Everyone at Ford Motor Co. had high hopes for the new F-150 pickup – and probably a prayer or two.

Although the F-150 has been the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. for more than 30 years, the big truck was slammed in the spring by high gas prices, tripped in late summer by tight credit and slowed now by a terrible economy.

But initial orders for the restyled 2009 F-150 have been so strong that Ford has restored two shifts to its pickup plants in suburban Kansas City, Mo., and Dearborn, Mich., and scheduled overtime to meet the demand.

"We're definitely off to a

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