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Post by ifhp on Apr 19, 2022 0:58:44 GMT -5
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 19, 2022 3:40:25 GMT -5
I thought of you and this display last week when I drove by a closed Ford Stamping plant. It was very sad looking with weeds growing in the parking lot. The place was there for all of my life and I had lots of friends whose Dads worked there.
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Post by Tom on Apr 19, 2022 7:39:34 GMT -5
We went on a school trip to Belgium years ago, in a brand new Transit rental. The van broke down in view of the Genk plant, which was a little surreal.
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Post by ifhp on Apr 20, 2022 23:57:49 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 20, 2022 23:58:36 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 20, 2022 23:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:00:29 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:01:10 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:01:51 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:02:23 GMT -5
Tribute to Ford at Halewood Halewood Tribute by IFHP97, on Flickr Here I put together group of Ford models representing the Ford vehicles built at Halewood. Fords were built at Halewood from 1963 to 2000 (mostly Escorts), but I don't having anything suitable for this grouping newer than about 1985. Not surprising that that most of these models are Vangaurds. Halewood Tribute by IFHP97, on Flickr Halewood Tribute by IFHP97, on Flickr Halewood Tribute by IFHP97, on Flickr Halewood Tribute by IFHP97, on Flickr And here are some photos of the real place: Press Photo 1963 Ford at Halewood 1 by IFHP97, on Flickr Press Photo 1963 Ford at Halewood 2 by IFHP97, on Flickr Press Photo 1963 Ford at Halewood 5 by IFHP97, on Flickr Press Photo 1968 Ford Escort at Halewood by IFHP97, on Flickr
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:03:25 GMT -5
Colin Neale 1926-2016 by Michael, on Flickr Colin Neale: 1926-2016 Colin Neale worked for Briggs as a stylist in the early 1950s. When Ford of Britain bought Briggs in 1953, Neale was made the head of Ford of Britain's then new design department. Neale gets the credit for designing the Mk II CZZ cars and over saw all British Ford design through the Consul Capri. Neale moved to Dearborn in 1958 and worked on the Thunderbird, Lincoln Continental, and the compact Fairlane before moving on again to Chrysler in 1962. Neale settled in the Detroit area and had a restored Consul Capri which he would take to car shows. Colin Neale Tribute Diorama by Michael, on Flickr Colin Neale Tribute Diorama by Michael, on Flickr
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:04:19 GMT -5
Roy Brown Jr -- Re Do The addition to my collection of some new models prompted me to revisit the Roy Brown Jr tribute diorama that I first created in 2013. Roy Brown Jr was a designer at Ford for several decades. His first job was the 1955 Lincoln Futura, and his second job was the 1958 Edsel. After the Edsel debacle, Ford sent Brown to Dagenham, England where he received high marks for the Mk I Cortina, other jobs while at Ford of Britain were the Anglia Estate, the Mk III Zephyr, and the Corsair. Back to Dearborn by 1966 where he worked on the second gen Econoline and Lincoln Mercury interiors. Roy Brown Jr Tribute Diorama (redo) by Michael, on Flickr Roy Brown Jr Tribute Diorama (redo) by Michael, on Flickr Roy Brown Jr Tribute Diorama (redo) by Michael, on Flickr
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:05:10 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:05:53 GMT -5
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Post by ifhp on Apr 21, 2022 0:06:31 GMT -5
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