Welcome to LOVEfords which was founded on April 11, 2000.
LOVEfords is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company, Legendary Ford Magazine, or any other enterprise. This site is maintained independently on a volunteer basis by the author as a devoted effort to encourage the acquisition, preservation, and enjoyment of Ford-built vehicles and to recognize the accomplishments of the Blue Oval world-wide. LOVEfords was updated on 03/12/10. See the FEATURES section for many Ford Mercury Edsel Lincoln articles.
Ford Is #1 In Sales!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Recall-plagued Toyota Motor reported a 9% drop in U.S. sales in February, but it appears other automakers didn't gain as much from Toyota's problems as expected.
Even Ford Motor, which posted strong sales to vault ahead of Toyota and GM to claim the market lead in the U.S., said it didn't believe its gains were a result of Toyota's problems.
But including sales at the Volvo unit Ford is in the process of selling, Ford sales total topped GM's for the first time since August 1998, when a strike briefly shut many GM plants.
Read the entire article here (from cnn.com dated 02 March 2010)
To all Ford employees: Congratulations from LOVEfords. You deserve to be proud today.
UPDATE 12 March 2010: Dave Miller points out that Ford was also #1 in sales in Canada during the month of February 2010. This is the first time in about 100 years that Ford has been #1 in sales concurrently in the United States and Canada. Thank you, Dave for this good Ford news.
Park in the LOVEfords Garage
LOVEfords visitors will recall that the site used to have a Gallery of cars belonging to FMEL owners all over the world. The Gallery grew and finally became too big to manage for one person. With that, the site now has a user-managed Garage as part of the Forum section.
Registered Users can park 10 vehicles in the LOVEfords Garage. There's no cost, and you also get a Forum user account. No one will contact you with advertising or anything else. It is just a way to show off your Ford, Mercury, Edsel, or Lincoln... and that means Fords built in countries other than the United States, too. See you in the Garage...
New LOVEfords Information, Blogs, and Forum now open.
What's the catch? Well if you find one, let us know. The catch is, there is none. As stated above, LOVEfords "...is maintained independently on a volunteer basis by the author as a devoted effort to encourage the acquisition, preservation, and enjoyment of Ford-built vehicles and to recognize the accomplishments of the Blue Oval world-wide."
LOVEfords is an open-ended project; its only purpose is to satisfy the needs of FMEL enthusiasts.
Happy Birthday, dear Falcon! You're 50 years old.
The Falcon was introduced in October, 1959. Following five months later was the Comet. There are thousands of articles and pictures out there about these cars and they are well worth seeing. In keeping with the LOVEfords practice of sharing with you exactly what was available in print "in the day", you're invited to read the pictorial essay about the research, planning, engineering, and development of the Falcon and Comet. Enjoy it, and along with it the pictures of the 1960 Falcon Wagon and 1960 Comet Sedan prototype preproduction cars. Falcon and Comet, sharing their 50th birthday this season: they're just 5,000,000 more reasons to LOVEfords.
Above we see a 1960 Meteor Montcalm made by Ford of Canada. Not only is this car very uncommon to see in 2009 (or any year for that matter), how about that obscure color scheme? It's a combination of Ford (USA) Beechwood Brown and Mercury Polynesian Beige (the latter of which was not even offered as a comparable Ford color, even on Thunderbird). This picture comes from the 1959 Ford Motor Company Annual Report; it is a Ford marketing and publicity picture - so how about that factory-installed combination spotlight and mirror?!
If you would like a high-resolution copy of the 1960 Meteor Montcalm and/or the Ford Family of Fine Cars advertisement shown at the right please write to LOVEfords.
Chances are, if you asked 100 people "Who invented the automobile?", at least 90 would reply
"Henry Ford." This popular misconception is a glowing tribute to the man who made the automobile possible to the masses. While a good number of Americans and Europeans were working on the idea of a self-propelled vehicle, it is generally agreed that the automobile was conceived and came into being in Europe. Henry Ford, however, does get full credit for building the automobile that millions of people could afford. His guiding principle was this: "I will build a motor car for the great multitude...it will be so low in price...that no man will be unable to own one." The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit, Michigan on June 16, 1903.
The Cougar Club of America is attempting to register all remaining 1967-1973 Cougars, living or dead, into a Cougar database. This database includes all Cougars...from concourse restorations to project cars and those in junkyards and even those that have been parted out. This is not a showcar registry! We hope to use the information to help restorers, identify production trends and learn other helpful details about Cougar history. For this project to be a success, we need as much data as possible. It can be data from your pride and joy, or from your parts car out back under the tarp, or from that old owner's manual in your desk drawer. NOTE: This information will be used for statistical purposes only. Ownership information is held in strict confidence; register anonymously if you are concerned about privacy. The Cougar Registry is here.
Within the pages of LOVEfords you will find information about these Ford products: Ford Pinto Escort Falcon Fairlane Mustang Thunderbird Ranch Wagon Country Sedan Country Squire Del Rio Parklane Ranchero Courier F-1 F-100 F-150 Sprint Futura 2+2 Mainline Customline Crestline Crown Victoria Starliner Sunliner Skyliner Galaxie Galaxie 500 Galaxie 500/XL 7-Litre LTD GT GT/A Fairlane 500 Lincoln Continental Mark II Capri Premiere Cosmopolitan Mercury Bobcat Lynx Breezeway Medalist Monterey Montclair Park Lane Voyager Commuter Colony Park Turnpike Cruiser S-22 S-33 S-55 Meteor Comet Caliente Cyclone Montego Cougar XR-7 Edsel Ranger Pacer Corsair Citation Roundup Bermuda vehicles. These and many other Ford products are on display in the Features, Galleries, Tech Library, and Archives. There are articles and pictures about Henry Ford and the Ford Family, Ford Motor Company History, Dearborn, The Rouge Assembly Plant, Ford Tractors, and Ford Farm Implements. No cookies, no tracking, no obligation. Just Fords, Mercurys, Edsels, Lincolns.
No kidding, you really can cook a meal using your Ford's engine! ... there are detailed instructions on how to do it. This is not a joke, ....