The Ford Transcontinental was a heavy goods vehicle tractor unit manufactured between 1975 and 1983 by Ford of Britain.
Assembled almost entirely from bought in component parts (eg, cab shell from Berliet, engine from Cummins, transmission from Eaton) it was introduced to fill a perceived gap in the market in anticipation of the relaxation of weight restrictions on HGVs, and as such had a very strong chassis and heavy duty suspension. Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) is a generic and formal designation in British English for classification of large road vehicles intended to carry goods. ...
Recognizeable by its high cab, it was an extremely advanced vehicle for its time offering a high standard of driver comfort and a high power output for its time, courtesy of the well proven 14 litre Cummins engine with typical outputs of 290-350 HP.
Sales did not live up to expectations, mainly because the tractor unit with its heavy duty construction was too heavy for the 32 ton weight limit of the time, although it was a popular vehicle with drivers, particularly those who were engaged on long distance continental work.
Today the Transcontinental is a particularly rare vehicle, much in favour with collectors of vintage commercials, although a few do remain in revenue earning service throughout Europe.
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With the professional alias of Jack Ford, he entered the motion-picture industry as a prop man in 1914, soon securing other assignments and directing his first films in 1917.
In Ford's early days in cinema, many of his films were Westerns, and he worked often with such well-known cowboy stars as Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix, and Harry Carey (see Cowboys).
Ford's powerful film The Grapes of Wrath (1940), adapted from the novel by American writer John Steinbeck, and his moving portrait of a Welsh coal-mining family, How Green Was My Valley (1941), won him the Academy Award for best director two years in a row.
Several of his films, by virtue of uncompromising realism, subtle psychological insight, and straightforward treatment of controversial themes, are highly regarded by film critics and historians.
World War II Ford served with the U.S. Navy and produced the documentary film The Battle of Midway (1942), which he photographed while under fire.
Ford was given the 1973 Life Achievement Award of the
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