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Topic: What is a "Ford"?
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1348
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 11-09-2002 08:16 PM
   
This sounds like a daft question to me, but in my books, on e-bay etc. I sometimes come across a car that Ford used to build called a "Ford". For example some Mustang years were numbered on the production line along with Fairlanes, Falcons and Fords ... that kind of thing.
Simon
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 16688
From: Hampton,Virginia,USA MCA#39406 M&M #12
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-09-2002 08:25 PM
Simon,
I understand 
and for an o'pin I feel any product/auto built by Ford Motor Company is rightly called a FORD.
sam
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cobravenom71
Gearhead Posts: 568
From: Kissimee, Fl USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-09-2002 08:26 PM
I'm not sure, but I think that when people refer to a 'Ford', as you describe it, they are probably referring to an early-to-mid sixties Ford 4-door sedan.
They had Fairlanes and Galaxies then, and I think the very cheapest one, maybe in the Fairlane line, was simply labled as a 'Ford', wiith no other lables. Maybe.
On those lines, does anyone remember the Cadillac 'Calais' from the seventies?
It was basically a stripped down Coupe DeVille(no vinyl roof,plastic seats, cheap hubcaps, etc...)with no Cadillac emblems, just 'Calais' emblems. Not too popular, as I remember. ------------------
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dark7068
Gearhead Posts: 822
From: BC, Canada
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-09-2002 08:55 PM
I thought it would be an LTD or something. A guy I know has a LTD but all it says on it is FORD.Rick
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cobravenom71
Gearhead Posts: 568
From: Kissimee, Fl USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-09-2002 09:25 PM
If all it says on it is 'Ford', how do you know its an LTD?
I think you are right-the 'stripper' LTD's were called simply 'Ford'.------------------
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dark7068
Gearhead Posts: 822
From: BC, Canada
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-09-2002 09:30 PM
It had a LTD insignia inside. Rick
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cobravenom71
Gearhead Posts: 568
From: Kissimee, Fl USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-09-2002 10:20 PM
Yeah, I think your'e right. Actually, I've been looking for a 73' 'Ford'. It would be the mate to the starsky & Hutch Torino I have. Problem is,any that I've found are usually in good enough shape to command more than a few bucks, and I can't see buying a somewhat decent car, and then 'beating it up'(including caving in the roof and drivers fender) just to make it look 'authentic'. Plus, if I actually bought a 'Hutch' replica, I know my wife would divorce me for sure.
Wait a minute..Geez, all I have to do is...------------------
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