Ford Medium-Duty Trucks 1917-1998 (Photo History) [Paperback]

Paul Mclaughlin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Photo History | Publication Date: April 19, 2006

Ford Medium-duty trucks are rugged, dependable, economical, and easy to work on. Ford helped ease the growing pains of American evolution by building hundreds of thousands of tough trucks for medium-duty service.

From early conversion kit trucks used mainly by farmers, Ford's trucks and chassis became common for utility maintenance, construction, school bus transportation, towing, dumping, firefighting, and camping.

This book focuses on Ford's medium-duty line—everything is covered from the early Canopied Express and continues through the various models and engines, sales figures, styling and technical developments, and much more.

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About the Author

Paul G. McLaughlin, is a truck and Ford enthusiast, as well as an experienced writer. McLaughlin is a retired president of the New Mexico chapter of the American Truck Historical Society, and he is on the board of the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs. In addition, he has written numerous books and magazine articles on Ford vehicles. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Iconografix, Inc.; 1st edition (April 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158388162X
• ISBN-13: 978-1583881620
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Buff Stuff, May 30, 2008

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Marc R. Wedner "mayreh" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This survey is well written and very well organized. I found the photos of trucks pre-1940 to be especially
interesting, although i would have preferred to have viewed more contemporaneous shots with period backgrounds
as opposed to photos of restorations, taken -of course - years after manufacture.

As the genre goes, this volume is very satisfying.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for Ford lovers, February 13, 2011

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I bought this for my father-in-law and he likes it a lot. I would have liked to see more color photos but it was still interesting for him.

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing, despite the interesting photos, November 27, 2010

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This review is from: Ford Medium-Duty Trucks 1917-1998 (Photo History) (Paperback)

I bought this seeking an organized visual overview of lighter duty Ford commercial trucks, and the C-series "Tilt Cabs" in particular. While I don't dispute the authors genuine enthusiasm for, and knowledge of Ford trucks, in my opinion the book suffers in places from a lack of editing to avoid, for example, consecutive sentences that begin with "This." Most disappointing --in chapter 7, the author writes that in 1957, Ford introduced the C-series "Tilt cabs" but there is no photo of a C-series rig until the next chapter, 11 pages later, and then it is of a restored truck.
Instead of offering specific nuggets of data, photo captions often point out the obvious, such as on p. 41 where a restored truck is displayed, and we are informed, "The owner of this restored 1947 Ford truck is so proud of it he displays his truck at truck shows with this custom signboard." That much is obvious--please give us something significant about that particular truck model! I also wish there was more use of original or period photos, rather than truck show displays, but that is minor.
I do not regret buying the book, but I believe it could have been better.