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The Budd Company also created the first "safety" two-piece truck wheel, used extensively in World War II, and also built truck cargo bodies for the US military. [ citation needed ] Following the introduction of the " unibody " Citroën Traction Avant in 1934 using its technology, Budd developed North America's first mass-produced unibody ...
Shay Motors Corporation was an automobile company founded by Harry J. Shay in February 1978 as the Model A & Model T Motor Car Reproduction Corporation. [1] Harry Shay arranged with Ford Motor Company to build a limited run, modern-day reproduction of the Ford Model A Roadster, with a rumble seat, that was to be sold through the network of Ford Automobile Dealers and built in Battle Creek ...
The Ford MN12 platform (Mid-size North America, Corporate Program #12) [1] is a car platform that was used by the Ford Motor Company from 1988 to 1997 for the 1989–1997 model year Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar two-door personal luxury cars.
Ownership was moved to an English subsidiary in 1935 [4] retaining a 60 per cent shareholding. Another plant was set up in Doncaster , England after World War II to build bodies for other brands. Briggs Detroit plants (supplying Ford) were the centers of strike action by United Auto Workers in 1933 and 1937 where UAW was successful.
M46C truck, chassis, 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6 × 6 (G742) – M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck heating and tie down unit for Honest John; M47 truck, dump truck chassis (G742) – M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck; M48 truck, tractor (G742) – M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck; M49 truck, tank, 6 × 6, Fuel Servicing (G742) – M35 series 2½-ton ...
Aurora designed the AFX cars with interchangeable car body shells usually compatible with each chassis they released during these years. The original 1971 A/FX chassis utilized an updated version of the existing pancake motor design of Aurora's "Thunderjet 500" line, popular in the 1960s. [2]
The Ford Panther platform was an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1979 to 2012 model years. Following the downsizing of the General Motors B-bodies and C-bodies by two years, the Panther platform marked the end of production of full-sized American sedans.
The company is often cited as an originator of the pickup truck and an early developer of the dump truck. [1] As early as 1913 Galion Allsteel was installing hauling boxes on slightly modified Ford model T chassis. The popularity of this combination led to the first production pickup truck by Ford in 1925. [2]