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Originally Posted by Model51

There appears to be number of folks who would be willing to purchase a 1935-1935 Ford Pickup Book. All we need is someone to volunteer to create it and have a re-opening of the Ford Archives in Dearborn.

It took me over 3,000 hours of my time, 10 trips to the Ford archives (when it was open and available) and lots of other expenses to create my book. I drew all of the illustrations and did all of the research myself (with some help from Don Rogers). I paid for all of this myself. The EFV-8 Club may re-imburse for some incidental expenses with prior approval, but the cost of all the research will likely fall on the shoulders of the author.

Even if someone is willing to step up to the time and financial challenge, who also has the required expertise and writing and drafting skills, the Ford Archives remain closed and that's the place where most of all the missing information resides.

It's possible to put a book together on this topic, but to be truly useful, it needs to go into great detail and be focused on supportable facts and information and not anecdotal knowledge.

That's my two cents as an author of one of these books.

Your .02¢ is spot on accurate. Well, in my opinion (based on personal experience) the 3000 hours may be an estimate on the low side.