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12-29-2014, 10:34 AM
Re: the grille, it occurred to me just the other day that the grilles on modern F-series are supposed to remind of us of the monkeyface grilles. You know how the Lincoln MK's have those butt-ugly grilles that are supposed to "hearken back to the grand days of the Lincoln Zephyr?" (Ford <acronym title="Page Ranking"><acronym title="Page Ranking">PR</acronym></acronym>) (uh huh...yeah right)
Well, I think we are supposed to look at the gi-normous grille bars on the newer F-series and be reminded of 48 - 50's. All I can say is, it didn't work on the Lincolns, and if it took me 5 years to "get it" then it was a flop on the trucks.
Well, I think we are supposed to look at the gi-normous grille bars on the newer F-series and be reminded of 48 - 50's. All I can say is, it didn't work on the Lincolns, and if it took me 5 years to "get it" then it was a flop on the trucks.
1936/41 Lincoln Zephyr's and 1940/41 Lincoln Continental's have vertical grille bars.
Edsel Ford and E.T. Gregorie, FoMoCo's stylist...designed these grilles to mimic the bows of boats and the spray they created cruising thru the water.
The new Lincoln's have much shorter grilles with horizontal grille bars.
The 2015 F150's are based on the design of the Super Chief, a Ford "dream truck" that made the rounds of auto shows several years ago.
The original Super Chief was a SFRR (Santa Fe RR) locomotive, styled by Harley Earl who was head of styling for GM...who also manufactured them.
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