This is my ride! I purchased it about a year ago for $1,200. It has 158,000 on it, but it has been fairly well maintained since new. I had a bit of a rough start with her after I found out both head gaskets were blown. But after a resurface and new gaskets, and few new sensors and little things, it runs like new!
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Bad luck with the head gaskets, that's a pretty unusual failure. Glad you put the money and time into getting her runnign right. She looks like a beauty. A fellow member of the blue velour club, too.
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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) -
Thanks! It was an older lady who owned it, and from the looks of the newer water pump; I would say the water pump went out and it overheated. Since they have no temperature gauge, she probably drove it until it got hot! I love the blue velour. My wife was against the car at first until she saw those velvet couches! LOLComment
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Nice ride. I love white/blue boxes!!2020 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum (Ice White / Blonde)
2022 Ram 1500 4x4 5.7 Etorque, Built to Serve Edition, (Granite Crystal / Black)
Past Panthers
1989 Grand Marquis LS (Cabernet/Grey), 1989 Lincoln Town Car SS (White/Blue), 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Ultimate (White/Black)
Originally posted by Lincolnmania
if its got tits or tires it's bound to give you troubleComment
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Nice MGM! I wish I knew about these cars back in high school. Dating would have went a lot smoother.
Who owns the F-350 in the background?Comment
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Yeah, the white with the dark blue top seems kind of unique! Packman, the F350 is mine also. Currently, the MGM is my wife's driver. We had a Dodge (shudder) Durango for her, but after endless repairs; she decided she liked the Merc, and we sold the D. My daily is an 88 Ranger 4x4 2.9L 5 spd. The F350 has a 460 and a 5 spd. and is our hauler for our 12 foot camper, quads, firewood, or whatever.Comment
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I set the timing at about 12.5* a couple days ago! I couldn't believe the difference! Even the wife noticed it. She asked me if I did anything different because she kept chirping the tires around town today.
Next I am going to convert over to the factory dual exhaust. I managed to find the factory replacement walker tail pipe for the driver side on ebay, and summit racing carries the factory h pipe believe it or not! Not going to do anything crazy, but i will probably run some good turbo mufflers or something. I know the factory stuff is only 2 inch, but I am not planning any serious mods for this car. I have a mustang gt for that!!
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Wow, I'm envious. Your wife actually likes the Grand Marquis! She obviously knows quality when she sees it.Comment
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Yeah! She has really learned to appreciate it for what it is. She likes the way it rides. I just put Monroe sensatracs on all four corners. She handles awesome now!Comment
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This is how it all starts. It's a slippery slope from here on out. You already started down that path with the exhaust mod. I went through the same thing when I got my mom her box CV. I thought at the time that it should hold her over for a while. Little did I know that I would be mod'ing that car like I'm planning to. LOLOriginally posted by whitemgm View Post
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I scored my stock h-pipe from advanced, using all their sweet discount codes, was $51.
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-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
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Yeah trust me, if I had the money sitting around, I would do a full ho swap. I just cant justify it yet. Svt98, that is a sweet price! I work for a parts store and get everything at cost, and for me it would still be around $100. We can only get it special order though, so it is cheaper to just go through summit.Comment
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