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you say Ford believed the Granada was the equivalent of a Mercedes, about 38 years ago Chrysler believed the New Yorker was the equivalent of a NASA Apollo Command Module!!
you say Ford believed the Granada was the equivalent of a Mercedes, about 38 years ago Chrysler believed the New Yorker was the equivalent of a NASA Apollo Command Module!!
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Wow...now that's quite a comparison. Thanks for sharing the link!
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My godmother purchased a slightly used '78 Granada Ghia in '79. It was a nice car, fully loaded with all options except for a sunroof. I remember it had these fancy seats with corduroy type inserts. Strangely, it was a 6 cylinder and not all that great on gas. It also gave a lot of trouble
My first car purchase was a '79 Mercury Monarch. This was in 1981. It was optioned about average with a/c and am/fm. It gave a lot of trouble as well, later we found evidence that it was probably a flood car.
Sometime around 1982, I found a '80 Mercury Monarch two door with very low (8,000) mileage. This car must have been a special order. It was lipstick red with a white half vinyl top, aluminum road wheels, cornering lights, luggage rack. Inside it had the plusher deluxe vinyl bench seats, courtesy lights, a/c, tilt wheel, cruise control, and an am/fm quadrasonic 8 track stereo radio. It was the first all digital display radio I recall seeing and it had all these little pushbuttons to control each feature. It was a 6 cylinder car too. I drove that car for about 2 years and traded it on a new 84 Dodge Daytona because the Monarch leaked water badly into the rear floorboards and the Ford dealer could not stop it. The Daytona was another story, it was a terrible car.
I always wondered what happened to my old Lipstick Red Monarch. It was traded in Lumberton, NC and I lost track of it.
My godmother purchased a slightly used '78 Granada Ghia in '79. It was a nice car, fully loaded with all options except for a sunroof. I remember it had these fancy seats with corduroy type inserts. Strangely, it was a 6 cylinder and not all that great on gas. It also gave a lot of trouble
My first car purchase was a '79 Mercury Monarch. This was in 1981. It was optioned about average with a/c and am/fm. It gave a lot of trouble as well, later we found evidence that it was probably a flood car.
Sometime around 1982, I found a '80 Mercury Monarch two door with very low (8,000) mileage. This car must have been a special order. It was lipstick red with a white half vinyl top, aluminum road wheels, cornering lights, luggage rack. Inside it had the plusher deluxe vinyl bench seats, courtesy lights, a/c, tilt wheel, cruise control, and an am/fm quadrasonic 8 track stereo radio. It was the first all digital display radio I recall seeing and it had all these little pushbuttons to control each feature. It was a 6 cylinder car too. I drove that car for about 2 years and traded it on a new 84 Dodge Daytona because the Monarch leaked water badly into the rear floorboards and the Ford dealer could not stop it. The Daytona was another story, it was a terrible car.
I always wondered what happened to my old Lipstick Red Monarch. It was traded in Lumberton, NC and I lost track of it.
They weren't reliable they just looked nice lol! My Godmother had one for the first 9 years of my life. Wonderful when new but terrible after a short period. A bad era in Ford I should say.
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