Clark adds historic forklift to collection

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- 9 Jul 2009 ( #418 ) - Lexington, KY, United States
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Clark has added its 500,000th forklift to an array of historic Clark forklifts after the forklift manufacturer re-acquired the machine from its original owner.

Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan has used the forklift since Clark donated the C500 50 model to the University in 1977.

The university agreed to exchange the C500 50 for a current model, the C25C, so that Clark could add the historic forklift to its Lexington showroom. The forklift joins Clark's one millionth truck produced in 1997, an electric Trucloader from 1948, a 1930 Clarkat, a 1924 Duat and a 1918 Tructractor Model M, the world's first petrol-powered industrial truck.

Privately owned by Young An Company of South Korea, Clark Material Handling Company is an established forklift manufacturer that produced the first gasoline-powered material handling truck in 1917.
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