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    The Fist of Pain through the years

    Fist of Pain 1.0
    1988 Mercury Grand Marquis












    Fist of Pain 2.0
    1988 Ford LTD Crown Victoria






    Fist of Pain 3.0
    2007 Mercury Grand Marquis




    The Fist of Pain
    2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS



    #2
    What ran into you with the 88 Grand Marquis?
    ~David~

    My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
    My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

    Originally posted by ootdega
    My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

    Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
    But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

    Originally posted by gadget73
    my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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      #3
      Got hit by a minivan doing about 50. Hit with enough momentum to drag me up the street. Totally destroyed that van. I was going to sell the merc to a family friends junkyard and I got my hands on a 96 Monte Carlo. That thing was so beat up and horrible I went and pulled the merc out of the yard and fixed it.
      The Fist of Pain
      2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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        #4
        Amazing the types of hits these vehicles can take and still be streetable. The hood scoop on the rebuilt 88 Grand Marquis was functional? Guessing you just cut a hole open in the stock air box?
        ~David~

        My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
        My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

        Originally posted by ootdega
        My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

        Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
        But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

        Originally posted by gadget73
        my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.




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          #5
          I took the original box/tube out and put a cone filter in it and angled it up into the scoop. I made a new box around it out of sheet aluminum I found in my dad's shed. I don't think it really did a whole lot but I did notice improved gas mileage.
          The Fist of Pain
          2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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            #6
            I'd love to take the head rests out of that 88 Merc if it were still around...

            Dang did it take a hit! Wow.
            -Nick M.
            Columbia, SC

            66 Squire, 89 Colony Park, 90 TC, 03 TC, 06 TC, 07 TC (2x)
            03 BMW 540iT, 07 Toyota Tundra SR5 Dbl Cab/5.7 2WD

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              #7
              Scrapped it in winter of 07/08. Wasn't able to get the alignment totally fixed after the accident. It was downright unsafe in snowy conditions. It needed all the ball joints replaced and they were all rusted in (pep boys quoted me at $700+) and I didn't know how to do the work myself or have the tools so I took it to the scrap yard and got $450. Bought the Blue vic a week later for $200. I miss the merc but that vic was immaculate for what it was. It lived in Texas for the first 190k miles. No rust besides the vinyl top. Transmission around 12k on it. All it needed was valve cover gaskets and a heater core.
              Last edited by PainFisted; 03-30-2014, 03:34 AM.
              The Fist of Pain
              2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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                #8
                Cheap money for a 88 Crown. Wow. You did well on that deal.
                -Nick M.
                Columbia, SC

                66 Squire, 89 Colony Park, 90 TC, 03 TC, 06 TC, 07 TC (2x)
                03 BMW 540iT, 07 Toyota Tundra SR5 Dbl Cab/5.7 2WD

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                  #9
                  I wish you the best of luck with FoP 3.0
                  '79 Continental Town Car
                  '90 Crown Victoria LTD
                  '94 Crown Victoria

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                    #10
                    Thank you.
                    The Fist of Pain
                    2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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                      #11
                      I think I know that '88 GM. Are you from Hamburg NY?


                      '93 T-bird
                      '03 Silverado ECSB

                      Missed:
                      '88 Mark VII
                      '86 CV

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                        #12
                        Yeah. I thought I sent you a pm asking if you worked at petsmart. Looks like it didnt send. I've seen the purple bomb before.
                        Last edited by PainFisted; 03-31-2014, 01:07 AM.
                        The Fist of Pain
                        2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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                          #13
                          I knew I recognized the 88 merc.


                          '93 T-bird
                          '03 Silverado ECSB

                          Missed:
                          '88 Mark VII
                          '86 CV

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                            #14
                            Time for a Buffalo meet.......


                            -ryan s.
                            08 Lincoln Navigator L - 233k
                            03 Mercury Marauder- 63k
                            97 Ford Crown Victoria HPP "Tank of Justice III" (TOJ3) - 194k -->578.9 miles on ONE tank of gas<--
                            94 BMW 325i Convertible - 135k
                            73 VW Super Beetle "Bunky" <----- Wifey's
                            12 Mini Cooper S - 90k <---- Wifey's
                            Originally posted by pantera77
                            Well my buddy tells him he knows exactly who loves buying shitboxes.

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                              #15
                              He'll yeah!
                              The Fist of Pain
                              2007 Mercury Grand Marquis GS


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