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Sebastopol, California, USA
The 1936 Ford Orchard Truck was a specialized version of the standard Ford half-ton pickup, designed specifically for agricultural use. Its defining feature was a low-profile design—often a flat-bed or low-slung stake bed—engineered to pass underneath the low-hanging branches of fruit trees without causing damage during harvest. Like the standard '36 Ford, it featured an all-steel cab and was powered by the reliable, 85 horsepower 221 cubic inch Flathead V-8 engine, making it a durable and efficient tool highly valued by farmers. Rather than being operational, some of these classic Ford workhorses can now be found sitting deep within the older orchards and vineyards of places like Sonoma County, weathered and static, a picturesque relic of time; these rusted artifacts stand as tangible monuments to the industrious past and the history of California's agricultural boom.
Sebastopol, California, USA
The 1936 Ford Orchard Truck was a specialized version of the standard Ford half-ton pickup, designed specifically for agricultural use. Its defining feature was a low-profile design—often a flat-bed or low-slung stake bed—engineered to pass underneath the low-hanging branches of fruit trees without causing damage during harvest. Like the standard '36 Ford, it featured an all-steel cab and was powered by the reliable, 85 horsepower 221 cubic inch Flathead V-8 engine, making it a durable and efficient tool highly valued by farmers. Rather than being operational, some of these classic Ford workhorses can now be found sitting deep within the older orchards and vineyards of places like Sonoma County, weathered and static, a picturesque relic of time; these rusted artifacts stand as tangible monuments to the industrious past and the history of California's agricultural boom.