I know it's a fox, not a panther... but I thought the folks here may be interested in this strange little item.
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1997 Crown Vic - Mostly rust free, moderate mileage. On the road... but far from perfect. **SOLD**
1985 Crown Vic in 2-Tone Blue **SOLD**
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thats pretty neat actually
1985 LTD Crown Vic, factory hard top, 302 soon to be gt40p headed (lightly ported & blended), summit brand stealth (port matched), stock cam, summit annular 600cfm VS, dual exhaust, 3.55 LSD, AOD, electric fan swap, tan interior. -
I actually got to see one of these in person last weekend.
Neat, but I'd still prefer a diesel Tempo.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. WIPComment
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Yes that rare diesel Mark VII1991 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 goneComment
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I like how the seller states: "Ford's answer to the energy crisis of the '80's..." "The car is loaded with crap.."
If that's true it's ironic even funnier that Ford's answer to the energy crisis was to put an economical diesel engine into a high dollar premium luxury car.. LoL like those people really give a shit. 30MPG with a top speed of 65mph and it'll take you 2 minutes to get there. I'll take a 302 HO & 24mpg over that any day.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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This sounds like the car for HRG!03 Marauder DPB, HS, 6disk, Organizer Mods> LED's in & Out, M&Z rear control arms, Oil deflector, U-Haul Trans Pan, Blue Fuzzy Dice
02 SL500 Silver Arrow
08 TC Signature Limited, HID's Mods>235/55-17 Z rated BFG G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus, Addco 1" rear Sway, Posi Carrier, Compustar Remote Start, floor liners, trunk organizer, Two part Sun Visors, B&M Trans drain Plug, Winter=05 Mustang GT rims, Nokian Hakkapeliitta R-2 235/55-17
12 Escape Limited V6 AWD, 225/65R17 Vredestein Quatrac Pro, Winter 235/70-16 Conti Viking Contact7 Mods>Beamtech LED headlight bulbs, Husky floor linersComment
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With 176k they apparently last a while unlike those diesel olds 350's.1990 Country Squire - weekend cruiser, next project
1988 Crown Vic LTD Wagon - waiting in the wings
GMN Box Panther History
Box Panther Horsepower and Torque Ratings
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I did some reading on those and that seems to suggest most of them were killed by subpoor fueling situations but I've heard about cracked blocks.
Motorweek reviewed one of those and they claimed 22mpg city & 33 hwy. I think they pulled 30 during their test. Not bad at all, they were just slow.
1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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They were gas V8 blocks used for the diesels from what I heard. They tended to fail from cracks between cylinder walls on those. I could be mistaken though... second hand accounts from 20 yaers ago.
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 gadget73Originally posted by dmccaigComment
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Also a uninformed public. There were reports about buyers putting gasoline additives in the diesel and would cause trouble.Originally posted by sly View Post
Now regarding some hearsay about those GM diesels, I need to find where I had seen something about the head bolts not being correct or were getting reused which caused trouble. Also, something about the lack of a water/fuel separator?
My Cars:
-1964 Comet 202 (116K Miles) - Long Term Project
-1986 Dodge D-150 Royale SE (112K Miles) - Slowly Getting Put Back Together
-1987 Grand Marquis Colony Park LS (325K Miles) - April 2017 + September 2019 POTM Winner
-1997 Grand Marquis LS (240K Miles) - The Daily Workhorse & March 2015 + January 2019 POTM WinnerComment
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some of them ran forever... most of them didn't. You're probably spot on with the uninformed public part.
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 gadget73Originally posted by dmccaigComment
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The Mark VII diesel was an inline 6 turbo diesel, made by BMW. It was not the goofy converted gas engine thing that GM made. It was a good motor but if you overheated them the heads would crack. I drove one once, it wasn't nearly as terrible as you might expect. It was pretty comparable to a lopo honestly. I'm told they get mid-high 30's on the highway too. The HO in a Mark VII does low 20s.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 rousersComment
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I'd drive the shit out of that. I'm a right line cruiser anyways. I'd be concerned with what service costs would be though with the BMW parts... 
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- 2004 Ford Thunderbird - 2006 Ford F150 XLT - 2018 Ford Explorer Limited - 1958 Mercury MedalistComment
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There's a turbo diesel mark in my local pick-n-pull lol........first one i've ever layed eyes on..........Rodney Tolleson, me at the track.....future drag box racer!
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Those are cool
2011 Ford Ranger Sport 4.0 2wd - Magnaflow Axleback exhaust, K&N 63 Series CAI, DiabloSport 87 Octane tune, LEDs, 3000K LED projector fogs, 5000K Mini H1 projectors - Daily
1967 Ford Galaxie 500 Sedan "C-Code" - 289 2bbl/Cruise-O-Matic - Money pit/projectComment
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