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I bought this car early this year. Limited Edition Unforgettable Cars in 1:24 scale die cast. These come with a magazine that tells the story of cars in Mexico, but I can't read it. Probably the whole thing is in Spanish. The title of the magazine is AUTOS INOLVIDABLES Colecciona Los Modelos Mas Populares.

Note - I did not build or modify the car in anyway. The only thing I'll do is install license plates. People who are fans of these cars knows how difficult it is to find models of many once popular 1970s, 80s, and 90s American automobiles, so I'm sharing these pics so you fans know they do exist now. The 1984 Ford Tempo was made in kit form by Monogram as a Budweiser Funny Car, but not in this attractive stock form.

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Oh, in Mexico this car is called Ford Topaz GLX. That's what it says on the deck lid and the box. In North America our cars were called Ford Tempo or the more expensive and optioned Mercury Topaz which had slight visual differences. 

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WOW!!!! Way cool! 

When my GF back in the 90's needed a new car we went to the Ford dealer to look at these and she leased a 4-door with the optional V6 with auto trans, the 4 banger was slow as a snail with the auto. While we were there I test drove the 2 door with the V6 and 5 speed. Man that little thing was quick. 

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I had a brand new 85 Tempo for a couple of years - 2dr, Sage Green, 4spd. Nice car, drove well, fit 2 child seats in the back. The only problem was the throttle body went bad and it idled at 3000rpm. It could still be driven, but it was out of warranty and was an expensive fix. My next door neighbor years later didn't have that kind of luck. His burned up in front of our house one night. 

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VERY COOL!!!! We bought a 84 Mercury Topaz 4 door. NOT a great car. Trans went out at 20K niles.  The 2 door Fords were pretty rare although a co-worker of my wifes had a 2 door manual trans car. Kinda like to have it!! 

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@NYLIBUD Ford made some great cars back then like the new aero Ford Thunderbird and Taurus, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII which were top sellers all over USA and Canada. However that was also the decade Ford planned to replace the much loved Fox Mustang with the new Ford Probe. Good thing that didn't happen and the Probe was launched as a separate car from the Mustang.  

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2 hours ago, RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA said:

@NYLIBUD Ford made some great cars back then like the new aero Ford Thunderbird and Taurus, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII which were top sellers all over USA and Canada. However that was also the decade Ford planned to replace the much loved Fox Mustang with the new Ford Probe. Good thing that didn't happen and the Probe was launched as a separate car from the Mustang.  

Your right.I owned three Mark VII LSCs.Great cars.And yup,I regret selling them.

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