{"id":11145,"date":"2023-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebaker.priemerhosting.com\/1937-ford-73\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T00:00:00","slug":"1937-ford-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/1937-ford-73\/","title":{"rendered":"1937 Ford 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Default\">Ford\u2019s commercial vehicles of this era lagged several years behind contemporary styling trends and were notably spartan in appointments. While Ford sourced many components in-house, its truck cabs were produced by Budd Manufacturing Company, an innovator of all-steel body construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">This truck features Ford\u2019s diminutive 60-horsepower V8 engine that debuted in 1937. It was quickly discontinued in the United States, but remained popular in Europe where cars were taxed according to their power output.<\/p>\n<h3>1937 Ford 73 STATS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"1177\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\" height=\"20\">\n<h3>ORIGIN<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">\n<h3>ENGINE<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<h3>HORSEPOWER<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<h3>NUMBER BUILT<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Detroit<\/td>\n<td>136 cu. in. (2.2L) L-head V8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\">60<\/td>\n<td>79,884<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Exhibited through the courtesy of The <a href=\"https:\/\/fordv8foundation.org\/visit\/vehicles\">Early Ford V8 Foundation Museum<\/a>, Auburn, Indiana.<\/p>\n<h3>DID YOU KNOW\u2026?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Default\">Like the rest of Ford\u2019s 1937 line, this truck featured mechanically actuated brakes.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC_0346-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"1937 Ford Pickup Truck finished in green with black fenders next to gray Ford E.G. White Truck\" width=\"1200\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC_0346-for-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC_0346-for-web-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC_0346-for-web-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC_0346-for-web-768x349.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THIS SERIES<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Default\"><em>Keep on Truckin\u2019: The American Pickup Truck<\/em>\u00a0was on display at the Museum from 2017-2018.\u00a0 This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/exhibition\/keep-truckin-american-pick-truck\/\">series of articles<\/a>\u00a0comes for the displays from that exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1024x660.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-958x618.jpg 958w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford\u2019s commercial vehicles of this era lagged several years behind contemporary styling trends and were notably spartan in appointments. 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