Notice of Annual Meeting

Ford Motor Co
9 December 2004


Pursuant to our Listing Agreement, you are hereby notified that the 2005 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of Ford Motor Company will be held on Thursday, May 12,
2005, at 9.00 a.m., local time at The Hotel Dupont, 100 W.11th Street 
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

Also, the Board of Directors of the Company fixed March 16, 2005, as the record
date for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.


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