I was at Shelburne Meusum in Shelburne, VT and they had on display a 1924 Ford TT 1 ton truck on display, the first generation Ford Super Duty.

First generation 1 ton truck

Info about the Ford Model TT truck

Check out those contoured massaging seats

Just an ammeter dash instrument!

 

Post the payload sticker 😂

 

Probably doesn’t go fast enough to get death wobble at least… fuel mileage is probably comparable though

 

"Super Duty" as a line/name for Ford trucks wasn't until like 1999 with the major change from the OBS trucks.

 

A mild lift, some big puffy tires, and a headache rack, and yeah. It's good to go.

Kidding aside, that's pretty cool.

 

$370 in 1924 is equivalent to $6,580 today.

Yet we are paying 10x that to get into a F250 today.

 

It's been used for longer than that. The late 80's F450/550s were called F-Super Duty. Ford just decided to use it on the pickups as a marketing gimmick with the redesign.

"The "F-Super Duty" (as the fender emblems stated) models appeared from 1987 to 1997. They were basically F-450s built as an "incomplete vehicle" (chassis cab) due to the fact that there was no bed installed and an aftermarket bed (specific to its future use) was added after the truck's initial build date. It came with dual fuel tanks with a dash-mounted toggle switch to switch between each tank while using only the one fuel gauge. It came with a PTO (Power Take-Off) used to power attachments (like winches or a dump bed) from the transmission. They were rated at about 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating). They came with either the standard 7.5 L (460 CID) gas V8 or the optional 7.3 L (445 CID) diesel V8. All wheels were 10-lug with DRW (Dual Rear Wheels). This model should not be confused with the "Super Duty" commercial line of trucks starting with the 1999 model year."

 

The Super Duty name was first used in 1958 for a line of commercial truck engines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Super_Duty_engine

 

I recall seeing heavy duty, dump trucks back in the late 60's/early 70's badged Super Duty.
Didn't Pontiac also have some big blocks called Super Duty way back when?

 

Yes, the 421 Super Duty Pontiac, 1961-1963.

The funny thing was that that factory SD Pontiacs used that same Ford truck hood scoop.

 

Pontiac also put a 455 Super Duty in the Trans Am in the mid-70's.

 

And I have always wondered how FoMoCo and Pontiac did not get into a fight over the usage of the term!

 

I'm guessing because back then it wasn't a trademarked name but a description of the vehicle, engine or components being better than the standard duty item?