I want an old Crown Vic

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 11/03/2016 at 23:01 • Filed to: full size sedans

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A P72. The only ones I ever see for sale have vinyl tops, often leather interior, and for some reason they’re always white. I want a dark coloured, fleet-spec Crown Vic, on steelies with dog dishes. I don’t know much about Panthers so I have no idea how hard these are to find generally, just that they basically don’t exist locally. I’m assuming they were sold at auctions and beat on till they were dead, just like P71s are now. There’s still tons of those for sale, but I don’t really want one.

Anyways, here’s more P72 goodness

I know I said dark coloured, but I like this a lot too

I’d also be happy with a B-Body without a vinyl top, but those also don’t seem to exist. Not that there are any B-Bodies for sale that haven’t been donk’d or low-rider’d, or just driven into the ground.

Busslayer > gmctavish needs more space 11/03/2016 at 23:09

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I really like these old Police CVs as well. You don’t see any nice ones anymore.

They came with a 351w and a 2v carb until the end - low compression, choked heads, intake, and exhaust. That said, even a mild 351 would make these great drivers and would be relatively a straightforward swap.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > gmctavish needs more space 11/03/2016 at 23:09

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Unlimited technology from the whole universe, and you wanna cruise ‘round in a Ford P.O.S.?

gmctavish needs more space > Busslayer 11/03/2016 at 23:10

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That’s what I had in mind as well

gmctavish needs more space > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/03/2016 at 23:11

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Among other things, but yes

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > gmctavish needs more space 11/03/2016 at 23:11

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Boosters and wings or nah?

gmctavish needs more space > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/03/2016 at 23:13

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That took me a minute....

It’s been a while since I watched that

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > gmctavish needs more space 11/03/2016 at 23:13

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It wasn’t a very good movie, but it was amusing.

Speed > Busslayer 11/03/2016 at 23:46

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Word word word word. We can do this budget AF.

GT40P Exploder heads (milled), Eddie Torker, Holley carb, a decent bumpstick, headers, H-pipe and a catback of your choice. You can dig some 3.73s from an F-150 8.8 and well.... The auto will take a few tricks. Stall, valve body....

Tristan > gmctavish needs more space 11/03/2016 at 23:55

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Yes. Yes you do. I’ve owned several box Crown Vics. They rule.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 00:31

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Somewhere out on the internet is a build blog of a guy who took a two door coupe body (mercury something or other) of this vintage and grafted it onto a modern P71 chassis. He finished it in black. It seemed pretty cool when he was done.

gmctavish needs more space > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 11/04/2016 at 00:59

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That would be Canadian Moose and his Mod Box

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/mod-box-this-is-it-1715289970

for Michigan > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 01:09

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My grandpa had one just like this (color, wheels, interior) when I was quite young. Always loved that car.

RonnyPStiggs > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 02:25

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Oh man, I think the square body Caprices are sooo nice.

Frank Grimes > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 03:24

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oh hell yeah. i dont know why but these things are badass in movies and stuff.

Roundbadge > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 09:14

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This reminds me...

There’s a young-ish (hell, I’m 41...they all appear young) kid in our accounting department that shows up a couple of times a week in what appears to be a 1982 Mercury Grand Marquis. The thing looks nearly pristine, except for a couple of rust spots peeking out from under the front wheel arch trim on the driver’s side.

The other days, he drives an early-2000's Ranger. I admire his taste at his young age.

Also, when I first met my gf 13 years ago, her dad drove an LTD of approximately the same vintage as that black interceptor above.

yitznewton > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 09:28

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My music teacher in middle school had one of those... in 1993... I rarely see them any more, at least in salt territory. I wonder if they all haven’t been copped/muni’d/taxied into the ground by now.

Mmm... cornering lamps...

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 10:13

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Cool. I knew I had stumbled onto it before I knew about oppo.

RonnyPStiggs > RonnyPStiggs 11/04/2016 at 12:02

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I think I would go for a G body Malibu or Cutlass just because they have the same lines in a smaller package, but I personally like the 4 doors the best.

NJAnon > gmctavish needs more space 11/04/2016 at 23:21

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So you can do 1980's stunt jumps with it? Im hoping if I can get a Ford LTD so I can do the same stunt jumps too.

NKato > gmctavish needs more space 02/25/2018 at 19:13

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Can’t seem to view that blog, getting an error.

gmctavish needs more space > NKato 02/25/2018 at 19:25

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That’s weird, it’s dead for me too. I haven’t seen Canadian Moose post on here in a lot time, and I can’t seem to find his page anymore. I guess when he left at some point between 2016 and now, he killed his page too. Or he’s changed his username and there’s just something wrong with the link, but searching for mod box in Oppo gets me nothing. It comes up on gis though, if you search mod box grand marquis