Welcome to LOVEfords which was founded on April 11, 2000.
LOVEfords is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company, Legendary Ford Magazine, or any other enterprise. This site is maintained independently on a volunteer basis by the author as a devoted effort to encourage the acquisition, preservation, and enjoyment of Ford-built vehicles and to recognize the accomplishments of the Blue Oval world-wide. LOVEfords was updated on 06/25/09: see new item added in Features: 1953 Mercury
A new way to spell LOVEfords: Nellie
How long have you owned your Ford, Mercury, Edsel, or Lincoln? 10 years, 20 years, maybe 30 years? Perhaps it's been in the family for 40 years. We know of a man in Nevada who is the original owner of his 1955 Thunderbird. However, you better sit down for this one: Mr. Oscar Ulrich of Mexico, Missouri has owned his 1929 Ford Model A since the spring of 1930. Using our calculator, we came up with 79 years of ownership of the Ford Model A Roadster named Nellie.
That's Oscar with Nellie in 1931 at right (Oscar was almost 20 years old at the time). Oscar wrote a lengthy letter to LOVEfords, received on May 29, 2009 which coincidentally was his 98th birthday. Here is some of Oscar's story right now; the complete version will be coming in the July/August issue of Legendary Ford Magazine.
Your author of LOVEfords has owned his 1964 Thunderbird for a mere 36 years, so he considers himself a "newbie" compared to Oscar's experiences. To put it mildly, Oscar's story made my day and I hope it does the same for you, too. And...thank you, Oscar for sharing your story.
Two new featured links on LOVEfords are Rocketman's Classic Cougar Innovations and Waldron's Antique Exhaust. Please welcome these two companies to the LOVEfords family.
Important update 04/12: the 1965 Ford section has been totally revamped with a modern menu that is exclusive to that section. This section alone is the equivalent of a large web site. I hope you find this to be easy to use as well as easy on the eyes. See the Features page. For you new-comers, it was a 1965 Galaxie 500 4-door Sedan with 289 V-8 and Cruise-O-Matic Drive that inspired me to create LOVEfords. That car's picture is in the blue column at left.
If you're a returning visitor, you have already noticed the new look at LOVEfords. This new page style will be gradually phased in to the entire site. Please use the links above to navigate to the FEATURES page which has an extensive list of articles, internal and external links, production figures, and much more. The Site Search has everything in LOVEfords indexed. Nothing has been removed; more content is located on the FEATURES page. There is a lot more information in the site than I can possibly index manually, so let your imagination run freely.
The Cougar Club of America is attempting to register all remaining 1967-1973 Cougars, living or dead, into a Cougar database. This database includes all Cougars...from concourse restorations to project cars and those in junkyards and even those that have been parted out. This is not a showcar registry! We hope to use the information to help restorers, identify production trends and learn other helpful details about Cougar history. For this project to be a success, we need as much data as possible. It can be data from your pride and joy, or from your parts car out back under the tarp, or from that old owner's manual in your desk drawer. NOTE: This information will be used for statistical purposes only. Ownership information is held in strict confidence; register anonymously if you are concerned about privacy. The Cougar Registry is here.
Within the pages of LOVEfords you will find information about these Ford products: Ford Pinto Escort Falcon Fairlane Mustang Thunderbird Ranch Wagon Country Sedan Country Squire Del Rio Parklane Ranchero Courier F-1 F-100 F-150 Sprint Futura 2+2 Mainline Customline Crestline Crown Victoria Starliner Sunliner Skyliner Galaxie Galaxie 500 Galaxie 500/XL 7-Litre LTD GT GT/A Fairlane 500 Lincoln Continental Mark II Capri Premiere Cosmopolitan Mercury Bobcat Lynx Breezeway Medalist Monterey Montclair Park Lane Voyager Commuter Colony Park Turnpike Cruiser S-22 S-33 S-55 Meteor Comet Caliente Cyclone Montego Cougar XR-7 Edsel Ranger Pacer Corsair Citation Roundup Bermuda vehicles. These and many other Ford products are on display in the Features, Galleries, Tech Library, and Archives. There are articles and pictures about Henry Ford and the Ford Family, Ford Motor Company History, Dearborn, The Rouge Assembly Plant, Ford Tractors, and Ford Farm Implements. No cookies, no tracking, no obligation. Just Fords, Mercurys, Edsels, Lincolns.
No kidding, you really can cook a meal using your Ford's engine! I have the original copy of Ford Truck Times from October, 1966 and there are detailed instructions on how to do it. This is not a joke, ....
