The very popular Ford Thunderbird came about as an answer to the Chevrolet Corvette. The first Ford Thunderbird rolled off the Dearborn Michigan assembly line on September 9, 1954. The two seat Thunderbirds are very popular collector’s cars. The start of design work for the Thunderbird came right after Chevrolet introduced it’s Corvette at the …
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1946 Ford / Woody Wagon
Who doesn’t like running across a magnificent old woody automobile? Especially one of those 1946 Ford Woodies. You may remember the tales of the woody and the surfers along the California beaches. Songs have been written about woody cars. There was a time when a “woody” was actually made from wood. The more modern woodies …
Fordson
Fordson Tractors were first manufactured by Henry Ford and his son, thus the name Fordson. Eventually the division merged with the Ford Motor Company and the Fordson brand of tractor was manufactured by Ford Motor until 1991 when the tractor division was sold to Fiat. Although Henry Ford started experimenting with tractors as early as …