
{"id":2451,"date":"2017-08-25T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/sherwoodford\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2024-05-14T19:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:40:58","slug":"ford-celebrates-a-century-of-iconic-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/blog\/ford-celebrates-a-century-of-iconic-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Celebrates a Century of Iconic Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 27, Ford celebrated the 100 year anniversary of their first truck, the 1917 Ford Model TT. A century later, Ford still leads the charge in the truck industry. Henry Ford&#8217;s invention of a vehicle capable of accommodating heavy cargo is still the model for all trucks today, a century later. The Ford F-Series has been America&#8217;s best-selling truck for 40 straight years, constantly providing drivers with innovation, capability, and durability. Since 1977, more than 26 million Ford F-Series trucks have been sold in the United States! Keep reading to find out more about the history of Ford trucks!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/clp-new-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View Our New Ford Inventory<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/ford-build-and-price\"><strong>Factory Order Your New Ford<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/new-ford-f-150-sherwood-park-ab\">Check Out Our Inventory Of New Ford F-150 Models!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>100 Years of Ford Trucks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote><h4><strong>The Beginning of the Legendary F-Series From Ford<\/strong><\/h4><p><em>\u201cAfter the war, a lot of rural Americans moved to urban and suburban centers looking for work, and many took their Ford pickups with them,\u201d said Ford historian, Bob Kreipke. \u201cFord saw this as an opportunity, and began work on the next generation of trucks for 1948, what came to be known as F-Series Bonus Built trucks.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xr0bX_sC-iI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xr0bX_sC-iI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"1953 Ford pickup truck front view\" class=\"wp-image-11309 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-1536x1220.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/71\/2024\/05\/14193924\/1953-Ford-F100-pickup-truck-C460-2B_O-2048x1626.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3>Check Out Instagram&#8217;s Top Posts for #VintageFord<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to ignore 100 years of quality from Ford. If you&#8217;re looking to see what drivers have been raving about for decades, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/test-drive-cars-sherwood-park-ab\">schedule a test drive<\/a> of a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/clp-2018-ford-f-150-edmonton-ab\">Ford F-150<\/a> at Sherwood Ford of Edmonton, AB. Contact us or stop in today to talk to a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwoodford.ca\/team-sherwood-ford-in-sherwood-park-ab\">our knowledgeable team<\/a> about Ford trucks!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 27, Ford celebrated the 100 year anniversary of their first truck, the 1917 Ford Model TT. A century later, Ford still leads the charge in the truck industry. Henry Ford&#8217;s invention of a vehicle capable of accommodating heavy cargo is still the model for all trucks today, a century later. 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