Bought my '96 used in April of '99 for $10,000 cdn.
I bought it from a non dealership car lot and knew nothing about past owner history. I did call 1-800-Ford before I bought it to find out all I could. (not much)
I took it to the dealership for a recall and they had all the info of the previous owner in there system and all the proper services were done to the car. I got lucky.
