Ford Trucks Celebrates #40YearsTough
Ford has been building trucks for 94 years, but this year marks the 40th year in a row that the F-Series has topped the sales chart. To celebrate, Ford is asking their customers young and old to share photos of their trucks by using the hashtag #40YearsTough.
1. Ford F-Series Top Selling Truck for 40 Years Straight
If you don’t know by now, the Ford F-Series has been the top-selling truck in the US for 40 consecutive years. Ford is celebrating this feat by honoring their loyal fans – both longtime Ford enthusiasts and newbies who have been bitten by the F-series bug in recent years. Ford Social is encouraging their fans to use the #40YearsTough hashtag with their social posts to contribute their trucks to the celebration of the Ford story.
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2. 1977 Ford F-150
The forty years of domination began in 1977 when Ford introduced the 6th generation F-150 Ford truck. Rod Stewart (“Tonight’s the Night”) and Andy Gibb (“I Just Want to be Your Everything”) topped the Billboard charts, Jimmy Carter was elected President, the World Trade Center was completed, and Star Wars launched the first of eight (so far) blockbuster movies. The Ford F-Series featured technical improvements including a new 351/400 Series of V8 engines replacing the old FE Series of V8 engines. They introduced special models such as the F-100 Shorty FlareSide; a four-wheel-drive model with a 117-inch wheelbase and 6 ½ foot long FlareSide cargo bed.
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3. The F-250 Super Duty is born
The next 40 years would be filled with new platforms, new suspension designs, new frames, technical innovations, multiple generations of new engines and even the divergence of the F-Series into two truck platforms: the F-150 and the Super Duty branded F-250 and F-350 heavy-duty pickups.
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4. 2017 Ford F-150 Ford Raptor
Today, Ford continues their tradition of innovation with the 2017 Ford F-150 and all-new 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty series of trucks. Both vehicles feature innovative, high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy bodies. The F-150 features an available 3.5L EcoBoost V6 delivering 375 horsepower and 470 lb.-ft. of torque. This engine provides proven performance in over a half-million F-150 pickups and now features standard auto start-stop technology and gives the F-150 a 12,200-lb. maximum tow rating.
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5. 2017 F-250 Super Duty
The 2017 F-Series Super Duty provides best-in-class conventional towing, 5th wheel/gooseneck towing, payload and GCWR. The Super Duty is available with the 6.7L Power Stroke turbo diesel, making it the class leader in diesel horsepower and torque. Both the F-150 and the Super Duty are available with more technology for towing, convenience and entertainment than ever before.
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6. Larry Dunn uses King Ranch edition F-Series Truck
Ford is celebrating 40 Years Tough throughout 2017 with a series of stories showcasing those who pioneered America’s best-selling trucks and the Ford truck enthusiasts who continue to carry on the tradition today. Larry Dunn uses King Ranch edition F-Series trucks for his construction company, L Dunn Construction in Athens Texas, which specializes in the demolition of structures, hauling of materials, and prep for new construction. During Hurricane Katrina cleanup, Dunn and his employees used Ford F-Series trucks to clean up the destruction and haul away the rubble.
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7. Robert Bellospirito's F-250 Super Duty
At the age of 21, and then later when he founded architectural stone company Devonian Stone, New York’s Robert Bellospirito has relied on Ford trucks to get the job done. When he bought his first brand new vehicle in 1986, he purchased an F-350 that he likened to a sports car in terms of power. Devonian Stone went on to become highly successful, and now Bellospirito has embarked on a new career path as a full-time landscape photographer. Bellospirito purchased this F-250 Super Duty and equipped it himself so that it became the ultimate “expedition vehicle.” “Although the end result is different, the method for getting to these [remote] places is as heavy duty as it gets,” he said. “I needed something I really trusted, something up to that task.”
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8. Morgan Loman and Loman Helicopter
Morgan Lohman, president and founder of Lohman Helicopter, moved his entire operation to a 5,200 foot high mountain meadow called White Horse Corral. His operation is primarily agricultural, but he also spends time working for various government agencies, reseeding burnt forest lands and assisting in range rehabilitation. The $30,000 custom paint jobs on his two choppers match the vermilion red on his fleet of heavy duty Ford trucks. Join the celebration at www.40YearsTough.com!
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