Exhibit 24



                       FORD MOTOR COMPANY



               Certificate of Assistant Secretary



     The undersigned, T. J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary of FORD
MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), DOES HEREBY
CERTIFY that the following are true and correct excerpts from the
minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company duly
called and held on March 10, 1994 and that the same are in full
force and effect:

               RESOLVED, That preparation of an Annual Report of
     the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
     1993 (the "10-K Report"), including exhibits and other
     documents, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, be and hereby is in all
     respects authorized and approved; that the draft 10-K
     Report presented to this meeting be and hereby is
     approved in all respects; that the directors and
     appropriate officers of the Company, and each of them, be
     and hereby are authorized to sign and execute in their
     own behalf, or in the name and on behalf of the Company,
     or both, as the case may be, the 10-K Report, and any and
     all amendments thereto, with such changes therein as such
     directors and officers may deem necessary, appropriate or
     desirable, as conclusively evidenced by their execution
     thereof; and that the appropriate officers of the
     Company, and each of them, be and hereby are authorized
     to cause the 10-K Report and any such amendments, so
     executed, to be filed with the Commission.

               RESOLVED, That each officer and director who may be
     required to sign and execute the 10-K Report or any
     amendment thereto or document in connection therewith
     (whether in the name and on behalf of the Company, or as
     an officer or director of the Company, or otherwise), be
     and hereby is authorized to execute a power of attorney
     appointing S. A. Seneker, M. L. Reichenstein, J. W.
     Martin, Jr., J. M. Rintamaki and L. J. Ghilardi, and each
     of them, severally, his or her true and lawful attorney
     or attorneys to sign in his or her name, place and stead
     in any such capacity the 10-K Report and any and all
     amendments thereto and documents in connection therewith,
     and to file the same with the Commission, each of said
     attorneys to have power to act with or without the other,
     and to have full power and authority to do and perform in
     the name and on behalf of each of said officers and
     directors who shall have executed such power of attorney,
     every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any of
     them, may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be
     done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents
     and purposes as such officers or directors might or could
     do in person.


     WITNESS my hand as of this 14th day of March, 1994.

                                 FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                                 /s/T. J. DeZure
   	                                T. J. DeZure
                                 Assistant Secretary  


(SEAL)






                POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO
             ANNUAL REPORT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON
         FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993



      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned,
an officer and/or director of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, does hereby
constitute and appoint S. A. Seneker, M. L. Reichenstein, J. W.
Martin, Jr., J. M. Rintamaki and L. J. Ghilardi, and each of them,
severally, his or her true and lawful attorney and agent at any
time and from time to time to do any and all acts and things and
execute, in his or her name (whether on behalf of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, or as an officer or director of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or by
attesting the seal of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or otherwise) any and all
instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or
advisable in order to enable FORD MOTOR COMPANY to comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the Annual Report of FORD MOTOR COMPANY on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and any and all
amendments thereto, as authorized at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of FORD MOTOR COMPANY held on March 10, 1994, including
specifically but without limitation thereto, power and authority to
sign his or her name (whether on behalf of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or
as an officer or director of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or by attesting
the seal of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or otherwise) to such Annual Report
and to any such amendments to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any of the exhibits or financial statements
and schedules filed therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, and each of
them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  Any one of
said attorneys and agents shall have, and may exercise, all the
powers hereby conferred.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has signed his or
her name hereto as of the 10th day of March, 1994.



      /s/Alex Trotman                           /s/Colby H. Chandler   
        (Alex Trotman)                            (Colby H. Chandler) 



  /s/Michael D. Dingman                        /s/Edsel B. Ford II     
    (Michael D. Dingman)                         (Edsel B. Ford II)



    /s/William C. Ford                         /s/William C. Ford, Jr.  
      (William C. Ford)                          (William C. Ford, Jr.) 




    /s/Allan D. Gilmour                        /s/Roberto C. Goizueta  
      (Allan D. Gilmour)                         (Roberto C. Goizueta)



 /s/Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.                         /s/Drew Lewis      
   (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)                          (Drew Lewis) 



    /s/Ellen R. Marram                          /s/Kenneth H. Olsen    
      (Ellen R. Marram)                           (Kenneth H. Olsen)



    /s/Carl E. Reichardt                          /s/Louis R. Ross     
      (Carl E. Reichardt)                           (Louis R. Ross)



   /s/Stanley A. Seneker                    /s/Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. 
     (Stanley A. Seneker)                     (Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.)



 /s/Murray L. Reichenstein  
   (Murray L. Reichenstein)