Here's some pics I took today, more will come as I fix her up over the summer. The car is a little dirty and it just rained, but she still looks pretty good. I should have took some pics earlier before it was backed into by a 93 ford explorer in a bank parking lot, which is why it has a dent in the front fender.
I bought the coupe last July for $900 from an old guy who lived up the street and actually never saw the car in my life before then. I didn't know much about boxes then or even knew a Grand Marquis coupe existed, she was only going to be a temporary car until I could get the Talon I owned at the time back on the road. When I started driving her though, I realized the "error of my ways" and sold the talon immediately after I got it to run again.
He used it to drive back and forth to his florida home, which is where the car stayed from september to may every year since he bought it new in 1987. It needed only new plugs and an AC recharge when I bought it, so I didn't have a problem handing down the $900 bones for it. He loved the car alot so it was maintained very well and even bought a new 2005 Grand Marquis LS.
I'll keep updating with new pics as I'm saving up to do some work to it. Plans for the summer include new shocks and springs, front end alignment, new carpeting in the interior, shorty headers, ho intake and tb, engine bay painting and cleaning, front seats repaired, and a complete sound system.
I bought the coupe last July for $900 from an old guy who lived up the street and actually never saw the car in my life before then. I didn't know much about boxes then or even knew a Grand Marquis coupe existed, she was only going to be a temporary car until I could get the Talon I owned at the time back on the road. When I started driving her though, I realized the "error of my ways" and sold the talon immediately after I got it to run again.
He used it to drive back and forth to his florida home, which is where the car stayed from september to may every year since he bought it new in 1987. It needed only new plugs and an AC recharge when I bought it, so I didn't have a problem handing down the $900 bones for it. He loved the car alot so it was maintained very well and even bought a new 2005 Grand Marquis LS.
I'll keep updating with new pics as I'm saving up to do some work to it. Plans for the summer include new shocks and springs, front end alignment, new carpeting in the interior, shorty headers, ho intake and tb, engine bay painting and cleaning, front seats repaired, and a complete sound system.
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I color-sanded, buffed lightly with polishing compound and used 5 coats of carbarna wax (overkill works) to get it to look like that. You can't notice anything wrong with the paint unless you look close and the trunk lid was white in several spots. Also spent alot of time polishing all the chrome trim and both bumpers, which had some oxidation when I bought it.
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