FORD MOTOR CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Sep 2, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FORD MOTOR CO (F)
CIK: 0000037996
Period of Report: 2005-09-01

Reporting Person: THORNTON JOHN L (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-09-01	Ford Stock Units	$	A	687	Acquired		Common Stock, $0.01 par value (687)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	31371	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Ford Stock Equivalents	$		Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	700	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These Ford Stock Units result from dividend equivalents credited to the Reporting Person's account by the Company, without payment by the Reporting Person, under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. In general, these Ford Stock Units will be converted and distributed to the Reporting Person, without payment, in cash, on January 10th of the year following termination of Board service, based upon the then current market value of a share of Common Stock.

F2: These Ford Stock Equivalents were acquired under the Company's Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors without payment by the Reporting Person. In general, approximately 20% of the initial grant of 3,496 Ford Stock Equivalents will be converted and distributed to the Reporting Person, without payment, in shares of Common Stock on June 1 of the 5 years commencing 6/1/2002.