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Released in June 1948, the 1949 Ford was the first major "postwar" American car line, beating Chevrolet to market by six months and Plymouth by nine. [4] In response to its design, the model line would become called the "Shoebox Ford", denoting its slab-sided "ponton" design.
The Model A "Fordmobile" is introduced – 1,708 cars are produced. 1904: Ford Motor Company of Canada incorporated in Walkerville, Ontario. Henry Ford teams up with Harvey Firestone of Firestone Tires. 1906: Ford becomes the top selling brand in the US, with 8,729 cars produced.
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December 1, 1948 (Wednesday) A meeting of Palestinian leaders in Jericho proclaimed King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan as "King of all Palestine". The move worsened ongoing riots in Damascus and Syrian Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey resigned.
The first generation of the Ford F-Series (also known as the Ford Bonus-Built trucks) is a series of trucks that was produced by Ford Motor Company from the 1948 to the 1952 model years. The introduction of the F-Series marked the divergence of Ford car and truck design, developing a chassis intended specifically for truck use.
Nov 8, 2021 · Cars on the line at the Ford Dearborn Assembly Plant in 1954 (Ford Motor Company Archives) For 1948, Ford introduced a newly designed truck model, the ½ ton pick-up called the F-I, that sold for $1,212.
May 26, 2013 · In 1948, about 850,000 tons of ore and 2,500,000 tons of coal arrived by boat and filled these bins to be used towards building Ford cars. Creators Ford Motor Company.
1948 FORD: For 1948 Ford continued production of the 1945-1947 Fords. Production had fallen to 248,000 in large part due to the anticipation of the first totally redesigned Fords since the end of the war. The "all-new" 1949 Fords went on sale in June 1948.
