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    My '89 Lincoln Town Car

    Since I'm new here, I figure it would be fun to do one of these!

    This here is my 1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series. It is my first car and I bought it when I was sixteen. I wanted to get one of these ever since there was a 1988 TC for sale down the street from my house. I almost bought that one but the price was too high considering the condition it was in.

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    I bought this beauty for $2,000. (Yes, I know, that's a high price for these cars, but whatever.) While it had over 215k on the odometer, it was hard to tell. The drivetrain was smooth and the inside and out of the car was well-taken care of with no rust whatsoever. The previous owner also threw in a set of brand new driver and passenger door panels, dash trim, shop manual, and electrical & vacuum diagram book with the purchase. Not bad!

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    As far as options go, it has most of the standard Signature equipment. It doesn't have the digital dash or leather seats, but that doesn't really bother me. It does have the carriage roof, which got annoying at times when the front part of it would fall down over the windshield. I ended up using paper clips to hold it up before finally super-gluing it into place. The car is also pretty stock except for the head unit and a 12" subwoofer. It also has some "Town Car" mudflaps on it that I like and what looks like a CB antenna (without a CB unit.)

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    I drove this car during my last two years of high school and put another 17k on during my two years of ownership (two years as of yesterday!) Despite the high mileage and ridiculous amount of parts I've had to put into it, I don't plan on parting with it! Many of the systems on the Lincoln are fairly simple and not really intimidating for an amateur like me to work on. Plus I love the styling too, it's unmistakable! I'd like to eventually buy another one someday, either as a DD or a project. I like the look of the 85-87 Grand Marquis a lot.

    1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
    2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
    2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles

    #2
    Rust free and running with decent paint I don't think 2 grand is that bad. Nice car all around.

    Got any future plans for this car?

    85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
    160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
    waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

    06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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      #3
      Nice!

      Pete
      Originally posted by gadget73
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      2003 Grand Marquis Ultimate, the "Stealth Bomber": http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...-Grand-Marquis
      1991 S-10, 'Bulldog', 2.5l 5 speed: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...375#post698375
      1985 Town Car, 'Faded Glory', gone but not forgotten. 84/87/91/97 MGMs too.

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        #4
        Looks VERY clean so unless there are any "time bombs" it is a good deal! Bobby


        "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

        "NEVER trade your passion for glory"!! Sal "the Bard" (Dear Old Dad!)

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          #5
          That thing is beautiful. I've always wanted a white or black 89 TC. I almost bought one just like yours with the digi dash and cd player.

          Anyway congrats on that beautiful car!
          1985 LTD Crown Victoria - Currently restoring after she caught fire! CFI to SEFI to Carb swap, all custom wiring, Duraspark 2 ignition, Motorcraft 2100 Carb, slicktop, Shorty headers dumped before rear axle, 140 Speedo, 3G alt, And currently building an engine for her.

          2000 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series - 165XXX, PI intake swap , 30 MPG Easy on the Highway, All options except dual exhaust. Currently looking for 2 front seats: Heated, Memory, and Light Graphite color!!

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            #6
            Looks a lot like my 88, only I have the half vinyl roof. First thing I did to mine was convert it to dual exhaust, but used no mufflers. If you have to near future plans of performance upgrades, I highly suggest that since I gained a few mpg's all over, plus you don't have to listen to engine fan anymore.
            88 Town Car (wrecked, for sale)
            Walker OEM duals with muffler deletes

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              #7
              I have two 1989 TCs. One of them I bought new. I love my TCs. If you take care if it, it will take care of you. $2K is not too much for a nice TC and your is very nice! If you have wrecking yards near you, I would stock up on parts while you can, especially stuff that normally breaks.

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                #8
                For now this car is staying stock, but I'd love to do some modernization upgrades over time like the 3g alternator, some new speakers, and replacing the interior lights with LEDs. Mechanically the car seems to be alright, I put in the brass TV bushing (old one literally crumbled when removing it) so I dodged a bullet there! Cosmetically it could use a new carriage top, interior detail, and better paint job (current paint is new but really cheap,) but that'll have to wait for now. Since it seems mechanically sound I plan on driving to at least 300,000 or more if I can.

                1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
                2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
                2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles

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                  #9
                  Mainemantom - I'd LOVE to have two identical Town Cars! When did you buy your second one? I'd like to have a whole fleet of these cars while they're still relatively cheap.

                  1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
                  2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
                  2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles

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                    #10
                    I bought my second TC in 2001 on Ebay. Picked it up in Washington State and drove it to Ca. I have done a ton of work to it . It is a signature series White with Maroon interior, sun roof, leather etc. That TC is my wife's. (she drove it allot in Ca., almost never here in Maine) It has 155,000 miles on it. It is a backup winter car here. My TC is a base model, white with maroon leather. 235,000 miles. Looks near new.

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                      #11
                      Very nice, very clean looking Town Car! Those wheels were my favorite of the bunch that came stock on the Town Cars.
                      1989 Lincoln Town Car - "Anabelle" - Original block, .030 over with SpeedPro pistons, rods fitted with ARP hardware, FRPP +volume oil pump, GT-40 3bar heads, Crane 1.72 rockers, 89' Fox cam, 93' Cobra lower intake, Explorer upper and 65mm TB, 93' Lightning EGR spacer, K&N intake kit from a 4.0L Ranger, 19lb/hr injectors w/ 87 Mark VII ECM, cat/smog deletes, Big Brake conversion, 3.55 K-Code Trac-Lok/Disc brake rear axle, CVPI LCA's w/1" sway bar in rear, wagon front sway bar, BBK 2.5" off-road H-Pipe, Flowmaster super 40s, HPP wheels, 3G alternator w/LMR.com wiring kit, gear reduction starter conversion, Best 1/4 time: 16.0 @ 85mph.

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                        #12
                        Thanks! According to the previous owner, this car originally came with wire spoke wheels, but he replaced them with the turbines. I'm glad he did.

                        1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
                        2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
                        2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles

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                          #13
                          Very Noice.. my 89 Sig has the wire spokes was thinkin about turbines but I kinda like the spokes...

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                            #14
                            +1 turbines.

                            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
                            rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
                            Originally posted by gadget73
                            ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
                            Originally posted by dmccaig
                            Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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                              #15
                              The wires were a rather expensive upgrade option and they look good when in good shape, but by now most of them look like hell. The turbines hold up better and look a lot better than crusty wire spokes.

                              BTW, those aren't turbines, they are the lace spoke wheels, and its a Lincoln-only option. The turbines were also available but they were available on Ford and Mercury models too.
                              86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                              5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                              91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                              1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                              Originally posted by phayzer5
                              I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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