Exhibit 24.B
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WITH RESPECT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
COVERING COMMON STOCK, DEBT SECURITIES, LEASE SECURITIES,
GUARANTEES AND OTHER SECURITIES ISSUED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Each of the undersigned, a director, officer or employee of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY (the "Company"), appoints each of Peter J. Sherry, Jr., L. J. Ghilardi,
K. S. Lamping, M. F. Marecki, D. J. Cropsey, and E.J. Lukas his or her true and
lawful attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and execute any and
all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in
order to enable the Company to register the above-captioned securities for
issuance and sale under, and otherwise to comply with, the Securities Act of
1933 and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") in respect thereof, including but not limited to, power and
authority to sign his or her name (whether on behalf of the Company, or
otherwise) to one or more Registration Statements and any amendments thereto, or
any of the exhibits, financial statements and schedules, or the prospectuses,
filed therewith, and to file them with the Commission, all as authorized at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on April 12, 2000,
adjourned, and reconvened on April 13, 2000. Each of the undersigned ratifies
and confirms all that any of the attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. Any one of the attorneys and agents shall have, and may
exercise, all the powers conferred by this instrument.
Each of the undersigned has signed his or her name as of the 10th day of
May, 2000.
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(William Clay Ford, Jr.) (Jacques A. Nasser)
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(Michael D. Dingman) (Edsel B. Ford II)
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(William Clay Ford) (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)
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(Marie-Josee Kravis) (Ellen R. Marram)
/s/Homer A. Neal
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(Homer A. Neal) (Jorma J. Ollila)
/s/Robert E. Rubin
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(Carl E. Reichardt) (Robert E. Rubin)
/s/John L. Thornton
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(John L. Thornton) (Henry D.G. Wallace)
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(William A. Swift)
