Panther Hunting

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror)
11/04/2014 at 13:29 • Filed to: Panther

Hello everyone,

Hey it's my first post here on oppositelock, hell my first ever post on Jalopnik !A bit of background info about me. I'm a 23 years old from Moncton, NB in Canada. As a kid who grew up watching every FF movies, I became an avid tuning enthusiast. I bought my first car at 19 years old, a 1997 Acura EL and I really pimped the shit of it, body kit, spoiler, negative camber setup, exhaust, name it ...I really enjoyed that period, but I feel that time is over. I'm growing up, and so are my tastes in cars.I had the privilege to drive my uncle's Grand Marquis the other day, and I really had an epiphany. For the lack of a better term, let's say that these cars are the tits !I never drove a rear-wheel drive car before, never drove a car with a V8 nor with a proper body-on-frame chassis. Damn that was good, and just like that, I was converted.I tried to explain that on the Honda forum I was on, and much to my surprise, I got insulted, ridiculed and even banned! I realized these guys aren't real gear heads, they're just wannabes and they don't have a clue about what makes a car great.So, I decided to start looking at some other car sites until a whistleblower on a panther forum recommended I came on Jalopnik. I wrote a few posts on the main page under different burners but never got any attention. Came back to whistleblower and he told me to try on the oppositelock forum, so here I'm am.

So, I'm actively seeking to acquire a Panther, preferably a Crown Vic because they are the ones that gets all the police goodies. I already spotted a few candidates on the classified, and this one is topping the list for now. Spoke to the owner and he definitely know his shit, a true car enthusiast, I trust him a lot.

Any advices you guys can provide, any experiences to share, really looking forward to discuss with real car guys !

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runs great, low kms,has dual exhaust with cherries on it but needs a little exhaust work, inspected …

DISCUSSION (13)

Thunderface > Margin Of Error
11/04/2014 at 13:40

Panthers FTW!

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Margin Of Error
11/04/2014 at 13:56

Hi and welcome to Oppo! I'm fairly new here myself. I'm also looking at Panthers for my next car. Rear wheel drive V8 fun! And they can be found for sooo cheap. I might be getting this baby right here if my insurance settlement comes through soon.

Margin Of Error > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
11/04/2014 at 14:12

Thanks mate ! I really dig that color combo.

Nice wheels too, keep us updated !

Margin Of Error > Thunderface
11/04/2014 at 14:12

Yes yes yes !

Thunderface > Margin Of Error
11/04/2014 at 14:22

There needs to be a Panther sub-blog on Kinja

Margin Of Error > Thunderface
11/04/2014 at 14:30

That's a wonderful idea, that would be like crownvic.net but with the wit and knowledge of Jalopnik commenters, I would so be into that, make it happen !

Thunderface > Margin Of Error
11/04/2014 at 14:32

I don't really know how lol, I only actually joined a few days ago

Coty > Margin Of Error
11/04/2014 at 14:34

Pics of said Acura.

70xr7 > Margin Of Error
11/08/2014 at 08:13

sooo, grammaws and gramps old grand marquis or crown vic has a nic-name now a "Panther"?? and these are our future muscle cars ? ughj never saw that coming...although i did see, in one of our local cruises a mercury marauder that was pretty impressive but still.............

70xr7 > Margin Of Error
11/08/2014 at 08:21

i guess i didn't know it at the time but i have been the owner of 2 1st gen panther cars, guess it would have sounded cooler than "yeah, i'm drivin a grand marqis, the price was right and i got 3 kids "

Margin Of Error > 70xr7
11/10/2014 at 08:48

You must be new here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pant…

offroadkarter > Margin Of Error
11/27/2014 at 00:09

preferably a Crown Vic because they are the ones that gets all the police goodies.

Thats not a good thing... P71's are the second poorest panther you can buy, #1 being a taxi (P70/P72).

Buy a nice LX.

offroadkarter > Margin Of Error
11/27/2014 at 00:11

wit and knowledge of Jalopnik commenters

What knowledge?

CVN might be a terrible site but at least all the 10 year old write up's are still full of helpful stuff. All the threads from the good old days are still the go to place for tech write up's.