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The 1949 Ford is a line of cars produced by Ford from the 1949 to 1951 model years. The successor to the prewar 1941 Ford , the model line was the first full-size Ford designed after World War II, becoming the first Ford car line released after the deaths of Edsel Ford and Henry Ford .
The Ford Custom Fordor was produced in Australia from September 1949, [14] and Australian content on the locally produced Custom had reached 80% by 1950. [14] A coupe utility variant was also offered by Ford Australia, initially as the Ford Coupe Utility, [ 15 ] and later as the Ford De Luxe Coupe Utility.
1949 or '50 Ford Pilot 3.6 V8 grille badge, Oxfordshire. The E71 30 hp 3622 cc engine developed 81 bhp (60 kW), with a stroke of 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (95 mm) and a bore of 3 + 1 ⁄ 16 inches (78 mm), and was fed by a single Solex carburettor. The engine, with twin-sheave belt pulleys, was also used in Thames trucks.
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The Ford line of cars was again refreshed for 1952, although remaining similar to the all-new 1949 Fords.This time, curved one-piece windshield glass joined a new "Mileage Maker" straight-6 engine with 101 hp. [3] The 226 CID (3.7 L) L-head straight-6 was replaced by an overhead valve 215 CID (3.5 L) Mileage Maker with 101 hp (75 kW), while the old 239 CID (3.9 L) Flathead V8 remained with 110 ...
With the exception of bus chassis and parcel-delivery vehicles (which used bodywork produced by second-party manufacturers), Ford shared the same cab design on all F-Series trucks (a distinction that would continue up to the 1996 ninth generation); C-Series trucks moved the cab upward and forward, requiring a higher hood and different fenders ...
(Reuters) -Four men were convicted in Spain on Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad.
The city of Wisconsin Dells was founded in 1856 by the Wisconsin Hydraulic Company, a dam-building and real estate investment business. The town was originally named Kilbourn City for Byron Kilbourn , the president of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company , which was then preparing to build a railroad across the Wisconsin River to connect ...