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Ford make's a train?

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Budliner
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Ford make's a train?
Posted by Budliner on Friday, January 20, 2006 12:34 PM
Locomotive Breath: Ford F-250 Super Chief Chugs Into NAIAS
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=108828#2

Drawing inspiration from the big American Super Chief trains of the past,

did you know
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dwRavenstar
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Posted by dwRavenstar on Friday, January 20, 2006 12:44 PM
To quote my late Great-Grandfather "It's a pick-up truck, dummy." [banghead]

Ravenstar
If hard work could hurt us they'd put warning lables on tool boxes
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David_Telesha
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Posted by David_Telesha on Friday, January 20, 2006 12:44 PM
Ugly truck, and I think there is nothing overly special about the Super Chief train, it is far over-rated along with its RR.
David Telesha New Haven Railroad - www.NHRHTA.org
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 12:44 PM
YIKES I think Fords has gone and list a few rail spikes That is nowhere near a good looking truck and Makes the Super Chief look bad.
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Budliner
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Posted by Budliner on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:05 PM
OUCH
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:26 PM
Plastic Brandy Tumblers?!! " Have I been drinking, officer? H*ll no I am DRINKING!!" Now don't all rush out together to buy Ford stock at once! Yet another "marketing" faux paux?!!
Will
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Posted by csmith9474 on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:37 PM
I remember when the Pontiac Vibe first came out, they had a TV ad that talked about how you could make pina coladas in the car (there is an inverter on the Vibes). It didn't last very long.
Smitty
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Posted by RoyalOaker on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:41 PM
Interesting,

Ford already has a Mercury Zepher that was recently released, It's sister is the Ford Fusion.

Now they are introducing a prototype called the F-250 Super Chief.

What else can we expect from Ford? A winning football team? [}:)]

Dave
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Posted by csmith9474 on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:42 PM
Wasn't the Super Chiefs originally cars??
Smitty
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Posted by tstage on Friday, January 20, 2006 2:39 PM
As a AAA wrecker driver from Berea, KY said to me after looking at a spritzed up Chevy truck, with the small (useless) bed, custom cover, and the brake light cover cutouts:

"Whada they want: A truck or a car?"

I thought that pretty much summed up how ugly it was.

Tom

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Posted by loathar on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:16 PM
I'm glad they said it was paterned after the Super Cheif cause I never would have known by looking at it. (I'll take a Hemi Ram Charger instead)
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:39 PM
Nice gadgetts and the styling is not that bad, though a bit over the top.

Too much of a gas hog for me.

"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by fiatfan on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:51 PM
I wonder if they have to pay licensing fees for the name.

Tom

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Go Big Red!

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Posted by dwRavenstar on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:53 PM
Originally posted by loathar

I'm glad they said it was paterned after the Super Cheif cause I never would have known by looking at it. (I'll take a Hemi Ram Charger instead)
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Sweeeeeet!!! [:)]]
If hard work could hurt us they'd put warning lables on tool boxes
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csmith9474
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Posted by csmith9474 on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:54 PM
It was the Pontiac Super Chief that I was trying to remember.
Smitty
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rrgrassi
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Posted by rrgrassi on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:58 PM
FORD

Fault Of Research & Developement
For Other Retarded Drivers
Ralph R. Grassi PRR, PennCentral, Conrail, SP, Cotton Belt, KCS and ATSF. My Restoration Project. Fairmont A-4: SPM 5806 c:\speeder\spm5806.jpg
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Posted by jnichols on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:06 PM
Or my personal favorite: Five Hundred Million in warranty repairs last year... Wait, you can't make that sentence using only the letters FORD. Oh well... [:-^]

Jeff
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tjsmrinfo
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Posted by tjsmrinfo on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:13 PM
jeez and its not even in Super Chief scheme.
ill stick with my 91 F150 it gets me around plus its paid for


tom
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Posted by tjsmrinfo on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:17 PM
jeez and its not even in Super Chief scheme.
ill stick with my 91 F150 it gets me around plus its paid for


tom
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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:19 PM
i agree with that david.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by howmus on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:32 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by loathar

I'm glad they said it was paterned after the Super Cheif cause I never would have known by looking at it. (I'll take a Hemi Ram Charger instead)


I'm with you. The Ram is a good lookin' Truck! That FORD (Found On Road Dead) is ugly enough to classify as a diseasal........ LOL

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by tatans on Friday, January 20, 2006 4:56 PM
Well, if that doesn't rate up there with one of the goofiest looking things made, if this is to represent a train someone who designed(?) this monstrosity has never seen a train, now look very closely at the front, seen this before??? sure you have , it's Robocop ! !
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Posted by Budliner on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:16 PM
well we dont make the news
just bring you the facts

K
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:20 PM
Budliner. are you a Fox news affiliate? I know better but had to ask
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Budliner
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Posted by Budliner on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:21 PM
lol
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Posted by Jetrock on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:37 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474

Wasn't the Super Chiefs originally cars??

The Super Chief was originally a passenger train--the name applied to the whole consist, including brand-new diesel locomotive and stainless steel cars. It was premiered at the same time that AT&SF completed a multi-million dollar project of track/roadbed improvement. Because of the powerful engine, the track improvements, and the fact that a diesel-electric locomotive didn't need to stop for water every ten or twenty miles, it could keep a very regular schedule and go very fast: Chicago to Los Angeles in about 48 hours. It was also an all-sleeper train--no chair cars--with an observation car and a four-star restaurant for a diner, the Cochiti.

There was a Pontiac Super Chief, but the AT&SF one came first.

Pulled by this monster--an FP-45.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:44 PM
I hate FORD's, that truck's uglier than s*** and i think someone should sue them for using the name "super chief" too bad Santa Fe isn't still around they could do that. (the super chief was after all, a SF train)
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Posted by potlatcher on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:47 PM
That is one ugly pickup!

I doubt ATSF "owned" the Super Chief name, but if it did, that ownership would pass to BNSF as its decendent. This would be a good time for BNSF to assert the same rights over its trademarks as UP has been doing lately, and sue the pants off Ford for ripping off (and disgracing) the Super Chief name!

Tom
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Posted by bikerraypa on Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:00 AM
"And now, from the company that brought you the Pinto, the Edsel and the Lincoln with suicide doors, we present the dog-butt-ugliest truck ever, the Ford Stupor Chief."

I think I'm going to go outside and hug my Silverado. [:D]

Ray
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Posted by Budliner on Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:12 AM
I didn't think it was possible, but this both sucks and blows
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