Fordson was a brand name (appeared on British-built Ford trucks in 1933) of tractors and trucks. It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920, by Ford Motor Company (U.S.) and Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1920 to 1928, and by Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1929 to 1964. The latter (Ford of Britain) also later built trucks under the Fordson brand.
The Fordson name appeared on British-built Ford trucks in 1933,
It was in 1939 that the name Thames was first introduced and the trucks were then marketed as Fordson Thames, although they were generally referred to as Thames.
During World War II Ford built large numbers of light and medium military vehicles powered by V8 gasoline engines. These included 3-ton 4x4s. Normal civilian production resumed in 1945 with forward-control 7V trucks in the 2 to 5-ton payload sector. In 1957, the Fordson Thames name changed to Ford Thames.
Ford produced a range of commercial vehicles starting with the Model TT in 1917. From 1933 to 1939, these were badged as "Fordson"s, this changed to "Fordson Thames" until 1957 after which it became plain "Thames" until 1965. From 1965, they reverted to being called "Ford". After the closure of Trafford Park most of the larger commercials were built at Langley. The truck operation was sold to the Iveco group of Italy in 1986 and became Iveco Ford (48 % owned by Ford). The Langley plant closed in 1997.