Talk:Ford of Britain

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I started this entry because there was nothing existing here about Ford's history in the United Kingdom. Much of the information came from a Ford booklet celebrating their first 75 years published (obviously) some time ago. I am hoping that many of the gaps can be filled in by other contributors and this particularly applies to the Commercial Vehicle products and history about which I have little information or knowledge. I have added what I can find about these but it can only be considered a start or a "work in progress". Malcolma 17:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ford of Britain

I feel in my bones that there is something wrong with the section of this article about Dearborn buying out the 46% held by British investors. It states that this occurred 1n 1960/61, but I distinctly remember that Ford America stepped in to recover 100% of Ford of Britain in 1955, and that the price paid was £126,000,000. It was the largest cheque ever drawn on a British bank at that time and the bank in question was National Provincial. The year was 1955 and I remember where I was at the time (being driven past a branch of National Provincial Bank) and who it was that informed me. I worked alongside him during only 1954 and 1955. With the communication technology of today I imagine that it should be quite easy to get confirmation of the actual date and the sum involved. Perhaps Malcolma might contemplate this? JHB (talk) 20:45, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think there was something unusual about the corporate structure. My memory is that it was not a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford and the UK shareholders were only bought out quite late. Is this so? I worked for more than 20 years with Ford International, and believe that this is a good start on an article. CoppBob 04:02, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tractor Business

The Fordson tractor was a significant part of the British company's business, manufactured at the subsidiary company in Cork, Ireland. Some knowledgeable person should write a paragraph about this. CoppBob 04:02, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Ford Orion

I was wondering whether it would be appropriate to also include the Ford Orion within the list of passenger cars? [1] HolyB144 (talk) 12:47, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see why not. Rangoon11 (talk) 19:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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