A Full-Size Van that is a Conversion Van, a vehicle that I have wanted for ages:
Category: Ford Motor Company
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The Lincoln Division Of The Ford Motor Company Marketing Their Chinese-Built CDX707 Nautilus To Young, Radical People; And Airing Senseless Commercials With Wierdo Music As Part Of Their Effort To Market The CDX707 To Young, Radical People.
For some reason, as of the time of writing this post; the Ford Motor Company chooses to import the CDX707 Nautilus from China, instead of selling it’s more mainstream platform-mate; the CDX706 Ford Edge Long-Wheelbase variant in the North American market.
More examples of the inane business decisions that the Ford Motor Company is making as of the time of writing this post are reportedly developing a Panel Truck version of the P758 Ford Maverick; rather than say, sell the Ford Mondeo Sport, the Ford Focus Active Station Wagon/Estate, the BEV Explorer that is on the Volkswagen MEB Platform (per the joint venture that the Ford Motor Company has formed with the Volkswagen Group in 2018), the BEV Ford Capri that is also on the Volkswagen MEB Platform, the Ford Transit/Tourneo Courier, the Ford Transit/Tourneo Connect that is now a badge-engineered version of the Volkswagen Caddy C-Segment Van that is on the Golf’s A-Platform, and the Ford Transit Custom that is now on the same platform as the T7 Volkswagen Transporter; all in the North American market.
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A 1966-1979 Ford F-500 Medium-Duty Truck With A Tow Wrecker Body Located In The Town Of Leon, West Virginia (Near The Ohio-West Virginia Border):
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An Article By Gary Vasilash About A Vehicle On The Ford C2 Platform That Originates From The C519 Focus That Has Been Modified To Off-Road As Well As A Pickup Truck Or A Conventional Frame On Body SUV (Including The U725 Bronco); The CX430 Bronco Sport And It’s New (As Of The Time Of Writing This Post) Sasquatch Trim Level.
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A 1980-1996 Full-Size Ford Bronco Located In The Town Of New Canada, Maine.
This Full-Size Bronco appears to be in rough shape, and also appears to have been repainted in Black Primer.
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Two Ford Light-Duty (the F-600, F-700, L-600, and C-600 are Medium-Duty models; and the L-800, L-8000, C-800, W-Series, and the CLT-Series are each Heavy-Duty models) 3-Quarter-Ton Pickup Trucks in the 1980-1997 bodystyle, both with Center-Band Two-Tone paint schemes; located in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights, Michigan:
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I am saddened by the recent death (as of the time of writing this post) of French Actor Alain Delon.
In the early 1980’s, when the Mazda Motor Corporation had put into production the GC Capella/626, and their the Oceanic business arm of their then-partner, the Ford Motor Company; had simultaneously put their version of the GC Capella into production, the AR/AS Ford Telstar; Alain Delon had appeared in Television Commercials for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) version of the GC Capella, with songs by Japanese Musical Artist Akira Fuse, and Canadian Music Artist Vicki Moss (famous for at one time; dating and courting NHL Player Wayne Gretzky) used in the Audio of these Television Commercials starring Alain Delon:
In the late 1980’s, Mazda’s then-Korean partner Asia/Kia Motors had begun to build under license the GC Mazda Capella as the Kia Concord and Capital models; even as Mazda and Ford, themselves were in the process of halting production of the GC Capella and AR/AS Telstar, and putting into production the following generation GD/GV Capella/626, the AV/AV Telstar, and their platform mate that has largely been reengineered by Ford; in order to pass as a nearly indigenous product of the Ford Motor Company: the Ford Probe.
Kia would continue to build their license-built version of the GC Mazda Capella that they called their Capital and Concord models until 1996; when they would begin to build under license a version of the contemporaneous GE Mazda Capella/626 and the AX/AY Ford Telstar; that Kia would call their Credos model.
Kia would continue to build the Credos through the time they had filed for bankruptcy in 1998, would be acquired by the fellow Korean automaker, the Hyundai Motor Company after outbidding the Ford Motor Company for acquiring Kia outright, would receive a mid-cycle refresh in 1999; and would be discontinued altogether in 2001; as Kia was in the process of ending their relationship with Mazda, and the Hyundai Motor Company was in the process of ending their relationship with Mitsubishi Motors as of this time.
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A Ford F-500 Medium-Duty Truck With A Box Truck Body Affixed To It’s Chassis & Cab Located In The City Of Marianna, Florida That Sadly, Is Rotting Away In A Junkyard:
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I, personally find it bittersweet (or, in other words; a mixed bag) that automakers are reintroducing Upper and Center-Band Two-Tone Paint Schemes on Full-Size Pickup Trucks and SUVs.
The reason why I find it to be bittersweet (or, in other words; a mixed bag) is because the automakers have designed these paint schemes to appeal to young, radical people; rather than to people who are traditionalists, such as yours truly.
One late model (as of the time of writing this post) Pickup Truck with the revived and modernized Upper And Center-Band Two-Tone Paint Schemes is this P702 Ford F-150 pictured below:
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I am passionate about Automobiles (including the Automotive Industry), Agricultural Machinery, School Buses, Class 6-8 Trucks, Recreational Vehicles (RVs), Broadcasting, Amateur/Ham Radio, Electric Fans, HVAC Systems, the Stock Market, and Writing as a profession.
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One of my favorite Automobiles, and Automobile Platforms; the Lincoln Town Car on the Ford Panther Platform.
The General Motors B and C, and Ford Panther Platforms are very important to me emotionally.
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While asleep one night, I had a dream about a fictitious and historical NASCAR Team, Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial-Dodge Passenger Car and Light-Duty Truck, and Dodge Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Dealership; and an adjacent junkyard, each of which are located in the U.S State of Alabama.
The Garage where the Plymouth and Dodge Stock Cars were prepared out of base, stripper Plymouth and Dodge 2-Door Sedan and 2-Door Coupe Passenger Cars during the 1950’s, 1960’s, and early-mid 1970’s is on the premises of the homestead where the Dealership and the Junkyard both are.
Also on the homestead is the 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Farmhouse, and approximately 5.5-6 acres of lawn; where the family who has owned the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard has resided since the even before period of the Confederacy in the Southeastern United States, specifically the 1840’s. In all, the entire plot of land that has been in the family since the 1840’s consists of 65 acres, much of which was originally farmland before being used for a private Front and Back Yard, the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard.
The junkyard consists of piles of junked vehicles stacked approximately three to four stories high.
A seldom used Country Road, a Dirt Road runs through the property; assigned the designation by the Alabama Country Route (CR-12).
The current members of the family who live on the property, if they spot trespassers anywhere on the property, whether it be where the NASCAR Team or the junkyard; a member of the family will be within the a matter of seconds or minutes to apprehend the person wandering onto their property, politely asking the person to leave their property or else they will contact the authorities.
The Dealership, which had opened in the late 1930’s; had thrived during the course of WWII took place, was a Chrysler Corporation Dealership carrying everything from Plymouth-branded Passenger Cars to Dodge Heavy-Duty Trucks from the very beginning; had also carried DeSotos from the time the Dealership was founded in the late 1930’s up until the cancellation of the DeSoto brand by the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1960’s, became one of the few Chrysler Corporation Dealerships who were certified to work on Chrysler Corporation vehicles equipped with Air Conditioning beginning in circa the late 1940’s-early 1950’s; had ordered the “bare bones” Plymouth and Dodge 2-Door Sedan and Coupe Cars from that they had converted into their Stock Cars for competition in NASCAR; and when the Chrysler Corporation was in dire straits during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s; the family had switched to selling Ford Passenger Cars, Light, Medium, and Heavy-Duty Trucks, Mercury-branded vehicles, Lincoln-branded vehicles, and Ford Farm and Construction Equipment in order to stay afloat (or, in other words; remain in business); and they had also switched their NASCAR Team to fielding Fords as well.
By the time the family had switched their Dealership and their NASCAR Team to selling and fielding Ford Motor Company products, Stock Cars were still literally Stock Cars; however, they were built using factory parts right at the Race Shop, and having Safety Features such as the Roll Cage built by the Race Team into the literal Stock Car.
During the late 1970’s, a member of the Pit Crew of the family’s NASCAR Team, a Baby Boomer who is one of the children of the current proprietors of the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard; who also spends the NASCAR off-season working as a Service Technician, against my wishes, has his hair permed. See this earlier post: People Having Their Hair Permed Is A Sinister Act. Thankfully and mercifully, by the early-mid 1980’s; this person has naturally straight, normal hairstyle, with bangs covering his forehead. It is at this time when this person assumes control of the Dealership from his parents, and he switches his NASCAR Team from competing in the Winston Cup to the Busch Sportsman Series; due to it being increasingly difficult by the mid-1980’s for a Driver/Owner, and/or a Small Team to compete in the Winston Cup Series.
As the Ford Motor Company had sold their Agricultural and Construction Equipment business sector to Fiat in 1991, with an agreement that Fiat could continue to use the ‘Ford’ name and Blue Oval logo until 2000, having to cease usage of the Ford name and logo after the year 2000, and also as the Ford Motor Company had sold their Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck business sector in 1996 to Daimler/Freightliner to become Sterling Trucks; the family relinquishes their Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Automobile Dealership franchise in the late 1990’s, and concentrates their efforts on selling and servicing New Holland Farm and Construction Equipment, Sterling Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks; and also servicing Conventional-style School Buses built on the Freightliner FS-65 and C2 Chassis & Cowls.
In part and parcel, the family repurposes their Automobile showroom into a Tractor showroom.
The family also ceases operation of the junkyard in the early 1990’s, and takes their sweet time to have metal scrappers come and take their junked vehicles, haul their junked vehicles away; and scrap the junked vehicles in the metal scrappers’ own scrap shredders.
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I am saddened over the death of Country Music Artist and Ford Truck enthusiast Toby Keith.
One has to wonder what Toby Keith ever thought about the Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks, and the B-Series School Bus Chassis & Cowl that Ford had produced prior to selling this business arm to Daimler/Freightliner to become Sterling in circa 1996-1998; including the F-600, F-700, F-800, F-850, F-900, F-950, L-Series, C-Series, W-Series, and the CLT-Series.
One has to wonder what Toby Keith ever thought about the North American counterpart to the Ford Transit, the Ford Econoline/Club Wagon; and the parts that it has shared with the Ford F-Series Light-Duty Trucks since the late 1960’s (including the International Harvester/Navistar Diesel Engines).
One also has to wonder what Toby Keith ever thought about the Ford Panther Platform, and the Passenger Cars on the Ford Panther Platform: The Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and the Lincoln Town Car.
Matthew Parij 