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Ford already had good sales figures in England at the beginning of the 1920s. The sale of US cars in Europe was therefore very lucrative. So the decision was made to open another production facility in Germany. Initially, cars were built in Berlin, but from the 1930s onwards, passenger cars were manufactured in Cologne. This article summarizes the beginnings of Ford in Germany with many historical pictures.
After the Model Y, the first Ford specially developed for the European market, and its successor, the Model 7W, Ford introduced the Prefect in 1938. It was spacious, affordable and reliable. After the Second World War, it was given a small update with the model designation E493A. The Prefect enjoyed great popularity in Europe. With its simplicity and despite the problem with the windshield wipers, which had been overlooked by the engineers, the Prefect also made it beyond the roads of Europe. This report is about the E493A, but also describes its ancestors, illustrated with current and historical pictures and the sales literature of the time.
Modesty is an adornment. And it sometimes adorns a car body better than any chrome-plated strip. Simple everyday helpers like the Ford Ranch Wagon once stood in their thousands on every main road in the USA, bravely going about their duties together with their owners. But despite their numerical superiority, they were overshadowed by the splendor of the chrome-adorned show-off sleds. So in this article, we pay tribute to Ford's contribution to America's 1950s commuting scene by showing a 1953 Mainline Ranch Wagon in modern photographs and the Ford family from 1952 to 1954 in historic images and sales literature.
5.33 meters long, 2.02 meters wide and weighing over 1.7 tons, the Ford Galaxie 500 was not really predestined to win touring car races, but thanks to its more than 400 hp, Jack Sears crushed the competition in the 1963 British Touring Car Championship. The Sears Galaxie won many races around the world and has nevertheless survived for over 50 years. This vehicle report looks back at its technology and racing career and presents the car in many pictures.
The Ford Mustang is probably the best-known American sports car, even though it is not actually a sports car at all. It is repeatedly voted the most popular American classic and every child knows it. In 2014, the series Mustang will be 50 years old and this will be celebrated with the sixth edition, reason enough to take a closer look at the previous five generations. This report shows all Mustang models to date, describes special features and shows the vehicles in many pictures.
The Ford GT 40 Mark II with chassis no. 1019 won the 1968 Barcelona 6-hour race on the notorious Montjiuch circuit. The GT 40 was driven by the two drivers Brian Miur and Paco Goodyear. The car belonged to Paul Hawkins at the time and is now in Spanish ownership.
As much ambition as Ford invested in its Le Mans commitment, there was little interest in the new Can-Am series at the end of the sixties. Consequently, it was left to the private racing teams to develop a winning shell for the Ford engines. The result was four years of failure. This article tells the story of Can-Am racing cars with Ford engines, which was marked by setbacks, and shows a lot of historical footage.
Some cars are so beautiful that your heart almost stops. The Ford P68 bought its beauty at an expensive price. The downforce was so low, the handling so unpredictable, that even the drivers' hearts soon stopped. This article from the series "Technology in racing cars from 1958 to 1978" looks at the three-liter Ford P68 prototype in detail and shows it in historical images.
After the success of the Ford GT40 from 1966, the company wanted to continue this success with a successor model in 1968, the Ford P68 (1968 prototype). The vehicle looked very competitive and also convinced the sponsors. But the successes failed to materialize. This article tells the entire story of the P68 and shows in detail why things did not turn out as originally intended.
When the then still unknown Walter Röhrl set the fastest times in a Ford Capri RS 2600 at the 1972 Olympic Rally, the organizers believed it was a measurement error. Röhrl drove a Ford from the tuning company Kleint R.S. in his first rally season. One of the rare sister cars has survived and is now being restored by trainees with a difficult social background in the same way as Röhrl's car at the Olympic Rally. This article reports on the restoration project and the history of this very special Capri.
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