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Ford plans new heavyweights

20th September 1968, Page 86
20th September 1968
Page 86
Page 86, 20th September 1968 — Ford plans new heavyweights
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• On the eve of the Commercial Motor Show Ford announces plans for the introduction of a new range of six-wheeled trucks and tippers designed for operation in excess of 22 tons, the current British legal maximum.

The heaviest six-wheelers ever made by Ford, they will be additional to the existing 17-ton DT800 tandems and the new 20-ton DT1400 turbocharged tandems which were introduced last month and which are shown for the first-time at Earls Court this week.

The new 22-ton models will be an extension of the Ford heavyweight range and will be available with a choice of three power units—the new 150 hp Turbo 360 turbocharged engine, the new 170 hp VEI diesel and the existing 170 hp Cummins V8. Of all-Ford design, the new six-wheelers will be built entirely at the company's Langley. Bucks, commercial vehicle plant.