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From 1959 to 1964 the Fairlane was a locally assembled version of the American Ford Fairlane which had taken its name from Henry Ford's estate, Fair Lane, near Dearborn, Michigan. This was Ford Australia’s top of the range luxury model until replaced by an Australian assembled version of the full-size American Ford Galaxie. In 1967 Ford Australia reintroduced the Fairlane, this time as an Australian developed luxury, long-wheelbase version of its mainstream Falcon, positioned between the Falcon and the Galaxie. The locally assembled Galaxie evolved into the LTD which was itself replaced in 1973 by an Australian developed model, also known as the Ford LTD. The LTD name adorned an even more luxurious version of the Fairlane and was favoured by government officials. In Australia, "LTD" originally stood for "Lincoln Type Design", although Ford Australia later promoted a connection with meaning "Limited". |
