What was meant by the wider variety is due to the Cameo and the first wide bed. I am not familiar with the overall production numbers but I am fairly sure that Ford had the lion share of the market until 1955 maybe 56.
Your right this post wasn't designed to put the AD truck owners against the Task Force people, it was just an observation of mine that there is an dis-proportionate number of AD people that belong here compared to the Task Force folks.
