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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.
List 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
About the author
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).
Summary
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.
