Thames Trader

Ford Thames Trader

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The Ford Thames Trader was the Ford of Britain in Dagenham plant produced for the European market (except Germany ) a truck. The trader was also exported to South Africa, Indonesia and Australia. From 1963, the trader also of Ebro in Spain as Ebro C -400, C -500 and C -550 produced. Also starting in 1963, production started at Otosan in Turkey and in the Ford plant in Rhodesia - Egypt, after the end of production in England as Ford K series.

Thames Trader FC series

In March 1957, Ford presents the new England Thames Trader FC series ( FC for Forward Control ) as a successor to the Fordson Thames E83W Fordson ET and before. The new trucks were the most versatile, the Ford England until then built as the payload now ranged from two to seven tons. The design was based on the American Ford C-Series and lifted significantly from other commercial vehicles the same time, since then Kurzhauber were absolutely uncommon. As engines were 4 - or 6- cylinder diesel or gasoline engines. In addition to flatbed it was produced as a chassis with a variety of structures, for example, as coaches and double-decker bus.

MK II and Trader NC

Mid-1962, the trader FC was revised and introduced as the MKII. You could now also order a conventional cab NC (NC for normal control) and a 17-ton truck - tractor. The NC models had the cab of the German Ford FK series whose production was stopped in 1961. In 1965, the production in England was set, while the model in Turkey and Egypt continued to be produced for the non-European market. Its successor was the Ford D series, the relaunched under the name Ford N- Series in 1973, twelve years after the cessation of production of the Ford FK series, the truck division at Ford Germany.