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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily If you missed the story of this 1981 Ford Fairmont EV, click here . Portland General Electric is gearing up to move Oregon into the plug-in vehicle future. The utility will be installing a dozen charging stations for EVs in Portland and Salem in the next two months. Sure, that might not seem like a lot, but this is just the demonstration part of the project;...
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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Ford , USA Click on the image for more high-res shots Up for auction today on eBay is an extremely interesting 1981 Ford Fairmont . It's not interesting because it's a Ford Fairmont... 'cause they're not all that interesting in and of themselves, are they? What makes this one special is that it's electric. While the seller claims that it was converted by NASA, we can't seen...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Whereas many of the El Camino-ized vehicles we share with you, like the Volvo XC70chero , are unique custom jobs of varying degrees of quality, the Ford Fairmont Durango was actually built in a factory. The history is muddy, but after the demise of the Ranchero, Ford worked with National Coach Products in some capacity to help the company produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 212 of these 5.0-powered,...
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http://www.whynotad.com/rss (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
parts or wrecking400 obo1979 ford fairmont futura ghia for parts or restorationno motor no trans needs body workthis is a rare ghia model that came from the factory with a 302 v8 and 4speed manual transone owner titlecontact me at gearheadnickgmailcomscranton patunkhannock pa
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The Business of College Football (Free subscription) | 10/07/2007
In the mid-1970’s the neighbors needed a replacement for their pale yellow Ford Fairlane and purchased a two door base model Ford Fairmont. Back then base was the ultimate stripper with minimal wheel covers, vinyl seat covers, no A/C. The only options on this car were an automatic transmission and an AM radio. The Fairmont could be dressed up fitting into a wide variety of buyers needs with a different...
