Great thinking. I agree it looks better on black but unfortunately my layout will be light not black. When I saw it I instantly recognized the part you redesigned and liked it, however two problems I see with it. It looks a lot like the Chevrolet "bow tie" symbol and since this is a Ford I'm not sure that works, but that is minor. The big issue is that only a big car person would make the connection with the design and and old truck. So a thought I had was to add the headlights at the side of the word truck and then place the tag line "innovative solutions for leaders" underneath like a bumber. I like where where you started keep up the creativity.
as to #29 You are right that it is off brief but I kind of like it. We I saw it my first thought was the classic ford oval and script. I'm not sure if I would use it as my main logo but since I like it I am going to think of other possible uses for it. Maybe in stationary.
entey 27 maybe move the headlights up to the sides of "Truck" I think it would more look like an abstact drawing of the truck. you may have to shrink the word truck to make it look right.