Originally posted by 2000V6SE:
"Reasons I might have a 98.5:
- build date 11/97"
That answers it right there, after August 1997, Ford built "new" 1998.5's.
Also, the 98.5 SE was virtually the GL/LX (P66 code) replacement and V6's and alloys were optional. The LX became the "strippo".
Yeah in 2000 the SE became the "strippo"
