A Look Back at Ford Vehicles Built at Ohio's Lorain Assembly Plant (1958-2005)
In its 48 years of operation, from 1958 through 2005, Ford's Lorain, Ohio, assembly plant had built a whopping 15,805,106 vehicles; set multiple production records; and earned literally dozens of awards for worker safety, product quality and community involvement. When it opened, its painting operation was the largest in the industry. Its vast facilities even included a hospital.
Nearly half of the vehicles built at Lorain were Econoline vans and their E-Series derivatives. In fact, no other product built there enjoyed a longer continuous run, with nearly 7.5 million assembled from the model's 1961 debut through Lorain's last day of operation. But Lorain also supplied nearly 2 million 1980-97 Ford Thunderbirds; more than 1.8 million 1977-97 Mercury Cougars; over 1.3 million 1966-76 Fairlanes and Torinios; more than 900,000 first-generation Falcons; and roughly as many 1968-76 Mercury Montegos and Cyclones. Smaller numbers of Mercury Comets, Ford LTD II's, F-Series pickups, and full-size Fords were also assembled there.
