Notice of Annual Meeting

Ford Motor Co
10 April 2003


Letter to: New York Stock Exchange, Inc.


Pursuant to our Listing Agreement, you were notified on October 10, 2002 that 
the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (the 'Company') had determined that 
the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company will be held on 
Monday, June 16, 2003, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time at the Ford Motor Company 
Conference and Event Center, 1151 Village Road, Dearborn, Michigan.
Additionally, the Board fixed April 18, 2003, as the record date for the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders.  You are hereby notified that today the Company's Board
of Directors has changed the time of the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to 
10:00 a.m. Eastern time.  All other details of the October 10, 2002 notice 
remain unchanged.


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