the last year ford made tractors was 1928.
what was the last year ford made tractors?
1928
starting around 1961, the u.s. tractor operations and the ford ltd u.k. tractor operations, which had been substantially independent although always in close communication, were reorganized into closer integration. after 1964, all tractors made by the ford companies worldwide carried the ford brand. in 1986, ford expanded its tractor business when it purchased the sperry-new holland skid-steer loader and hay baler, hay tools and implement company from sperry corporation and formed ford-new holland which bought out versatile tractors in 1988. in 1991 ford sold its tractor division to fiat with the agreement that they must stop using the ford name by 2000. in 1999, fiat removed all ford identification from their blue tractors and renamed them "new holland" tractors.
fordson
in 1931, ford began working for other studios, starting with "arrowsmith" for samuel goldwyn. in 1934, he began a lengthy association with producer merian c. cooper at rko radio pictures. the following year he directed "the informer", which brought him his first academy award for best director and the best actor award for its star, victor mclaglen. in 1939, ford began to make a series of outstanding films starting with "stagecoach", which made john wayne a major star and brought an academy award for best supporting actor to thomas mitchell. it was also the first time ford filmed in monument valley. that same year ford made "young mr. lincoln" and "drums along the mohawk", both with henry fonda. the latter was ford's first film shot in technicolor. in 1940 ford made "the grapes of wrath" with fonda and "the long voyage home" with wayne and mitchell. for the former film ford received his second academy award for best director and the best supporting actress for jane darwell. he followed these films in 1941 with "how green was my valley", which won the academy award for best picture, brought ford his third academy award for best director and the best supporting actor award to donald crisp.
john ford filmography