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Club News => CMC & Industry News => Topic started by: ozpont on January 18, 2013, 10:10:05 AM
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Ford celebrates 65 years of the F-series
Pickup was launched after World War II
Angie Fisher 3:08 pm, January 16, 2013
On the heels of this week's reveal of the Ford Atlas concept pickup, a preview of the next-generation F-150, Wednesday marks the 65th anniversary of the venerable Ford F-series.
The first F-series truck was introduced to the public on Jan. 16, 1948. It replaced Ford's previous car-based pickup line that was introduced in 1941.
The press release announcing the original F-series noted that it was the first new post-war product from Ford Motor Co.
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The press release highlighted the truck's cab designed with “living room comfort” with more space, better ventilation and three engine options: a 95-hp six-cylinder, a 100-hp V8 and a 145-hp V8.
That first F-series lineup included standard pickups with two wheelbase lengths, regular and heavy-duty models, commercial delivery trucks and 42- to 48-passenger school-bus trucks.
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So, which came first, the redneck or the F 100??? :pepper: :pepper: :pepper: