1970 Ford W-9000

1970 Ford W-9000 in Convoy, Movie, 1978

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

00:53:16 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
firebird86 ◊ 2006-03-03 16:49	1974ish Ford WT9000
trucker ◊ 2006-06-08 04:37	It's a W9000. The WT's have their cab straighten.
Ddey65 ◊ 2007-03-02 06:29	This is also 1966-70, since the letters above the grille are big.
klint ◊ 2013-09-20 09:39	And I thought "WT" meant tandem. So the singleaxles were namned only "W", like this one.
eLMeR ◊ 2015-06-30 04:49	W-1000 and W-9000 models were available from 1966 to 1972, if I'm not mistaken.
Exiv96 ◊ 2023-06-04 22:18	From what I understand, W/WT-1000 was used until 1970, when Ford launched the Louisville range and revised its heavy truck naming nomenclature. Before that, bigger number meant bigger payload. From F-100 to W-1000, so to speak. The new naming separated gasoline-powered engines from the Diesels. The first ones had a 3-digit number, while the Diesels got a 4-digit one. So the W/WT-1000 became the W/WT-9000.