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Yes, the original Ford Granada (and its '75-'80 Mercury version the Monarch and '77-80 Lincoln version the Versailles) were built from '75-'80. These were the 1st generation (of 2 generations of the Granada nameplate). The 1st gen. had the springs on top of the upper control arms and they used regular shocks instead of struts. Many had 8" rear ends-no inspection cover, or a carrier type of rear-which had a rear inspection cover.
I had a '75 Ghia 4dr. sedan w/ the 351w (5.8L) 2 barrel v8, rated at a whopping 142hp and 255 lb ft. torque and it had the carrier (c-clip w/ inspection cover) design rear end. Mine however, had much of it's emission equipment stripped by the time I got it, so no cats & no smog pump. I owned it in the late 80's and it ran about a 16.4 in the 1/4. It would bury it's 120mph speedo (if you gave it enough time, lol). 2nd gear upshift tire chirping was not a problem as the stock C4 transmission was rebuilt with a bit of a quick shift (not intentionally built to do that, lol). It was not very good on gas though, about 14-15 mpg w/ a best of 16 mpg. An electrical fire burned up the interior one day (HVAC issue gone bad) and it was scrapped, it had 170+K miles on it at the time and used NO engine oil. I did replace the timing chain & cam gear as it was thought they were bad, which turned out to be a bad ignition coil, lol. Fun car at the time for $300.
My Dad had a black on black '76 Monarch coupe with the floor shift & bucket seats and 250 (4.1L) I6 engine with a 1 barrel Carter carb. It was very reliable, probably because it had all it's smog removed by the time he bought it (about '86). But it was still very slow and in full stock trim rated at 76hp @ 3000 rpm and 187 lb ft. torque @ 1200 rpm. A very low rpm engine. Dad did record 21 mpg a few times with it but it mostly got around 17 mpg. I got it up to 105 mph one cold morning day going down hill, lol. It was an extremely reliable car, always started no matter what. A tree limb fell on it and was then sold to a young man who wanted parts off it.
The 302 2 barrel carb. V8 was installed in them, too. I believe they were rated at around 130hp and 230 tq. with some variation year to year.
The '81 & '82 Granada's (the Monarch name became the Cougar sedan in '81 & '82) were completely different as they had the Fox body (original to the Fairmont) which had front struts and rack & pinion steering. I do believe they mostly were equipped w/ the 200 (3.3L) I 6 engine, don't know if many got the 120hp 255 ci (4.2L) V8 that the Mustang & T-bird/Cougar coupes did. It's also possible some had the 140 ci (2.3L) I4 engine, too.
By 1983, the Fox bodied Granada/Cougar became the "little" Ford LTD & Mercury Marquis twins...I had an '85 Marquis w/ the CFI 3.8 making 120hp and 205 tq. w/ a 3spd C5 auto. It got 21 mpg highway and about 17 around town (which varied).