For decades now, the Ford pickup has been the best-selling vehicle in North America, and that story begins with the 1948 F-1, the automaker’s first new postwar product. Continue reading
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The Death of the Edsel
T.S. Eliot predicted that the world might end “Not with a bang but a whimper.” That’s a fair description of how the Edsel finished up its unfortunate three-year career. Continue reading
The Ford People: A 1956 Ford Film
This 1956 Ford Motor Company film signals a major shift in direction for the Dearborn car maker. Continue reading
Video: Marketing the 1956 Ford Station Wagons
Ford aggressively pursued the station wagon market throughout the ’50s, as in this promotion for the complete 1956 Ford station wagon line. Continue reading
Video: The 1954 Ford Line — Worth More for ’54
Here’s why you’ll want to drive a new Ford in 1954. Continue reading
Video: Engineering the 1949 Ford
Here’s an excellent film study of the process that created the all-new 1949 Ford, the company’s most important new product in decades. Continue reading
Video: Henry Ford II Introduces the 1958 Edsel
Students of American automobile history won’t want to miss this little four-minute film from fall of 1957. Here, Henry Ford II personally makes the case for the 1958 Edsel. Continue reading