Ford 6-cylinder two-door sedan, hill-climbing test - 1949
Automobile Reference Domestic Cars, Makes A-Z
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Item No: arcd05926
Title: Ford 6-cylinder two-door sedan, hill-climbing test - 1949
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Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich. New Ford Test Hill -- This 1949 Ford is climbing the 30 per cent grade on the new test hill at Dearborn, Mich., which was constructed of 116,000 tons of steel slag from the Ford Motor Company's steel mills. This 30 per cent grade approximates San Francisco's famed Filbert Street -- longa favorite among test engineers as one of the steepest city streets in the country. Hill-climbing ability, automatic transmissions, foot and had brakes, bumper clearances and carburetion are tested on the new hill by Ford engineers. In addition all Ford products are tested under extremes of temperature and terrain of the United States. 7/25/49
Creation Year: 1949
Creator Name: Ford News Bureau, Rotunda, Dearborn, Mich.
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