85 Crown Vic

[flareside_thunder]

Gotta guy that wants to trade me a truck i have for an 85 Crown vic with
8x,xxx original miles...grandma owned....what tranny is in there and how much of a gas pig is it?anything else I needa look for?I'm kinda hesitant cause it's not the body style I was lookin for but......Thanks

JR

 

[surewhynot]

It's probably the AOD. I love my Crown Vics. I had an 82 police interceptor. It had the 5.8 in it. What a fun car.

 

[flareside_thunder]

Iono...still seems kinda like a boat to me...lol

JR

 

[surewhynot]

It's like taking your living room out for a drive.

 

[flareside_thunder]

lmao...not exactly what i want I think I'm gonna pass.....I do also have another guy wantin to trade for a 78 F-150 with a 302 and 68k original miles.....superduty leather bench seat...gotta go look at it though...

JR

 

[john112deere]

I got a big thing for that body style Vicky...

I really, really want to build a hot-rodded daily driver out of one, with the following goals for the build:
-run 100 mph down the interstate, smooth, quiet and comfortable
-pull 1500 lb trailer reasonably well
-not be embarrassing at the strip if/when I take it
-manual trans swap

I think it'll be my first real project car when I get out of school. (As opposed to just spending all my time and money keeping this stupid pile of a Ranger running. Not that I'd trade my Ranger for anything- we've been through too much together).

 

[Fellro]

Go men in black style, make it go mach 1 in a tunnel..
2nd on the AOD, they could make maybe 20 or so with the 302. Nice thing is, Ranger parts swap partially in the drivetrain...

 

[polarbear]

I could make a case for the Vic as a DD. Just filled up the Marquis this afternoon- 189 miles on 9.2 gallons- all suburban and in-town driving (no freeway). On the road, the damned thing will push 30 mpg @ 70-75 mph. Tough to beat, in something that comfortable.