By on January 3, 2017

1981 Ford Granada in Colorado junkyard, LH front view - ©2017 Murilee Martin - The Truth About Cars

The first-generation Ford Granada was based on the aging platform that debuted with the 1960 Falcon, and we have seen this ’77, this ’79, and this ’79 so far in the Junkyard Find series. For the 1981 model year, the Granada moved to the Fox Platform, and very few were sold for the two short years of the Fox Granada.

Here’s a rare ’81 sedan that I found recently in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard. (Read More…)

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