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mrsmackpaul Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Foden is owned by Paccar is Foden even made anymore I thought the last one came off the line a few years ago maybe five years nowI dont know of any Ford connection ???Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 IIRC, Foden built the last of the Ford Transcontinental for Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 BTW, Volvo recently bought Terex off road trucks, which used Scania engines. One of the first things they did was to substitute Cummins and I believe it was MTU engines! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Correct! Most Americans could never imagine Paccar building Ford trucks.After Ford car production at Amsterdam ceased in 1978, Ford’s plant was underutilized with only Ford Transcontinental Mk 2 heavy truck production still taking place. Paccar purchased UK-based truckmaker Foden in 1980. At the end of 1981, Ford decided to shut down its plant in Amsterdam and have the Paccar-owned Foden plant in Sandbach, Cheshire (UK) assemble their global market heavy truck range under contract, which it did in 1982 and 1983.The last of Ford’s legendary Transcontinental global heavy truck range rolled off the line in early 1984.It's impossible to forget those beautiful Ford blue Cummins Formula E engines in the Transcontinental.Related reading: http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/30332-when-ford-roamed-the-world-the-transcontinental/?hl=transcontinental 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 For those not familiar with the Transcon there are a couple of threads on a UK site that will give you the driver's opinion.....http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=28284http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=121483my first drive made me seasick..!!! the four point suspension took some getting used to especially on a roundabout, thought I was going to fall over (no U model jokes in those days!!!).. when the Volvo F10 came out its cab was easy to get used to after that experiance.BC Mack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 my first drive made me seasick..!!! the four point suspension took some getting used to especially on a roundabout, thought I was going to fall over (no U model jokes in those days!!!).. when the Volvo F10 came out its cab was easy to get used to after that experiance.BC MackI'm very surprised to hear that. Did you drive a Mk 1 or a Mk 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm very surprised to hear that. Did you drive a Mk 1 or a Mk 2 ?that would have been around 76/77... Mk1 Cummins 250... never got to play with a Mk2 with E290 or 335interesting era, the UK truck scene was going through a big change with the euro's taking a bigger market share over a dormant uk manufacturing industry lacking cash and customer support... about the same time the Bedford TM came out with a 6V71, drove that too..IIRC the Transcon was the first four point suspension cab available, we were all used to old Atkinson wooden shacks or AEC/Leyland 50's designs.. all designed for low basic weight... to climb up into a Transcon was unique, very high and good view forward but the un-natural movement of the cab on corners took some getting used to... as time moved on towards 1980 the F10/12 had established itself as the premiere truck and everyone was moving towards more 'flexible' cab mounts and other driver comforts.Leyland latecomers were getting better as was ERF with the B series... but history has told the story of the end of british truck manufacturing.1976/80 I worked for a Seddon Atkinson dealer fleet rental division, with Volvo, Bedford, ERF & White in the chain, and was running Sed/Ak400 and Volvo F88 side by side until we got the F10.... every now and then we brought in 'competitors' vehicles and evaluated them in case our customers had a preference... we even rented out an F10 to Scania for them to evaluate, so, everyone was keen to check out the competition.I wonder how the Transcon would have done if it had been brought to the US at that time, that Berliet cab was "nice"...BC Mack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 that would have been around 76/77... Mk1 Cummins 250... never got to play with a Mk2 with E290 or 335interesting era, the UK truck scene was going through a big change with the euro's taking a bigger market share over a dormant uk manufacturing industry lacking cash and customer support... about the same time the Bedford TM came out with a 6V71, drove that too..IIRC the Transcon was the first four point suspension cab available, we were all used to old Atkinson wooden shacks or AEC/Leyland 50's designs.. all designed for low basic weight... to climb up into a Transcon was unique, very high and good view forward but the un-natural movement of the cab on corners took some getting used to... as time moved on towards 1980 the F10/12 had established itself as the premiere truck and everyone was moving towards more 'flexible' cab mounts and other driver comforts.Leyland latecomers were getting better as was ERF with the B series... but history has told the story of the end of british truck manufacturing.1976/80 I worked for a Seddon Atkinson dealer fleet rental division, with Volvo, Bedford, ERF & White in the chain, and was running Sed/Ak400 and Volvo F88 side by side until we got the F10.... every now and then we brought in 'competitors' vehicles and evaluated them in case our customers had a preference... we even rented out an F10 to Scania for them to evaluate, so, everyone was keen to check out the competition.I wonder how the Transcon would have done if it had been brought to the US at that time, that Berliet cab was "nice"...BC MackThe Mk 2 was an impressive truck (http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/30332-when-ford-roamed-the-world-the-transcontinental/?hl=transcontinental). I need to put out more info on the Continental. Few Americans know about this impressive Ford heavy truck and the company's global truck efforts..Seddon/Atkinson, ERF and Foden all built some very impressive trucks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 i always thought ford conventionals looked ok-alright, why did every coe they built besides the budd cab look like a cereral box with windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 i always thought ford conventionals looked ok-alright, why did every coe they built besides the budd cab look like a cereral box with windows? Well before the CL series, Ford W's had other "cereal box" competitors- White 7000's, GMC crackerbox, White 1500's, White 6000'sFlat steel, flat glass= low cost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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