I had a Granada ESS with a boss 302 and a three speed o/d. Sunroof, breather on the hood. Bucket leather seats and a GT racing wheel. Walnut accents everywhere and the shifter knob was walnut. I loved it!!
Good looking car. I've always liked the look of these Fords and their 4 door versions. I do like the look of the front ends of the 75-77 over the 78-80 models. That interior is beautiful.
this had (no joke) 72 horse power with the inline 6 4.1 litter engine, 23 seconds 0-60. to compare the same year Mercedes had a 1.9 liter 4 cylinder with 92 horse power. this one one of the worst cars made in world history
Nice Granada! I’d take that in a ❤beat! My Mother had a 77 when I was a youngin. Two door, gray with maroon vinyl top and pin stripes. 302 car. Many memories ridin around in it!
When I was 16 I got my driver's license in my dad's 1978 Granada gia it was silver with silver interior. My dad's happened to be a demonstrator model we were looking for a fully loaded Granada which were kind of hard to find they didn't make a whole lot of them was like everything and we had to shop around a lot but we found one in Pomona California and we bought a fully loaded power everything power windows locks seat lighted vanity mirrors power trunk am and FM 8-track it had the optional clock over where it says Granada in the dash that's where the 302 in it it was really a nice car that would have been 1982 when I took my driver's test?
This car was my very first car. It was this color too. I miss it so much. I don't know how to even look into what happened to it. But like all first cars mine has a story , on why I don't have it now. My mom gave it to me, she wanted me to have a way out. She knew I needed it. I wish I still had it.
That’s so cool. This car got so many looks. It was pretty fun driving it around for a few months. If you had the VIN # the local tag agency could look it up and see where it’s registered at. I love hearing peoples stories about their cars. Thanks for sharing 😊
@@CorysCarReview Sadly I don't have anything, no old paperwork, or anything. I had registered it Ca, in 1998 or 99 . Under my then married name . My mother gave it to me. But she had not changed it to her name . I don't know the previous owners names either. But that car was how my children and I were able to get out. And we stayed out of that situation. I guess moms car did what it was meant to do. That car didn't stop, it just kept going. It was not my choice to let it go. Actually it was just loaned out to some body. But they never brought it back. Anyway thank you for the video. It was nice to go down memory lane. My mother passed in late 2021 . Memories are what we have. I sure enjoyed listening to it rev up. 😊 Enjoy the rest of summer.
I’m sorry to hear about your mom 😕. Yes the memories are great. If there is a vehicle you’d be interested in me doing a video on just let me know. I hope you have a great rest of your summer as well!
this had (no joke) 72 horse power with the inline 6 4.1 litter engine, 23 seconds 0-60. to compare the same year Mercedes had a 1.9 liter 4 cylinder with 92 horse power. this one one of the worst cars made in world history
Cool car! I remember seeing Granadas and Monarchs on the roads even into the early 1990s, but since then, they are few and far between. Love the interior and exterior colors-very era appropriate. Nice change from beige, gray and black we see everywhere today. What's the spoiler from? Looks pretty good on the Granada, and an easy way to blend in an LED center brake light.
These mid-late 70's "Smog cars" are fastily becoming the HIT new builds, atleast here in the West/Southwest. There's 3 reasons for this, First they are cheap, not everyone has 15k to throw down on a 72 Chevelle/69 Mustang/70 Challenger roller, these cars are 3k or under in running and driving conditions and most of the time presently tagged and being driven so they are good platforms for the younger generaton to build, they are this generations "$500 Nova". Second these are cars that the middle aged guys and girls drove in high school as a first car. 3rd reason, parts, both OEM and parts stores parts are still widely available and are cheap, for instance a repop fender for a 68 Nova is $350, a repop fender for a 78 Nova is $150, you can buy both fenders and half a hood for a 78 Nova for the price of 1 fender for a 68 Nova, from the same parts company. plus these cars were "grandma cars" and usually kept in pretty good condition to start off as a project with. Literally every project presently being built or just finished in my car club is a 73-78 car/truck. I bought a 1973 Buick Regal in January for $1200 and drove it almost 50 miles home with nothing more than starting it up and airing up the tires that were just low from sitting a couple years, I changed all the fluids and cleaned up the engine and engine bay cleaned the interior up and dyed it from green to beige and sprayed some truck bed liner in the trunk and cleaned up the original steel wheels and painted them black and put some chrome center caps on them, and still haven't spent more than 3k on it and drove it while I'm doing it. This winter I'm going to strip the body back to bare metal and paint it.
@@CorysCarReview Yep but really they were. They had everything the the "muscle cars" had once you take all the smog crap off them, especially the exhaust. Engine Power on PowerNation just did a 79 Granada and got 125 more hp simply by scraping the 1 1/2" single exhaust and going to a 3" dual exhaust, they literally almost doubled the HP just by changing the exhaust. They still had the power, it was just choked out of it.
@@CorysCarReview our granada had a 351 but i am not sure if that was stock. my dad’s friend may have put that engine in it. i remember my dad using that car to pull a 2 horse trailer with 2 horses over rough, rocky ranch roads out in west texas. it had the ruggedness of a pickup and quite a bit of ground clearance for a car.
I had a grey 1980 coupe with a straight6 and a three speed manual transmission, it was a pig and I LOVED it !!! The city of Somerville towed it and wanted$800 - 4x my price for the impound RIP Granada (that was 1989)
It's been added. I personally didn't like it, but didn't want to fill the holes in and have it repainted. I believe it's from a mid 90's Thunderbird though
I liked the '77 headlights better, though I owned a white with green interior '78 Granada 4 dr with the 302 motor. My friend had a '77 2 dr with the 302, I liked his better.
I really did like this car. If I was going to keep it I would have lost the spoiler, put air shocks on the back and went with 275/60’s in the rear and 255/60’s in the front
An 18 year old mediocre design based on a 1960 Falcon and they tried to tell you it was a W114 Mercedes. Yes people, this is why Honda and Toyota have US factories selling the generations of Camry's and Accords to muti generation buyers, yet there isn't any Granada's being sold today.
I had a Granada ESS with a boss 302 and a three speed o/d. Sunroof, breather on the hood. Bucket leather seats and a GT racing wheel. Walnut accents everywhere and the shifter knob was walnut. I loved it!!
That’s so cool! You definitely don’t see these much anymore. I can’t believe this was in my town!!
I had 2 Granada's 1 was a 76 4 door other was a 78 2 dr both had inline 250 6 cylinder engines very good cars
This one definitely got some looks
Oh the memories! I had one mine was red with craiger ss wheels. Thanks for the flash back.😊
You’re welcome! I think some air shocks would have been perfect for the back. Then some wider rear wheels and tires
SS Craigers are perfect
That's a pretty sweet looking Ford.
Thank you! That's the only one I've ever seen lol
I love the green on green. I had a 79 Fairmont Coupe as my first car and you can see the family resemblance.
Thats awesome! Yeah the green on green is pretty cool
Good looking car. I've always liked the look of these Fords and their 4 door versions. I do like the look of the front ends of the 75-77 over the 78-80 models. That interior is beautiful.
Thank you!
this had (no joke) 72 horse power with the inline 6 4.1 litter engine, 23 seconds 0-60. to compare the same year Mercedes had a 1.9 liter 4 cylinder with 92 horse power. this one one of the worst cars made in world history
23 seconds 0-60 lol. That's pretty sad. Horsepower was sad back then
I had a 2 door, metallic sky blue with white top. White leather seats. 1 of my Fav.❤
That’s awesome 😎
@@CorysCarReview
Thanks.
I Enjoyed your video
@godlyencouragement6096 awesome thank you so much!!!!
Nice Granada! I’d take that in a ❤beat! My Mother had a 77 when I was a youngin. Two door, gray with maroon vinyl top and pin stripes. 302 car. Many memories ridin around in it!
That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing 😊
When I was 16 I got my driver's license in my dad's 1978 Granada gia it was silver with silver interior. My dad's happened to be a demonstrator model we were looking for a fully loaded Granada which were kind of hard to find they didn't make a whole lot of them was like everything and we had to shop around a lot but we found one in Pomona California and we bought a fully loaded power everything power windows locks seat lighted vanity mirrors power trunk am and FM 8-track it had the optional clock over where it says Granada in the dash that's where the 302 in it it was really a nice car that would have been 1982 when I took my driver's test?
That’s awesome!!!!!
This car was my very first car. It was this color too. I miss it so much. I don't know how to even look into what happened to it. But like all first cars mine has a story , on why I don't have it now. My mom gave it to me, she wanted me to have a way out. She knew I needed it. I wish I still had it.
That’s so cool. This car got so many looks. It was pretty fun driving it around for a few months. If you had the VIN # the local tag agency could look it up and see where it’s registered at. I love hearing peoples stories about their cars. Thanks for sharing 😊
@@CorysCarReview Sadly I don't have anything, no old paperwork, or anything. I had registered it Ca, in 1998 or 99 . Under my then married name . My mother gave it to me. But she had not changed it to her name . I don't know the previous owners names either. But that car was how my children and I were able to get out. And we stayed out of that situation. I guess moms car did what it was meant to do. That car didn't stop, it just kept going. It was not my choice to let it go. Actually it was just loaned out to some body. But they never brought it back. Anyway thank you for the video. It was nice to go down memory lane. My mother passed in late 2021 . Memories are what we have. I sure enjoyed listening to it rev up. 😊 Enjoy the rest of summer.
I’m sorry to hear about your mom 😕. Yes the memories are great. If there is a vehicle you’d be interested in me doing a video on just let me know. I hope you have a great rest of your summer as well!
@@CorysCarReview Thank you very much. 😊
Cool car . reminds me of the sea foam green Ford had on the pickups in the 70’s.
Absolutely feckin Awesome
Awesome! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it
A very nice specimen! I'd love to cruise in one for old times sake, especially a beefier version such as this one.
man,that looks sweet
Thank you! I wish I had had it longer, because there were a few things I wanted to do to it.
That's a cool ride indeed. BITD this was a high school cruiser in the early '80's.
I really enjoyed this car. Just wish it would have been a 4spd.
@@CorysCarReview the 4spd Granada/Monarch are unicorns.
this had (no joke) 72 horse power with the inline 6 4.1 litter engine, 23 seconds 0-60. to compare the same year Mercedes had a 1.9 liter 4 cylinder with 92 horse power. this one one of the worst cars made in world history
That’s a pretty good looking old car. I bet it sells quickly.
I hope so. It's still available for ya! 😉
My 1st car was a granada. This same color too. I was hearbroken with a 250ci inline 6
Really? That’s awesome man. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to not only own this car, but showcase it on here! Thank you for watching 🙂
Cool car! I remember seeing Granadas and Monarchs on the roads even into the early 1990s, but since then, they are few and far between. Love the interior and exterior colors-very era appropriate. Nice change from beige, gray and black we see everywhere today. What's the spoiler from? Looks pretty good on the Granada, and an easy way to blend in an LED center brake light.
I think the gentleman told me it was off a Thunderbird
These mid-late 70's "Smog cars" are fastily becoming the HIT new builds, atleast here in the West/Southwest. There's 3 reasons for this, First they are cheap, not everyone has 15k to throw down on a 72 Chevelle/69 Mustang/70 Challenger roller, these cars are 3k or under in running and driving conditions and most of the time presently tagged and being driven so they are good platforms for the younger generaton to build, they are this generations "$500 Nova". Second these are cars that the middle aged guys and girls drove in high school as a first car. 3rd reason, parts, both OEM and parts stores parts are still widely available and are cheap, for instance a repop fender for a 68 Nova is $350, a repop fender for a 78 Nova is $150, you can buy both fenders and half a hood for a 78 Nova for the price of 1 fender for a 68 Nova, from the same parts company. plus these cars were "grandma cars" and usually kept in pretty good condition to start off as a project with. Literally every project presently being built or just finished in my car club is a 73-78 car/truck. I bought a 1973 Buick Regal in January for $1200 and drove it almost 50 miles home with nothing more than starting it up and airing up the tires that were just low from sitting a couple years, I changed all the fluids and cleaned up the engine and engine bay cleaned the interior up and dyed it from green to beige and sprayed some truck bed liner in the trunk and cleaned up the original steel wheels and painted them black and put some chrome center caps on them, and still haven't spent more than 3k on it and drove it while I'm doing it. This winter I'm going to strip the body back to bare metal and paint it.
Your 100% correct! A lot of these cars were forgotten because they weren't the " " muscle cars
@@CorysCarReview Yep but really they were. They had everything the the "muscle cars" had once you take all the smog crap off them, especially the exhaust. Engine Power on PowerNation just did a 79 Granada and got 125 more hp simply by scraping the 1 1/2" single exhaust and going to a 3" dual exhaust, they literally almost doubled the HP just by changing the exhaust. They still had the power, it was just choked out of it.
Dang that's crazy just changing the exhaust made that much of a difference
@@CorysCarReview Yep, it's crazy how restrictive that skinny exhaust is
we had a two door granada that had a 4 speed manual shift. it was a sickly beige color though.
A 4spd would be so cool in one of these
@@CorysCarReview our granada had a 351 but i am not sure if that was stock. my dad’s friend may have put that engine in it. i remember my dad using that car to pull a 2 horse trailer with 2 horses over rough, rocky ranch roads out in west texas. it had the ruggedness of a pickup and quite a bit of ground clearance for a car.
O wow I'm can't believe he pulled a horse trailer with it lol. I did notice it sat a little higher, but thought that was just this car.
@@CorysCarReview it was a badass car.....other than the color...lol
I've only seen the one I had. Unless I didn't realize what they were lol
I would hit the exterior with black paint and leave it green interior. My favorite car color 😎👍
That would be cool!!
I had a grey 1980 coupe with a straight6 and a three speed manual transmission, it was a pig and I LOVED it !!! The city of Somerville towed it and wanted$800 - 4x my price for the impound RIP Granada (that was 1989)
Awww man I hate it went out like that. I had a car that got stolen and it was gonna cost too much to get it out of the inpound also.
Is the rear wing factory or added on ?
It's been added. I personally didn't like it, but didn't want to fill the holes in and have it repainted. I believe it's from a mid 90's Thunderbird though
Hey that’s a nice car how much $
Thank you. I actually already sold it.
holy My parents had full size van Ford Econoline half ton with the same size motor 351 this car must really move
O cool! Yes it runs pretty well. Fun to drive
Sounds like one of the 145 HP slugs... not a 450 HP fast one...
you get an extra like for having an Oklahoma plate!
Heck yeah! Thank you
@@CorysCarReview i just got the twin a 79 monarch so i guess now there's 2 left in oklahoma
That's cool. You'll have to show a picture 😉
Cool 😀
Thank you
Still for sale?
No I'm sorry. I already sold it
I had 3 Ford Granads
Sweet! What options did they all have?
How much are you selling it for ? If still available
I sold it a couple months ago
It was a pretty cool car though
I have a 1978 Ghia 351 Granada too ..not stock.
Thats cool! I really wanted to put 15x8 ss cragars all around. 255/60's on the front and 275/60's on the back, but sold it before I did that
I liked the '77 headlights better, though I owned a white with green interior '78 Granada 4 dr with the 302 motor. My friend had a '77 2 dr with the 302, I liked his better.
I really did like this car. If I was going to keep it I would have lost the spoiler, put air shocks on the back and went with 275/60’s in the rear and 255/60’s in the front
that engine is crammed in there tight... But it fits
Had enough room to add a supercharger 😉
minty
I have a 78 ford granada 302
The most comment is" I can't believe it's still here!" Or " whats a granada?"
Yeah they are definitely rare. That's the 1st one I've ever seen 🤣🤣
There's nothing wrong with that rearend...it came factory with a 9inch...just swap the ring out...also that wing should be ripped off...doesn't fit!
Yes I agree about the spoiler. It was on there when I bought it. I didn't like it either, but I knew I was gonna sell it
I'm with you on the spoiler thing. It does distract from the lines. Like an afterthought.
What would have looked awesome would have been to lower it and replace that spoiler with a nascar style spoiler
70-80 bhp ? 😂
Awwww it's more than that lol. Give that car some love 🤣🤣. It sounded faster than it was.
@Cory's Car Review Although it did need to be on wet asphalt for that burnout.... malaise era at its finest, lol! 😜
Yes it did lol. Needed a little more HP
Lose the wing. It's unnecessary and doesn't look good.
I 💯 agree!! I didn’t like it either but I since I wasn’t going to keep it I didn’t want the holes in the trunk.
An 18 year old mediocre design based on a 1960 Falcon and they tried to tell you it was a W114 Mercedes. Yes people, this is why Honda and Toyota have US factories selling the generations of Camry's and Accords to muti generation buyers, yet there isn't any Granada's being sold today.
That was an embarrassing hole shot!!!!!
I know lol. Just not enough power. Even with 5 gallons of car wash soap lol
thanks
please loose the goddam music on car videos people !