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Hey- I bought my 1985 Crown Vic about a year ago with 42,000 miles for $1500. It was a one owner car, that owner having passed away. I bought it from a neighbor who acquired it through probate. It took the neighbor 7 years to get the car with the car sitting under it's carport unused before I bought it.
I bought the car because of the low mileage and my 93 cvpi was worn out and I needed a new driver. The paint was real dirty, the turbines were corroded and it was super slow on the test drive but I could tell the miles were original. When I drove it home I was nervous when the trans went into third gear because it was like the car hit a brick wall. Turned out the TV linkage was real sticky and needed a good oiling. Also the cold AC stopped working a couple weeks later
. After I cleaned up the paint and chrome It looked real nice. I went to the junkyard and bought turbines for 130 to replace the corroded originals and got new whitewall tires with a thick white wall like the original tires had. The car would stall frequently at first because of dirty injectors so I just added cleaner to the gas for a couple thousand miles. After a major tune up and flush it started running alot better.
So I don't ramble on forever I'll try to wrap this up... I found this site shortly after I bought this car and have found lots of helpful info on here and have enjoyed checking out what everyone has done to there cars. I have performed lots of upgrades and many threads have been tremendous help. Thought it was time to join up and say hello!
Things I've done:
-limo tint in the back
-custom auxiliary gauge console (inspired by 85hpp)
-pioneer cd player and pioneer speakers (removed factory premium sound)
-front and rear police sway bars
-factory dual exhaust upgrade (junkyard hpipe new muffler and napa tailpipe)
-monroe heavy duty police shocks
-transGo hp shift kit + magnets in pan + bronze tv bushing
-heavy duty trans cooler with brackets
-new 3 row heavy duty radiator
-all new sensors for the engine
-cleaned egr spacer(totally clogged by the way)
-new cfi gaskets
-reverse lid air cleaner setup(sounds good + alitte more power)
-lincoln town car headers (driver side needed a cutoff wheel modification plus a gasket)
-3g alternator upgrade
As of now the car is driving great and now has 55,000 miles.
I tried uploading pictures... hopefully I was successful!
Hey- I bought my 1985 Crown Vic about a year ago with 42,000 miles for $1500. It was a one owner car, that owner having passed away. I bought it from a neighbor who acquired it through probate. It took the neighbor 7 years to get the car with the car sitting under it's carport unused before I bought it.
I bought the car because of the low mileage and my 93 cvpi was worn out and I needed a new driver. The paint was real dirty, the turbines were corroded and it was super slow on the test drive but I could tell the miles were original. When I drove it home I was nervous when the trans went into third gear because it was like the car hit a brick wall. Turned out the TV linkage was real sticky and needed a good oiling. Also the cold AC stopped working a couple weeks later
. After I cleaned up the paint and chrome It looked real nice. I went to the junkyard and bought turbines for 130 to replace the corroded originals and got new whitewall tires with a thick white wall like the original tires had. The car would stall frequently at first because of dirty injectors so I just added cleaner to the gas for a couple thousand miles. After a major tune up and flush it started running alot better.So I don't ramble on forever I'll try to wrap this up... I found this site shortly after I bought this car and have found lots of helpful info on here and have enjoyed checking out what everyone has done to there cars. I have performed lots of upgrades and many threads have been tremendous help. Thought it was time to join up and say hello!
Things I've done:
-limo tint in the back
-custom auxiliary gauge console (inspired by 85hpp)
-pioneer cd player and pioneer speakers (removed factory premium sound)
-front and rear police sway bars
-factory dual exhaust upgrade (junkyard hpipe new muffler and napa tailpipe)
-monroe heavy duty police shocks
-transGo hp shift kit + magnets in pan + bronze tv bushing
-heavy duty trans cooler with brackets
-new 3 row heavy duty radiator
-all new sensors for the engine
-cleaned egr spacer(totally clogged by the way)
-new cfi gaskets
-reverse lid air cleaner setup(sounds good + alitte more power)
-lincoln town car headers (driver side needed a cutoff wheel modification plus a gasket)
-3g alternator upgrade
As of now the car is driving great and now has 55,000 miles.
I tried uploading pictures... hopefully I was successful!
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[/IMG] Hey everybody- Thanks for all the warm welcomes! Loading pictures is proving difficult for me... 87gtvic- I took your advice on the photobucket stradegy, but my execution might be off target though. I'm gonna try loading tonight... otherwise my friend can help me tomorrow... so tomorrow at the latest.
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