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    #1

    The 92 CVLX pt. II

    Picked this up yesterday for $500. I had no intention of buying another panther but it was too good to pass up, and reminded me too much of my old 92. Bastard block 4.6's just seem to like me.

    The good:
    55K miles
    Brand new tires all around
    New front pads/rotors/caliper
    Very clean interior
    Good exterior

    The bad:
    AOD is smoked
    Header panel is dicked
    Rustier then I'd like underneath, but the frame and floor pans are solid


    I have a few good spare AOD's laying around, so I plan to throw one in. Might just flip it, might drive it through the winter, might end up keeping it, not sure yet. I don't want to modify it in anyway or spend more than a $100 on it though. Already replaced the cracked pass side highlight with one from my old 92, and swapped in the xtra vision sylivians I had in my old 92.


    Home sweet home:




    Interior: (unfortunately grey and not porno red like my old 92)







    Trunk is nice and clean:




    I missed this view:




    Dicked nose:



    Otherwise nice body with very good paint:





    Muh bastard block:



    Window sticker:
    2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
    2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
    2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
    1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP
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    #2
    Good deal - down here, as I have previously stated, you can't get a shopping cart for that money!!!


    "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!)

    "Cars are for driving - PERIOD! I DON'T TEXT, TWEET OR TWERK!!!!"

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      #3
      AOD's dead with only 55K? TV grommet failure?

      Or did the odometer gears fail many moons ago?
      1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.

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        #4
        Originally posted by HiFiMerc View Post
        AOD's dead with only 55K? TV grommet failure?

        Or did the odometer gears fail many moons ago?
        Nope, TV grommet failure, was a dead give away when the guy told me "the kickdown cable fell off"

        Older gentlemen who went down to Florida in the winter, this was his summer car. Spent most of it's time sleeping.
        2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
        2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
        2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
        1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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          #5
          its clean, I'll give it that. Honestly I've never been keen on the 92 nose though. Makes it look like an oversized Taurus.
          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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            #6
            Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
            its clean, I'll give it that. Honestly I've never been keen on the 92 nose though. Makes it look like an oversized Taurus.
            It is an oversized Taurus though.
            2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
            2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
            2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
            1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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              #7
              It's an oversized RWD Taurus.

              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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                #8
                Sadly it will most likely end up with a 93-97 nose anyways.
                2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
                2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
                2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
                1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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                  #9
                  Considering that you paid little more than scrap value, you should be getting your money's worth in no time. What a score!

                  2000 Grand Marquis LS HPP, a hand-me-down in 2008 with 128,000 km; 175,000 km as of July 2014
                  mods: air filter box 'tuba', headlight relay harness, J-mod (around 186,350 km), 70mm throttle body, KYB Gas-A-Just shocks, aluminum driveshaft, ARA3 PCM

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                    #10
                    That nice score man! things looks so clean panther!
                    1991 Mercury Grand Marquis LS - Current - June 2016 POTM Winner
                    1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS - SOLD
                    1991 Mercury Grand Marquis LS - SOLD
                    1987 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 2dr - Long gone

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                      #11
                      Did some poking around today. Brakes out back look newer as well, PO told me the rears only had 10k on them and I'd have to agree, rotors are ok, pads have tons of life. All the floor pans and trunk have some surface rust but are solid, no holes anywhere. Rockers passed the finger test with no holes present. Frame is solid everywhere but the usual suspect, passenger side bulkhead. It was ok until the hammer test, only 2 quarter size holes, but I'll weld on some reinforcement anyways. It has a new y pipe, original muffler and tailpipe are solid still, downpipes and manifolds are good, no exhaust leaks at all. I popped the oil cap and peaked inside, absolutely spotless, looks brand new. Front end is tight as can be, with no signs of memory steer. All in all it's what I expected pretty much. The car was undercoated new which I think helped save it. If i decided to keep it I'll Fluid Film it drive it through winter, and take it from there.
                      2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
                      2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
                      2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
                      1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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                        #12
                        Wow! Easily the nicest '92 I've seen in a long, long time. Last one I saw had peeling paint and lots of scrapes. Same color as yours, actually. I love how your '92 somehow still has clearcoat left. They look a million times better without baked and faded paint.

                        The usual problem areas look great too. It's so damn hard to find an aero around here without issues in the wheel wells and rockers. Good idea to fix the minor frame rot before she sees winter again. To quote 79lincolnlover "rust never sleeps"....

                        Regarding styling? I'm partial to the '92 front fascia, but the '93-'94 looks quite nice too. Urgh. Stop making me want to buy a '92-'94!
                        '89 Grand Marquis "Ebyt", '85 Grand Marquis "Eva", '94 Caprice "Kira"
                        '84 Town Car "Stacy", '79 New Yorker “Anita", '93 Town Car "Kelly"
                        '80 Mark VI "Allie", '94 Grand Marquis coming June, '79 LTD-S "Oksana"

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Hearsesrock427 View Post
                          Wow! Easily the nicest '92 I've seen in a long, long time. Last one I saw had peeling paint and lots of scrapes. Same color as yours, actually. I love how your '92 somehow still has clearcoat left. They look a million times better without baked and faded paint.

                          The usual problem areas look great too. It's so damn hard to find an aero around here without issues in the wheel wells and rockers. Good idea to fix the minor frame rot before she sees winter again. To quote 79lincolnlover "rust never sleeps"....

                          Regarding styling? I'm partial to the '92 front fascia, but the '93-'94 looks quite nice too. Urgh. Stop making me want to buy a '92-'94!
                          Oddly even my old 92 had good clear coat while I drove it on the road. Buy the time I scrapped it though, the roof and top of the doors were gone. Also, Medium Cranberry is a really common color on 92's it seems.
                          92-94 CV's are my favorite aeros, but that's mostly because my old 92 was my first road legal car.


                          This car is a lot cleaner then my old 92 was.
                          2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
                          2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
                          2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
                          1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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                            #14
                            I hear Finnie has a red header panel off a 96'. Brand new grille and all.

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                              #15
                              doesn't 79lincolnlover have a 92 header panel?

                              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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