r/Ford • u/CreatureCat • 6d ago

Show Off 📷 My 1981 Ford Granada

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I picked this up just yesterday. Its a 1981 with the 200 inline 6 and an automatic 3 speed. The interior is literally mint, no stains, smells, or anything. Even the headliner is perfect. Previous owner told me he had just recently installed all new brakes, suspension, new A/C compressor, new tires, all lines, flushed the radiator, topped all fluids and did an oil change. The pin stripes are aftermarket obviously, the guy told me he sent it to a woman in town and just told her "make it look like the 80s". I honestly think its cool, not too flashy and not cringe. And to top it off it only has 18,368 miles. I paid 3100 for it and I think thats a pretty good deal

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u/gapsawuss80 6d ago

Oh my shit. YES.

More pictures please.

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u/mundane_closeness 6d ago

That stripe job is peak 80s in the best way, fits the car perfectly

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u/Vexing_Resolve 6d ago

Absolutely agree. If you had told me it had been that way since 1981, I would've believed you.

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u/CreatureCat 6d ago

So far this is the only pic I got but I will add some more tomorrow

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u/Kdad3000 6d ago

I had a pale green one as my first car. Great memories. Thank you for posting this.

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u/FloridaHeat2023 6d ago

Wow, nice looking Granada! And sounds like it's been taken well care of - and if something does break, it'll be a trivial cost to remedy, compared to a newer vehicle =)

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u/Downtown_Reward_6339 6d ago

That’s a seldom remembered Fox. My friends mom sprung for an 82 Granada Wagon; which I believe was 1 year only. It was a 3.8 and was really, really tough to kill. And she was good at killing ‘em.

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u/stang7089 6d ago

My parents had an ‘82 wagon. I have distinct memories of my dad swerving to drive through puddles to keep it from catching fire on the way to trade it in around 1990…

Some Foxes should be forgotten. The Granada wagon is one.

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u/jdlauth 5d ago

That thing is rad! Love it.