Forty Years of Ford F-150: America’s Best Selling Trucks
Here at Port Orchard Ford, we’re celebrating forty years of F-Series. The Ford F-Series (F-150 & Super Duty) is now America’s best-selling truck for forty straight years and the top-selling vehicle for thirty-five straight years. As part of the yearlong celebration of this unprecedented milestone, let's take a look back at the innovation and leadership that brought F-series this far and that will carry it into the future. In the Beginning 1903 – Henry Ford created Ford Motor Company. 1913 – The mass produced Model T sets a new standard for affordable transportation. Productions includes many cars, and also trucks which first sold as cabs and chassis. 1917 – The Model T is introduced, beginning heavy-duty truck production. 1925 – Ford introduces America’s first factory-built pickup truck. 1928 – The Model A replaces the long-running Model T. 1948 – The first F-Series, the F-1, is introduced and becomes a runaway hit with customers. Taking the Lead 1977 – Th...