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Employees in the workplace must be able to readily understand the chemical and hazard information on a secondary container label. The purpose of a molecular formula is to facilitate the expression of chemical proportions, and to enable us to indicate, without long periphrases, the relative number of volumes of the different constituents contained in each compound body. By 1987, Escort’s plethora of alphabet series had been sifted down to a stark three-door called Pony, volume-selling GL (all three body styles), and three-door GT. Numerous refinements marked Escort’s evolution through 1990. There were always three-door hatchbacks and four-door wagons, plus hatchback sedans after 1981. All rode a 94.2-inch wheelbase and employed transverse-mounted four-cylinder engines — a new “CVH” single-overhead-cam design with hemispherical combustion chambers — initially teamed with four-speed overdrive manual or three-speed automatic transaxles. The last was standard for a new three-door GT model, which also came with five-speed, firm suspension, and black exterior trim. An optional five-speed manual came along for 1983. All-coil four-wheel independent suspension persisted throughout, with MacPherson struts and lower control arms fore, modified struts on trailing arms and lower control arms aft. Escort’s original 1.6-liter (98-cid) engine had just 69 horsepower, but by 1983 was up to 72/80 horsepower with two-­barrel carb or 88 horsepower in optional throttle-body fuel-injected form.

A more-exciting 1984 development was a turbocharged 1.6-liter GT with 120 horsepower and a suitably uprated chassis. An optional 2.0-liter (121-cid) 52-bhp diesel four from Mazda arrived for 1984 — just in time for the start of a gas glut that quickly killed most all diesel demand in the U.S. But for some chefs, it’s less about the time it takes to make food and more about the time it takes to clean up. In size and execution this smaller LTD was fully a match for shrunken GM opponents, riding a 114.3-inch wheelbase yet offering more claimed passenger and trunk space than the outsized 1973-78 cars. With base and luxury coupe, EXP eased below 26,000 for ’87, then was abandoned in 1988 as a bad bet, though this did free up assembly-line space for regular Escorts. Escort’s high success was not matched by an unhappy sporty coupe offshoot, the EXP.

The car then reemerged in mid-1986 as the Escort EXP, with a similar new flush-headlamp front, revamped dash, and 1.9-liter engines for two models: 86-bhp Luxury Coupe and 108-bhp Sport Coupe. Escort set a fast sales pace with at least 320,000 copies in each of its first two years. Our extensive experience includes many years of operation in the competitive business and private sector in the UK as well as across Auckland, New Zealand. Though sales fluctuated, this line was good for an annual average of well over 118,000 — considerably more in some years. Fairmont wagons transferred to this line for ’82. Coupes, sedans, and wagons in two trim levels were offered. Two factors seemed to be at work. While Fairmont continued carrying Ford’s banner in the compact segment, two derivatives served as the division’s midsize warriors. New for 1982, it was Ford’s first two-seater since the original Thunderbird, but its “frog-eye” styling wasn’t in the same league.

Along with that year’s new Thunderbird, it announced Ford’s turn to “aero” styling. The latter was newly standard for GT, which gained its own asymmetric body-color grille, aluminum wheels, bigger tires, rear spoiler, and rocker panel “skirts.” All Escorts were mildly facelifted with smoother noses in the “aero” idiom pioneered by the ’83 Thunderbird, marked by flush headlamps. Styling became smoother in mid-1988: revamped rear quarters for sedans, a new grille and spoiler for GT, and minor cleanups elsewhere. Styling was boxier and less pretentious, and visibility and fuel economy were better. Another constant of Ford’s 1980s fleet was the full-size 1979-vintage LTD, which continued beyond 1990 with just minor yearly alterations to equipment, styling and engines. As with previous midyear model revisions, this one carried into 1989 and then 1990 practically without change. We are heart-driven to change livez through clean, balanced food, thought-provoking education and motivational support that inspires results. I wish there were a simple include directive, but apparently all solutions point to server support and active content (see below), or the use of iframes, which is way more mechanism than I want. Do not use a match to soften the stick; the smoke from the match may discolor the shellac.