Ford E Series

The Ford E-Series, also known as the Club or Econoline Wagon, belongs to full-size trucks and vans chassis division, which is one of the finest creations of Ford Motor Corp. The Ford E-Series is very similar to the Ford F-Series pickup trucks. The series was prefaced in 1961 as a small sized van and its successors are fairly popular in the market today.

1961-1967 Compact Van

The Ford E-Series was built of similar lines of the small size Ford Falcon, Type 2 Volkswagen, and Chevrolet Corvair Sportvan that was 4376 mm long. The first E-Series evolved with a flat nose and the engine was fixed in between the front seats. The starting models had a 144 cid 6-cylinder engine that was mated with a manual 3 speed transmission. Later models were reserved with 170 CID or 240 CID engines along with an automatic transmission.

1968-1974

The Ford E-Series modernized van was designed in 1968 by transferring the engine. This would be the starting van used as a standard for the now famous Class C van cab motorhomes. The E-series that was developing in 1968 used “Twin I-Beam” front suspension design of Ford, and was produced with a V8 engine. After six years, the famous Ford, Chrysler, and GM modified their vans in terms of external appearance, especially the hood.

1992-1997

The modified 1992 E-Series was produced with a 4.9 L inline six-cyl, 7.5, 5.8, and 5.0-liter V8 engines, or a 7.3 L Power Stroke diesel V8 engine. The customer-oriented Chateau Club Wagon edition was the truck of Motor Trend magazine in the year 1992. the design was aerodynamic and more smoother, and the vans did not contain taillight lenses that shared with F-Series trucks of Ford in the period of 1973-1979.

1997-2001

The 1997 E-series vehicles got a sharp front end along with a fresh grille that had an oval shaped cutout and lower front bumper trim. The interior was also included with an ergonomic dashboard design that consisted of dual airbags.

In the same year, it was introduced with Triton V8 engines that replaced the 460 and Windsors. The new series of engines were subsequent choices. They are as follows:

• 6.8 L Triton V10,
• 5.4 L Triton V8s,
• 4.6 L Triton V8s, and
• 4.2 L Essex V6.

2001 E-Series

For the model year 2001, the Ford modified the Econoline with a new E-150 Traveler model for families. The Traveler was a short-lived model; most of the customers and reviewers called it a passenger or family car.

2008 E-Series wagon

Ford Prefaced the revamped E-Series at the New York Auto Show, held in March 2007. The van was redesigned completely at front end sheet metal same to that of the 2008 Ford Super Duty trucks. It had been enhanced with sharper looks, more payload, and better handling. It was updated with

• a longer hood,
• a larger grille, and
• Larger headlights than earlier Econoline and E-Series vans.

The Super Duty E-series received a 6.0 L turbo diesel engine, whereas Super Duty F series received a 6.4 L twin turbo diesel engine. The series of upgrades were brought about in the divisions of steering, suspension, and braking systems. Because of these improvements, the load carrying capability, braking performance, and drive handling were improved drastically.

2009 E-Series wagon

The 2009 E-Series wagon gets a sophisticated dashboard with all controls mounted on it. It is also included with a passenger-side glove cabin too. A rear-view backup camera is also included in this year, though optionally.