page_title: Ford of Britain
section_title: Ferguson tractors
hierarchical_section_title: Ford of Britain / History / Ferguson tractors
caption_attribution_description: English: Ford Pilot at Classic Car Show in Hertfordshire, looking beautifully maintained / restored.
context_page_description: Ford of Britain is a British wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Oval Holdings, itself a subsidiary of Ford International Capital LLC, which is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Its business started in 1909 and has its registered office in Brentwood, Essex. It adopted the name of Ford of Britain in 1960.
  Ford of Britain operates three major manufacturing sites in the UK, in Bridgend, Dagenham and Halewood. It also operates a large research and development facility in Dunton, Essex, which employs over 3,000 engineers.
  Ford has been the UK's biggest-selling car and commercial vehicle brand for 34 and 45 consecutive years respectively.
context_section_description: As an indication of the British and Irish company's sense of independence, in 1938 Henry Ford Harry Ferguson came to 'a handshake agreement' whereby Ford would manufacture tractors designed by Ferguson using the "Ferguson System". Production commenced in USA in June 1939 and the product was outstandingly successful but Henry Ford was unable to persuade Ford in Britain to manufacture the Ford-Ferguson though they did sell the US-made tractors. In 1945 Ferguson arranged British production with Standard Motor Company. Harry Ferguson sued US Ford for illegal use of his patents asking for compensation of £90 million, settled out of court in 1952. Charles E. Sorensen's autobiography—he was a director of this company—described Ferguson so unfavourably his UK publishers were obliged to scrap all copies and pay costs and Sorensen made a public apology.
caption: August 1947 - 1950 Ford V8 Pilot
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