger F-150 F-Series Bronco ...
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  In 1984, Ford showed off how tough their newest F Series pickup was by ...
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New Ford Ranger Tempts Us From Afar - TruckTrend Magazine

The engines are largely carryover, but specific tweaks aimed at improving efficiency, including the adoption of electric power assisted steering (EPAS), improve fuel efficiency by as much as 22 percent, with EPAS alone giving a three percent gain. Output is largely unchanged from its predecessor, with the 2. 2L I-4 turbodiesel making between 129-158 hp, with a maximum torque output of 284 lb-ft. The flagship 3. 2L I-5 turbodiesel makes 197 hp and 347 lb-ft and is the diesel engine option for the U. S. -spec Transit , where it makes 185 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. The lone non-diesel option is a 2. 5L I-4 making 163 hp and 166 lb-ft of torque. The new grille and hood were designed to convey the “Built Ford Tough” image, melding Ford’s Kinetic design language and signature hexagonal grille, with truck-specific cues such as outer grille “nostrils. ” The updated interior would not look out-of-place in an Explorer or Edge and features a Sync 2 touchscreen interface that includes available navigation, voice command capability, and integrated Bluetooth emergency response capability. The new Ranger is packed with high-tech safety aids, such as lane-keeping alert and aid, adaptive cruise control, front and rear park assist, driver impairment monitor, hill launch assist that works in both forward and reverse, hill descent... The new Ranger will be built at three factories: in Rayong, Thailand, for Asia-Pacific markets. Source: www.trucktrend.com

Taurus revamp debuts in China as Ford counters U.S. sedan slump - Business Insider

There's a similar trend in China, the world's biggest car market, but there is still a decent appetite among Chinese buyers for large sedans while, in the United States, demand has stagnated. According to research firm IHS Automotive, China's market for large sedans has overtaken the United States, with sales of around 4 million last year, topping the 3. 6 million sold in the U. S. By 2020, IHS expects that gap to have widened to 5. 3... Ford hasn't said whether or when it will replace the current Taurus in the U. S. In China, Ford will aim the new Taurus at business people and entrepreneurs who want a car with a spacious back seat and a more conservative design, says spokesman... That's where we're aiming this car at," Ford China Chairman and CEO John Lawler told Reuters on the sidelines of the Shanghai show. For Ford and other large sedan makers, the future looks to be outside the United States. Large sedans account for about 3 percent of the total U. S. car and light truck market, says Ford sales analyst Erich Merkle, down from 12 percent in 2000. Taurus sales in the U. S. slid by more than a fifth last. Source: www.businessinsider.com

Ford to stop making Lincoln MKS at Chicago factory - Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO — A Ford Motor Co. executive says the automaker’s Chicago assembly plant will stop production of the Lincoln MKS full-sized sedan next year. The Lincoln sedan is a small part of production at the Ford plant on Chicago’s South Side and Hinrichs says it won’t affect the roughly 4,000 workers there. Hinrichs told the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday that Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford has invested $400 million in the Chicago plant and that it’s “an important part of Ford’s future. Source: chicago.suntimes.com

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• 12 Best Pickup Engines of All Time

  08/21/15, via Truck Trend Magazine Online

  The Cummins B59 was first introduced in 1985 as a strictly ... to be offered in the F-Series trucks for more than 30 years, delivering reliable, economical, torquey performance to truck owners. The engine even saw duty in many of Ford’s larger, heavier ...

• A pickup truck is a hunter's best friend

  04/01/15, via State Journal Register

  New car sales for October 2010 show pickup trucks holding down the top two individual spots, with the Ford F-Series in first place, followed by Chevrolet Silverado. Dodge Ram pickups came in at No. 10. Walt Skube, sales associate with Landmark Ford in ...

• Ford to invest $80M in Kentucky truck plant

  01/30/14, via Chicago Sun Times

  Sign-up for Chicago Sun-Times newsletters. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it plans to invest $80 million in its Kentucky truck plant to churn out more F-Series Super Duty trucks. The ramped up production will add 350 jobs ...

• Late Model-Corral, ’79-’13 Questions - January 2014

  01/28/14, via Mustangs and Fords Magazine

  I have a 1985 Ford Mustang LX convertible that originally was ... The reason you are seeing different applications for truck versus car is that most F-series trucks use a larger bellhousing and thus a larger tooth count—164 versus 157.

• The storied past of Ford F-series pickups

  01/11/14, via USA Today

  The storied past of Ford F-series pickups A 1948 Ford F-1 pickup truck. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1hLOymm

• 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 and 1985 Ford F-150 - Readers’ Rides

  06/20/13, via Truck Trend Magazine Online

  To get your truck featured in Readers’ Rides, email a high-resolution photo of your truck to readersrides@truckin.com. Send in a front 3?4 or profile shot of your truck, and make sure it’s big enough. For a digital file, try to make it at least 1MB.

• Page 10: Ford 4x4 & Off Road

  05/09/13, via Four Wheeler

  The plants produced armored trucks and cars, tanks, half-tracked armored personal carries, and other military vehicles. After the war Ford, along with the rest of the country, enjoyed post-war prosperity and in 1948 the famous F-Series truck was released.