Hey all, just found this place and I'm glad I did. I'm looking forward to learning a lot and hopefully someday knowing enough to contribute some info back to the site.
I bought an '81 LTD wagon about six months ago. Picked it up for $100 and saved it from its pathetic life as a storage shed in someone's backyard. It had sat for two years due to a locked up rear axle, but after a new piece of fuel line it was purring like a kitten... well, ok, more like a really angry monster with no exhaust past the point where the two pipes from the cats join into one. Once I had the motor running I swapped the blown axle for an 8.8 from an '89 CP and I've been driving it ever since. I'm a big fan of both fords and wagons (owned two taurus wagons in the past) so I jumped at the chance to have a huge RWD ford wagon. Its a low mileage car too, only 46750 miles since it spent over 15 years parked in a garage after its owner passed away. Motor runs great, body and interior is kinda rough due to the fact that the most recent owners treated it rough for a couple years before the axle died. Anyway, here's a couple pics, then I gotta get back to searching the site for more carb info!
I bought an '81 LTD wagon about six months ago. Picked it up for $100 and saved it from its pathetic life as a storage shed in someone's backyard. It had sat for two years due to a locked up rear axle, but after a new piece of fuel line it was purring like a kitten... well, ok, more like a really angry monster with no exhaust past the point where the two pipes from the cats join into one. Once I had the motor running I swapped the blown axle for an 8.8 from an '89 CP and I've been driving it ever since. I'm a big fan of both fords and wagons (owned two taurus wagons in the past) so I jumped at the chance to have a huge RWD ford wagon. Its a low mileage car too, only 46750 miles since it spent over 15 years parked in a garage after its owner passed away. Motor runs great, body and interior is kinda rough due to the fact that the most recent owners treated it rough for a couple years before the axle died. Anyway, here's a couple pics, then I gotta get back to searching the site for more carb info!
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