Fords of the Fifties

by Michael Parris

Overview

A complete work of art and information about Ford cars during this romantic decade of chrome, fins, and dual exhausts. Much of the color photography is by author Mike Parris, one of the country's foremost automotive photographers. Original photography and information from the archives of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, and the Detroit Library's National Automotive Collection are also featured. This is a must have for any classic car enthusiast. Parris blends a behind-the-scenes story of Ford Motor Company's survival and comeback from 1949 to 1959 with these beautiful images and details of classic Fords. The company was losing $10 million per month during the mid-1940's when 27-year-old Henry Ford II came back from the Navy to take charge and lead the company to one of the most successful decades in its history. After nearing the brink of bankruptcy, Ford Motor Company came bounding back with record profits, memorable products and dream cars that captured the minds of post-war America. This book will become your best source of information for this great period in Ford automotive history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931128384
Publisher:	California Bill's Automotive Handbooks
Publication date:	02/03/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	40 MB
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About the Author

Michael Paris received an undergraduate degree in photography from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and then began work as a photographer at Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, providing photography for Motor Trend, Hot Rod, Motorcyclist and Car Craft magazines before moving to Argus Publishers as an automotive magazine editor. My love of cars kept me in the world of automotive journalism and in 1985 I joined Ford Motor Company as a public relations manager. While at Ford I worked in various areas of media relations, crisis communications and publishing and began working on my Masters in Journalism at Ohio University in 1991, receiving my degree in 1994.

Table of Contents

	Car Owner Acknowledgments	vi
	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	ix
1	Laying the Foundation	1
2	The Year 1949	13
3	The Year 1950	27
4	The Year 1951	39
5	The Year 1952	51
6	The Year 1953	61
7	The Year 1954	79
8	The Year 1955	91
9	The Year 1956	105
10	The Year 1957	119
11	The Year 1958	133
12	The Year 1959	147
13	Dream Cars	157
14	Ford International	165
15	A New Decade	175
	Index	179