>>snip > my dads Explorer dropped its tranny 50,000 miles into its life. (I dislike > Fords by the way) Thank you. >>snip >(Even in my own home....dad thinks his fords are better runners than a > well kept D) Perhaps I should pull up in my '81 D and have your dad compare his '81 Ford with it. Oh, he probably doesn't have that anymore... wonder why? Might I also add, most everyone that I mention my D to has said something along the line of "can you imagine what his cars would be like if he was still making them today?". I can imagine. I can also imagine that I would have two of them in the driveway. 2 cents Tyler