Hello everyone!
My name is Ben, and I'm a longtime Ford owner (including various Mustang and non-Mustang Foxes in EEC-IV and EEC-V flavors, a Ford-Focus-Zetec-engined non-Ford, an '87 F150 that I've had since 2004, and so on...but this is my first Panther).
I just bought a 1986 LTD Crown Vic, brown 4-door, with 76000 miles. It's almost rust-free, which is a miracle up here in Maine.
It's pretty close to stock, 5.0/AOD as they almost all were, I think it has Trac-Loc but I haven't verified that yet (could be that it had 2 wheels worth of traction on the test drive).
I bought it from a lady whose father owned it until he passed away, and he only put 122 miles on it from July of 2016, when he had the tires and exhaust replaced and all the fluids changed.
All the thing needs is a brake job (caliper sliders rusted stuck/uneven pad and rotor wear/soggy braking), new bushings, shocks and springs, and a serious afternoon with some buffing compound.
Plans include the previously mentioned work, maybe an HO intake and (stock setup) dual exhaust, police calipers, and a more modern radio with more than 1 working speaker.
If I like it enough, I'll probably put on a trailer hitch and sell my 1987 F150, which I bought as a tow/plow truck but use it for neither these days (I put about 1000 miles a year on it anymore). I moved to a house with a small driveway, and it's almost cheaper to have it plowed than to buy the gas for the F150; and all I pull these days is my 800 pound sailboat or a ton of wood pellets (well, in the bed of the F150; it's a 3 mile run on flat pavement and it has the F250 rear suspension and helper springs for that).
A couple minor questions: does anyone know where the buck tags were placed on these? The door VECI label is completely illegible. I felt around for the build sheet under the passenger's seat and didn't find it; I may pull the seat just to make sure.
Also, does anyone know if there is a plug-and-play trailer harness for these? I don't like cutting/splicing if i can help it, and I'm the sort of guy who will build an adapter out of junk wiring and old harness connectors before I'll cut up the wiring of a nice survivor car like this.
I'll post some pictures later; I'm at work for a few weeks so I'm limited to the office computer until I get back home in late December.
My name is Ben, and I'm a longtime Ford owner (including various Mustang and non-Mustang Foxes in EEC-IV and EEC-V flavors, a Ford-Focus-Zetec-engined non-Ford, an '87 F150 that I've had since 2004, and so on...but this is my first Panther).
I just bought a 1986 LTD Crown Vic, brown 4-door, with 76000 miles. It's almost rust-free, which is a miracle up here in Maine.
It's pretty close to stock, 5.0/AOD as they almost all were, I think it has Trac-Loc but I haven't verified that yet (could be that it had 2 wheels worth of traction on the test drive).
I bought it from a lady whose father owned it until he passed away, and he only put 122 miles on it from July of 2016, when he had the tires and exhaust replaced and all the fluids changed.
All the thing needs is a brake job (caliper sliders rusted stuck/uneven pad and rotor wear/soggy braking), new bushings, shocks and springs, and a serious afternoon with some buffing compound.
Plans include the previously mentioned work, maybe an HO intake and (stock setup) dual exhaust, police calipers, and a more modern radio with more than 1 working speaker.
If I like it enough, I'll probably put on a trailer hitch and sell my 1987 F150, which I bought as a tow/plow truck but use it for neither these days (I put about 1000 miles a year on it anymore). I moved to a house with a small driveway, and it's almost cheaper to have it plowed than to buy the gas for the F150; and all I pull these days is my 800 pound sailboat or a ton of wood pellets (well, in the bed of the F150; it's a 3 mile run on flat pavement and it has the F250 rear suspension and helper springs for that).
A couple minor questions: does anyone know where the buck tags were placed on these? The door VECI label is completely illegible. I felt around for the build sheet under the passenger's seat and didn't find it; I may pull the seat just to make sure.
Also, does anyone know if there is a plug-and-play trailer harness for these? I don't like cutting/splicing if i can help it, and I'm the sort of guy who will build an adapter out of junk wiring and old harness connectors before I'll cut up the wiring of a nice survivor car like this.
I'll post some pictures later; I'm at work for a few weeks so I'm limited to the office computer until I get back home in late December.
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