Ford Model "Y": Henry's Car for Europe - Couverture rigide

Roberts, Sam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1901295885 ISBN 13 : 9781901295887

Editeur : Veloce, 2000

Synopsis

This text presents a definitive history of the Ford Model "Y", the first "world car" and the car that made Ford a truly international company.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The fascinating story of the first Ford car designed to capture overseas markets, the model's international importance, its impact and its troubled history in an economically and politically unstable Europe in the 1930s. Advanced design concepts, teething troubles and eventual limited success worldwide are all covered in great detail. The Model Y was the first Ford 'Popular.' * The definitive international history of the Ford Model Y. * The Model Y was the first Ford specifically designed for markets outside the USA, Ford's first 'world car.' * With its art deco styling the Model Y was the first 'streamlined' mass-production car in Europe & the first £100 saloon. * The Model Y captured half the British small car market in 1935, profoundly affecting Austin & Morris. * 165,000 complete cars were built in Dagenham between 1932 & 1937, plus 30,000 rolling chassis for other markets. The Model Y was also built in Canada. * The author is Chairman of the Ford Y & C Model Register. * High quality artpaper production, heavily illustrated.

Revue de presse

Sadly overshadowed by many other Fords from both pre- and post-war periods, and moving budget motoring onto a more sophisticated footing than some of the toot foisted on the British motoring public, the poor little Model Y deserved far more recognition than it received until Sam Roberts' book was published. Like Thacker's '32 title, this looks at the reasons behind the car's creation, how its design evolved, the various body types and the more peculiar versions, including a tiny bus, a tipper and a three-wheeled 'tug' version. The vans are stunning, and Roberts' book is crammed full of illustrations and drawings, one of the best being the shot (on page 188) of a Ford dealer workshop in Southsea in 1948. And like all cars, there were several key people behind their concept and eventual production, and the author looks at them. He also looks at the plants that assembled the Y around the globe. --Review from Classic Ford, May 2008

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Veloce
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1901295885
• ISBN 13: 9781901295887
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible