There were no mandatory recalls back then. What Ford did have was called: campaigns.

Ford would send out letters to dealers, and corrections were made by the dealers, after the customers were notified.

Even though I worked at the dealer level back then, I'm not aware of an Econoline campaign inre to adding weight to the rear end...but such a thing was possible.


Studebaker had a problem with Lark convertibles. They added two 50 pound square chunks of concrete (!!) with a steel imbedded bracket which bolted to the rear frame members. No Scheiss! Ford could have done something similar..