1988 Ford L-Series

1988 Ford L-Series in Arthur (Arturo), Animation Series, 1996-2022 Ep. 4.05

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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opal ◊ 2016-08-10 11:24	Somehow has the 1987+ grill style. I like how they draw the mirrors right, normally cartoon like this won't bother to draw it.
Gamer ◊ 2016-08-10 11:31	Oh, it was good enough?
eLMeR ◊ 2016-08-11 04:00	opal wrote Somehow has the 1987+ grill style. [...] As long as we accept some errors on vehicles in cartoons, it's a 1988-95 grille, in fact. The round headlamps narrow this range to 1988-90, as the (previously optional) square headlamps became standard in 1991. Gamer wrote I thought this truck in 4.05 could be a Ford Louisville, but now I don't think so anymore. [...] The front's a bit stylized, though, I'll wait for Elmer's or possibly opal's opinion. Here am I Louisville, name of the plant, was indeed used for promoting the L-Series in 1970 and 1971 and continued apparently to appear in the brochures until the mid-'70s, but the L-Line / L-Series name has been used from the very beginning of the production: (1970 "Louisville line" brochure: cover and excerpt) (1972 / 1985 / 1988 brochures) → 1988 Ford L-Series -- Last edit: 2016-08-11 04:13:20

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opal

◊ 2016-08-10 11:24

Somehow has the 1987+ grill style. I like how they draw the mirrors right, normally cartoon like this won't bother to draw it.

Gamer

◊ 2016-08-10 11:31

Oh, it was good enough?

eLMeR

◊ 2016-08-11 04:00

opal wrote Somehow has the 1987+ grill style. [...]

As long as we accept some errors on vehicles in cartoons, it's a 1988-95 grille, in fact. The round headlamps narrow this range to 1988-90, as the (previously optional) square headlamps became standard in 1991.

Gamer wrote I thought this truck in 4.05 could be a Ford Louisville, but now I don't think so anymore.
[...]
The front's a bit stylized, though, I'll wait for Elmer's or possibly opal's opinion.

Here am I

Louisville, name of the plant, was indeed used for promoting the L-Series in 1970 and 1971 and continued apparently to appear in the brochures until the mid-'70s, but the L-Line / L-Series name has been used from the very beginning of the production:
[Image: 1970louisvillelinebrochure.jpg]

(1970 "Louisville line" brochure: cover and excerpt)

[Image: 1972fordl-line.jpg]

[Image: 1988fordl-seriesbrochurecover.1.jpg]

(1972 / 1985 / 1988 brochures)

→ 1988 Ford L-Series

-- Last edit: 2016-08-11 04:13:20

1988 Ford L-Series

1988 Ford L-Series in Arthur (Arturo), Animation Series, 1996-2022 Ep. 4.05

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