by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 11/17/2017 at 21:48
by "MM54" (mm54mk2)
Published 11/17/2017 at 21:48
Tags: CROWN VIC CONTENT!
STARS: 5
The Crown Vic is perfectly capable of hauling 8' lumber once you go racecar and remove the back seat (which is 2 bolts and about 5 minutes effort). This is why, as much as I’d like a truck, I don’t know that I’d get much use out of it.
"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
11/17/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 0
Isn’t the gas tank right between the back seat and the trunk? I know there’s no factory pass-through...
"Spasoje" (Spasoje)
11/17/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 1
Well, unless you’re towing a trailer or want to live with an eight foot bed, a truck is no good for long items anyway...
"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
11/17/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 1
Wait you have a Crown Vic, a Chevelle, and an RX7? I have a 92 Grand Marquis, a 72 Cutlass Supreme, and an 89 Corvette. Ok so the Corvette isn’t family to the RX but it is an 80s sports car...
"CRider" (crider)
11/17/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 1
Or get a roof rack if you need to carry long shit all the time.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 1
It is, but it doesn’t go the whole way up. If you remove the rear seat, there are some openings plenty big for smaller lumber to pass through.
Not my picture but it’s the same thing:
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 0
Any truck I buy would be an 8' bed, anything less is not a truck.
"facw" (facw)
11/17/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 0
Remove the back seat? Really? I know the Crown Vic is not the most modern car, but it really doesn’t have a folding rear seat?
Not trying to hate on your car, just surprised that any non-sports car made in the past twenty years doesn’t have that feature.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 1
Yep! It’s a nice little fleet - sounds like you’ve got quite a cool lineup as well!
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 1
While it was made in the last 20 years, it certainly wasn’t designed in that span :)
The gas tank is in the way anyway, so even if they folded down there wouldn’t be all that much of an opening.
"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay)
11/17/2017 at 22:17, STARS: 1
Want me to blow your mind? The E39 does not have a folding rear seat. You also cannot remove the divider, it is unibody
"E92M3" (E46M3)
11/17/2017 at 22:19, STARS: 1
I was going to say, good luck moving a washer and dryer in your crown vic. Then it occured to me, if you unbolted the trunk you probably could.
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
11/17/2017 at 22:25, STARS: 1
"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
11/17/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 1
It covers most of the bases... I just need something better in Chicago winters than the Grand Marquis. Though to be fair, I’ve been driving it for 15 years and have never gotten stuck to the point that I had to get out of the car and dig.
"facw" (facw)
11/17/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 0
OK, that is also surprising to me. Looking around a bit it seems like they were an option (not an especially common one) on the sedan. Apparently they had to have extra structure to make up for the solid back on the fixed seat version. Really surprised they wouldn’t at least keep the ski pass-through on that (the folding seat version had one).
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:43, STARS: 0
I used to live in Erie, PA. One of those years (just a couple ago) it was the snowiest city in the country. I had no issues, would sometimes be pushing snow with the bumper. It’s all in good snow tires and a LSD.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/17/2017 at 22:45, STARS: 0
You’re probably right!
"bobkustofawitshz" (bobkustofawitshz)
11/17/2017 at 22:50, STARS: 2
Indeed it was an option on the E39! I never knew either until stumbled upon this just a few weeks ago:
It certainly is convenient.
"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
11/17/2017 at 22:52, STARS: 0
Damn you’re lucky. They must have redesigned the partition in ‘98. My ‘92 Vic had a pretty much solid metal bulkhead there.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
11/17/2017 at 23:05, STARS: 1
A friend was checking it a early 2000's Subaru outback sedan. One of the biggest reason he didn’t get it was the rear seats not folding down
"itranthelasttimeiparkedit" (itranthelasttimeiparkedit)
11/17/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 1
w123 has the same design it sounds like. Never realized gas tanks went there...
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/17/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 1
Crown Vic seats don’t fold down... truly designed as a cop car in the last generation.
"MINIGTI" (76tr6)
11/17/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 1
I could carry a couple 8’ boards in my MINI clubman. The back doors even closed.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/18/2017 at 11:37, STARS: 0
Catered to the group that buys the most for sure!
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/18/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 0
There were some issues with it being there, since in an extreme rear-end collision the axle (and anything hard and/or pointy in the trunk) could punch a hole in the back of the gas tank, causing Fiery Death.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
11/18/2017 at 11:52, STARS: 0
If it’s for the sake of another row of seats, I guess I should have clarified my position. Single cab short bed is very cool, but when you have a truck with seating for 6 and a 4-foot bed, you’re not driving a truck anymore, it’s an SUV with an open back.
Comparison: a coworker has a hand-me-down f350 crew cab long bed. It’s massive, and an excellent truck. Another has a brand new Tundra which has longer rear doors than front, and room for approximately one bicycle (if taken apart) in the bed. It is not a good truck.