1981 Ford Durango
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1981 Ford Durango
I have a 1981 Ford Durango which was a Ford sponsered continuation of the Ranchero. it is based on a Futura Coupe and has a one piece fibreglas/plastic bed insert and a fibreglas tailgate with the factory Futura tail light assembly. I have heard that only 211 were built and sold and not many know of its existance. I am the second owner and it is loaded with options and is low mileage. Is there any one that has one or knows what it is worth? ThanX!
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1981 Ford Durango
What is the component package with these units? Is it leaf spring or coil suspension? What motor was available? Did it have an available C-6 tranny or manual? Was it available as a 4x4 and which axles and transfer case,(probabley the standard 1/2 ton recipe). What frame were they built from? Im picturing a 500 Hp supercharged 460, 12" lifted(St. Louis Spring Corp.) springs, 38" tires(Boggers),with a C-6 tranny and straight axle front end(Dana 60,probably from a 90s F350), 410 gears and an NP 205 transfer case. OOOps I'm sorry I just had your truck reving 4500 RPMs through a 3 1/2 ft deep mud pit,Ill hose it down and get it back to you at once. Sounds like a great truck in any form.Give more particulars.
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I didn't relize that any were made, I thought it was just a exparamental thing. Do you have a 200? I have a '78 Fairmont two door, and there might be a little info on them at <a href="http://www.cyberspacedesign.com/fairmont">http://www.cyberspacedesign.com/fairmont</a>/
As for a value, I couldn't tell you, I think you could ask quite a bit, but it would only be worth what someone is willing to pay for it. My advive is to hang onto it, if you can, and wait untill Fairmonts hit the collector scene.
As for a value, I couldn't tell you, I think you could ask quite a bit, but it would only be worth what someone is willing to pay for it. My advive is to hang onto it, if you can, and wait untill Fairmonts hit the collector scene.
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As for as I can tell, there isn't any lock related info on this Ford Durango...as far as its beening experimetal, Auto registering will not license ANY experimential or show floor auto thats a dealer idem only. The Auto Auctions will tell you this also when they sell these types of "experimetials". As far as being a collectors auto's/truck, there isn't anything I can locate on this model. .. if it does exsist...that being said, there isn't ANY information in my expertise in any lock that will be used in this model. Now there was a Dodge Durango, but it was a truck. They were made by Chrysler from 2001 to 2003. (no 2004 models available as 2003 was the last year) Also there is one for sale on ebay if anyone wants it...but its not a Ford.
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Sales of '04 Durango halted
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DETROIT -- Chrysler Group Tuesday ordered its dealers to stop selling its redesigned 2004 Dodge Durango sport-utility vehicle because of a defect that could cause the vehicle to crash. ...you can go there to look it up if you want to...
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Nothin on the site that I can find...just another "Ford" related news site, still FORD didn't produce any for the public....and I won't belive it unless theres proof from Ford anyway. Like I said earlier, if theres no lock made for the model, it doesn't exsist unless someone made it custom and put the name Ford on it...which anyone could do, its just like the volkswagon bug, take the body off, make a dunebuggy and call it that.As far as I 'm concern, the topic is mute with me.
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1981 Durango (Futura)
There would be no record of the Durango if it was indeed a custom Ford Fairmont Futura conversion. During the late seventies and early eighties there seemed to be a custom craze for vehicles like the Cadillac Phaeton, Cadillac Opera Seville, Cadillac Eldororado convertible, Lincloln Mark covertible and so on. Most of the coversions were built in California then shipped to dealers across the US. These are one-off vehicles that only collectors would consider, and even then, their current value is questionable. There would be no production numbers because the base vehilces were stock units. Only the customizers would have that kind of information.
Special note: ANY CONVERSION must have a separate indentification tag affixed to the vehicle describing the conversion (manufacturer) and the ID number of the manufacturer and vehicle. It also has to conform to the same DOT and most stringent emission standards for the year the vehicle was manufactured. That is why most were done in California at that time.
Special note: ANY CONVERSION must have a separate indentification tag affixed to the vehicle describing the conversion (manufacturer) and the ID number of the manufacturer and vehicle. It also has to conform to the same DOT and most stringent emission standards for the year the vehicle was manufactured. That is why most were done in California at that time.
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This was an actual vehilce. It, the 1981 Ford Durango, was premiered at the 1981 Las Vegas Auto Show. Which was the first auto show in Las Vegas. This is a factory vehicle, limited edition. It was used as a test market to see if how popular it would be to bring back the Ranchero.