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Amazing photos from the Ford Heritage Vault

Ford recently released over 5,000 archived photos and brochures of various vehicles produced by the automaker throughout its 119-year history via a website called the Heritage Vault.

The listings include never-before-seen images that have, until now, only been available to select individuals inside the Ford corporation.

There are amazing finds covering everything from the very first Ford “vehicle”, to custom Shelby-built creations and stately Lincoln convertibles.

There are also many interesting depictions of South African favourites like the Ford Escort and Sierra, as well as things we never even knew existed such as Ford garbage trucks.

It’s easy to spend more time than what is considered sane perusing the artwork and memorabilia inside the Heritage Vault, going on a virtual tour of Ford’s interesting and multifaceted history.

After doing so we curated the stunning photos below showing Ford’s journey from building rickety quadricycles in 1896, to service vehicles in the 1940s, to V8 muscle cars in the ’70s, to best-selling bakkies in the ’90s – and everything in between.


1896 Ford Quadricycle


1903 Ford Model A


1905 Ford Model B


1906 Ford Model K Touring


1906 Ford Model N assembly room


1912 Ford Model T Touring


1923 Ford Model T Truck


1931 Ford Model A – The 20-millionth Ford


1939 Lincoln Zephyr Continental Cabriolet


1941 Ford Highway Tractor


1941 Ford Tow Truck


1946 Ford Garbage Truck


1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon


1946 Lincoln Continental Convertible


1949 Ford Custom Club Coupe


1951 Ford F-1 on Dearborn, Michigan test track


1951 Ford F-6 and F-8


1956 Ford Truck at Daytona Speedway


1957 Ford Ranchero


1958 Edsel Ranger Hardtop


1961 Ford F-100, Econoline, and Ranchero


1962 Ford Galaxie 500 two-door hardtop


1965 Ford F-250 Crew Cab


1965 Ford Mustang Fastback


1966 Ford Bronco Utility


1966 Ford GT40 Mk II


1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302


1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible


1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Fastback


1976 Ford Mustang II Two-door


1977 Ford Mustang II Cobra II


1982 Ford Sierra Mk I


1984 Ford Club Wagon XLT


1985 Ford LTD Country Squire


1987 Ford Ranger STX


1995 Ford F-350 XLT Dualie


1999 Ford SVT F-150 Lightning


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