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A model with stronger 50 hp (37 kW) engine and wartime simplifications is often named GAZ-MM, after the engine. [2] In October 1931 a Model AA was the first vehicle produced at Ford of Britain's own new Dagenham plant in England. The Model AA was also built in several nations in mainland Europe under license from the Ford Corporation.
The L-series came in a total of four size ranges, designated by GVWR. As with previous Ford heavy-truck tradition, gasoline-engine trucks received a three-digit model number, while diesel-engine trucks were given a four-digit model number. L-600/L-6000 and L-700/L-7000 series were Class 6/7 medium-duty trucks, typically sold as straight trucks.
The ninth generation of the Ford F-Series is a lineup of trucks that were produced by Ford from the 1992 to 1998 model years. The final generation of the F-Series to include a complete range of trucks from a half-ton F-150 pickup truck to a medium-duty F-800 commercial truck, this is the third generation of the F-Series body and chassis introduced for 1980.
The Model A is the designation of two cars made by Ford Motor Company, one in 1903 and one beginning in 1927: Ford Model A (1903–1904) Ford Model A (1927–1931)
The Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch and brake pedals, throttle, and gearshift. Previous Fords used controls that had become uncommon to drivers of other makes. The Model A's fuel was situated in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel.
When the first three units were produced in 1917, the Model TT was sold as a chassis with the buyer supplying a body. The price was $600. Starting in 1924, the truck was available with a factory-produced body. By 1926 the price had dropped to $325. [1] In 1925, a hand-operated windshield wiper was added. [2]
At the end of Model A production in March 1932, 4,849,340 Model As had been built. (Several hundred thousand Model AA trucks had also been built, typically with the same Model A engine.) Model A historian Steve Plucker, using Ford company records, calculates that 4,830,806 production engines were built between October 1927 and November 1931 ...
He was the only son of Robert Blyth Tannahill and Anna Elizabeth Hudson. His father, Robert Blyth Tannahill (born in Detroit in 1863), joined J. L. Hudson in the retail trade in 1889; he married Anna Elizabeth Hudson, one of three sisters of J. L. Hudson. By 1900, he served as vice-president of the successful J. L. Hudson Department Store.