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<LEGEND>
Financial Services Segment - This schedule contains summary financial 
information extracted from Ford's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
January 21, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such 
financial statements.  The error message indicated on this FDS is a result of 
the EDGAR system's inability to accept multiple Article 5 Financial Data
Schedules.  Accordingly, the error message should be ignored. 
</LEGEND>
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