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Re: Just Shoot Me!



Imagine!!!  A car company actually used more than one name for the same
model, depending upon the country getting it.  What a novel idea.  Wonder
if they also changed parts in the middle of the model year just to make it
MORE interesting.

Kneale Brownson


At 08:03 PM 7/23/99 -0700, Ti Kan wrote:
>Bill Elliott writes:
>> The Granada was Ford's mid/full-size family car of the late 70's. 
>> Cheap, undistinguished, but fairly reliable for the era.
>
>The US Ford Granada was also sold as a Mercury Monarch.
>
>Ford used the Granada name on another totally different car
>sold in Europe and other countries, just to confuse matters...
>
>-Ti
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>84 5000S 2.1 turbo
>80 4000 2.0
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