It was Mark III, 1969, and that was rear wheels only.

The wikipedia article is just wrong. It's a history of Bosch systems only.

"NJ Vike" > wrote in message
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>I thought it was first added to the Lincoln Mark IV first?
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> Ken
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> "Coasty" <uscg_ret at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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>> "MoPar Man" > wrote in message
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>>> Zentraleinheit wrote:
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>>>> I remember reading somewhere that Chrysler Offered an ABS system
>>>> on at least one of its big cars in the late 60' or early 70's.
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>>> My '73 Chrysler/Plymouth service manual has a section on an ABS
>>> system. It was probably an option on the VIP and Newport.
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>> Nope,
>> Anti-lock braking systems were first developed for aircraft. An early
>> system was Dunlop's Maxaret system, introduced in the 1950s and still in
>> use on some aircraft models. This was a fully mechanical system. It saw
>> limited automobile use in the 1960s in the Ferguson P99 racing car, the
>> Jensen FF and the experimental all wheel drive Ford Zodiac, but saw no
>> further use; the system proved expensive and, in automobile use, somewhat
>> unreliable. The first car (worldwide) to have ABS fitted as standard
>> (across the entire range) was the Ford Granada Mk 3 (of 1985).
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>> The German firm Bosch had been developing anti-lock braking technology
>> since the 1930s, but the first production cars using Bosch's electronic
>> system became available in 1978. They first appeared in trucks and the
>> Mercedes-Benz S-Class. ABS Systems were later introduced on motorcycles
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>> Coasty
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