Bob Rosadini

Check out today's Ford Authority. Pix of "regular cab" Ranger Super Duty. Big rubber on 8-bolt wheels, big rear spring picture-very close to 150 territory IMO

Also is it my imagination or is the Focus/Escape/Fusion grill a new look for a lot of vehicles-and add the Rivian to the Flex look a like list IMO

7M# Bingo! Misplaced pictures with captions in all! Thanks..you can see by 1974 Mr Parkhurst had mellowed out a little bit about his dislike of Fords!

Agree, 7m, thx for the post. No doubt the late Mike Parkhurst was NOT a fan of Ford. One of his reasons I believe was Ford's use of rail for transporting I guess much of its inbound freight as well as outbound finished vehicles. Had to laugh though when he talks about the flat faced W "pushing wind" and you go to the back cover of the issue in question and there is an equally flat faced Pete 362-although it did have a curved corner windshield.😎 But surprisingly, he did have a lot of positive things to say about the "W". Now if you wanted to read a total hatchet job, somewhere in my "archives" I have the issue when the Louisville was announced. Absolutely nothing but negatives. I'll see if I can find it. Rarely would he ever mention the price differential between a Ford and say a Pete or KW.

Joe, Those "New" Broncos go for big bucks-200G +/-

Isn't what is going on with uncertainty on tariffs and other issues one reason Ford signed off on the Calif. CARB regs? They saw it as a a constant -good or bad- that they could make long range plans on🤔

Lower prices at the pump I would think are the one "promise" he WILL deliver on.

Of course-why didn't I think of that-or Jaguar might have an interest to somehow incorporate it into their latest marketing effort which is making the Bud Light fiasco look reasonable. I saw some Jaguar marketing "executive" making a speech about their new ad "blitz" and he bragged they had .."15 separate DEI organizations"..🤔

Hah amazing how people with too much money like to throw it away- Like the a-hole today that paid 6 mil for the banana taped to canvas. And the guy says he is going to eat the banana🤔

For sure BS. They should at least have called their "work" an F-600. This "rendition" fits right in with some of the tractor images that show up on You Tube-or at least the ones that pop up on my screen. I suppose if you log in to any farming/tractor sites you get these fakes. Actually they are well done, but when you see Ford's latest monster AWD that belongs on huge midwest farm, you know it is all fake.

Yes tbone...and add "content" to your list. Seems like the items that get deleted far outweigh the nice additions. "Pay more for less" seems to be the theme.

I doubt TT ford would sell it.

If there is any silver lining to this I believe Ford with F-600, 650 and 750 has a competitive edge with their gas powered versions. Now if they would just add air brakes to the 650 and 750 that would increase their competitiveness. Can't understand why this hasn't been done years ago.

My 23 F-150 is approaching 10K miles. Great truck but have had a few situations where when lifting on accelerator, RPM's do not immediately drop off-acting like cruise is engaged which it is not. Throttle also at times does not respond as it should when coming from a stop. Need more pressure on accelerator and if you are not on pavement I will have wheel spin. Then this AM I was pulling into traffic and had a surge, required me to jump on brakes. Time has come for me to make an appointment on Monday for sure to bring it in, but any thoughts? I'm always a skeptic when I read about someone launching into a store front as "car just accelerated" but.....??

Scary..I have a 23 5.0 150. Just what is an "axle bolt"? As for your dealer GM, I can't imagine a guy in his position would say that to a customer. And how many miles did you have on it when they refused to replace it because it was a "recall issue now". So did you get the final fix?

It doesnt. I have a 23 150. Like it very much and for sure does not show dirt.

The American Truck Historical Society (ATHS) had its annual show in June at the PA State Fairgrounds in York PA. A total of 898 trucks were on display from all over the US and a couple of foreign countries. Of the top five, Mack had the highest representation at 185, with Peterbilt second at 146, Kenworth third at 124, Ford fourth at 58, and International fifth at 55. Not surprising that Mack, Ford and International did as well given eastern location. Closer show is held closer to west coast, Paccar rules. Nice to see the ATHS show issue of 180 pages had this "two story Falcon" on the cover. Company that owns this also had a beautiful LT 9000 at the show and both are still used moving equipment. Note cover refers to this as an LTL an obvious error as it is a CLT

Reading the rationale for the breakaway of trucks from the "car" biz, one only has to look at "Ford Pro" as proof that passenger vehicle mindsets don't fit in when it comes to trucks. If so we would have seen Ford taking a bigger position in the class 6-7 business-or so it seems. Daimler didn't seem to be hamstrung by management who viewed commercial vehicles as a "side business" so I can only imagine how focused the new entity will be- much the same as the Swedes are not distracted.

Provided those expense reductions are quickly followed up on. Like less volume so you knock of a shift....so fixed costs stay the same. I'm filling up the 36 gallon tank on the 150 yesterday (Ugh) and an elderly lady pulls in on the opposite lane in a nice 4 dr Focus. And I'm thinking, if she lives to replace that car she will probably be in a Kia, Yota etc. I know Farley and his crew know what they are doing...I just can't believe the other guys are so clueless🤔

Just curious-do you do heavy towing?

THX-you make my point,....but that was back in the "Have you driven a Ford Lately " era ..or late in that era?...Congrats if you are still working for Ford. PS..I still will bring those ads up on You tube

Speaking of cars that were not boring, did you ever see a stand alone ad spot for a Taurus SHO, Fusion Sport with a 2.7, MKZ with a 3.0? Part of the problem as I see it. Ford has had great vehicles and they seem to ignore them. My SHO was a great vehicle and when it came time to replace it-running fine at 120,000 miles, a relative just gave me a good offer for it-the Taurus was out of production. So I started looking for a CPO SHO . No luck in Northeast. Then someone on this site suggested I look for a Fusion 2.7 or an MKZ with a 3.0. That I found and have been very satisfied with it. But again- a best kept secret.

No mine is a 5.0. And to AK's point on fuel pump, I assume pump has a return line to tank?

Hah that is the way I feel about the Lincoln - I describe it as a dog seeing his master grabbing the leash of its hook!😎

Guys,Thx for reassuring responses..guess it is the nature of these beasts