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Old 05-15-2007, 07:35 AM
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The zc and zd are the only 2 cars that would be a fairlane in the U S.You got torino's and LTD's as fairlane's .totally unreconisable names.The big ride in richards post.Now that would be called a rancharo,(fords name for that body style)That Ute there has a mustang front.Gm made 2 models Elcamino (chev) and sprint (Gm)(very rare).Never seemed to have a name for the body style.I guess here they get names then the initals.LTD meant limited here.I think it meant limited to the amout we can produce in a year.And the 7 liter (428 cid)LTD ,which were Galaxies the year before..Its all to much really.In my opinion they stopped making cars in 66.Falcon's and comet's were a compact's,Fairlane and Meteor's(later replaced with the Comet name) were intermediate's.Rancharo's (ute's)came as full sized cars 57 to 59 then as falcon's 60 to 66.Then as fairlanes until they went away.All name loyalty went away soon after.
This is interesting but confusing. Here is something odd for you guys with the steering on the wrong side..My old cars 50 ford 1/2 ton and 56 vic have holes in there frames for mounting right hand steering,but nothing else.Makes me wonder where the frames were made.
Somebody load up a boatful of utes and bring them up here.Open a ute dealer.
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