Falcon in a tree... thanks Randy!

the variety of 1931 Ford models, from a Ford brochure that Nik posted on carrosantigos.wordpress.com

Found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com of course!

A variety of cool cars that Nik posted recently at carrosantigos.wordpress.com

above, a German motorwheel

look at the multiple belts or chains on the steering column!

all found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com

the 1966 Ford Magic Cruiser / Galaxie 500

from fastback to station wagon with rear facing seats in one move. Business commuter or family wagon? Good idea.

1915 Ford Speedster

compare it to the 1913 speedster if you like: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/1913%20Ford%20Speedster

that great big American Eagle dealer installed optional hood ornament of the 1951 Ford

how many blind luddites have to tell you that they guess your car is a Mercury, before you get so fed up that you write in the back window that it's a Torino?

 on the dash it has the Cobra Torino badge, but not on the outside.

It's so annoying that people say to a car owner, Hey, is that a XXXX ? when you have a YYYY. Worse that they are too stupid to read. Yes, READ. Behind the rear tires, on most Mopars with stripes, and this Torino, and most other cars, are a badge or sticker decal saying what the car is. Sometimes between the brake lights or on the edge of the trunk deck... but so few cars are built with no wording on them to tell you the model... and stupid people frequently guess at the model, instead of reading the decal, and this Torino owner got fed up so much he wrote that in the back window. Priceless.!

1929 Model AA house car, finally one besides the only one on the internet

Hasn't everyone seen the below already? it is a 1937, but it's the only Housecar I've ever seen before

1946 Ford Model 69 Texaco fuel tanker truck... I want one! I found one! I can't even think of ever being able to afford it

"Any and all photos taken on the museums property must include the wording: "By permission of the Motor Transport Museum, 31949 Highway 94, Campo, California, web site: http://www.motortransportmuseum.org"

Cool airplane photos from Fifties50s.blogspot.com

I think the above photo is of Betty Skelton and Big baby

the old Glendale airport. There's a ton of history about that airport, it's where the first cross-country flights originated, where TWA started, Charles Lindbergh & Amelia Earhart flew out of there, Clark Gable & Shirley Temple and all the stars flew out of there often…

 Race car heading for the Indy 500 if I recall right. I've seen these photos before, but not posted them

All found on various posts on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

How the Ford area was made at the 2011 SEMA (very cool for anyone who saw the cargo containers with the irreplaceable race cars on top)

found on http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/?r=macstd

Mac's proudly (and rightly so) lets you know that Ford trusts Mac's tie downs to secure it's irreplaceable cars, so does Jay Leno, and Hotchkis

here's a video that shows why, with a pull test between some other manufacturers strap, and the same size and cost Mac's

Ford Tri Motor

found on http://p-d-m.livejournal.com

displaying what little Ford has to interest consumers, various Mustangs

Trucks, Mustangs, and invited guests are about all Ford can offer to interest anyone. How they stay business is a mystery. What happened to the lessons of history in Ford manufacturing, like the model T... you know, 2 doors - great utility

one of the largest car collections is getting sold off in part, here are a couple of the unique vehicles to hit the block

the oldest surviving Ford sold, a 1903 rear entry tonneau

a 1900 Milwaukee steam runabout

1919 Renault torpedo

1933 Packard 12 convertible sedan, body by Dietrich

found on http://www.bornrich.com/john-oquinns-car-collection-sale-hershey-auction.html

Car changes vs model longevity

Model Longevity... once, there was a time when the car was built year after year, decade after decade with minor changes but no new model... it is commonly known as the model T

The Ford Model T was made for 19 years, 1908 to 1927

The Model T was so popular, it wasn't even advertised between 1917 to 1923

In 1914 more Model Ts were made than all other car makes, combined.

Anyway, changes to the model meant not creating, designing, and engineering all new parts and methods to produce parts for a new design

The Corvette in 1976 had a lot of surveys to see what was going on with it's buyers, and some interesting things learned was that the average age of a Corvette buyer was 10 years younger than the average age of new car buyers in general

The Corvette buyers were 90% men, 57% were married vs general car buyers that are 80% married.

Most important to car makers is the repeat purchase rate... will a buyer sell the old Corvette, and buy a new one, but less than 20% did.. and that ties into the long model longevity. When the new year bring a new car that looks and performs the same, why sell your old one and buy a new one, with bigger car payments and higher insurance costs? Repeat purchase rate was low,  and GM decided to reduce the cycle years to give a reason to buy a new car.

So instead of the cycle between the 53, 62, 67 and 83 C1, C2, C3, and C4 generations, the C5 and C6 have been brought to a 6 or 7 year cycle

After all, it was GM that is lilkely to get the credit for encouraging new car purchases by changing design features with every model year, and incorporating planned obsolescence through shorter warranties " definition, planned obsolescence was "Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary.""

Rare aluminum Ford 9n tractor parts were made, due to tooling delays with the steel parts

Early in 1939, as Ford and Ferguson rolled out the first 9N tractors, a tooling delay prevented Ford from having several of the stamped-steel components available for the assembly line. As a result, the first production run of about 700 9N tractors featured aluminum hoods, timing covers, steering columns, grilles and several other parts, which were then painted gray like the rest of the tractor before being sold. As these tractors continued their working life on the farm, many of the aluminum components became dented or mangled and by then, replacements were available from Ford parts suppliers. Replacement parts in steel, that is. 

Image and info from Hemmings Blog http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/07/27/mecums-gone-farmin-auction-features-aluminum-hood-ford-9n/