Having lustful Lincoln Town Car feelings.

[John F]

rml2345, on 12 Nov 2014 - 5:09 PM, said:

I thought that was half the appeal TBH.

 

Not for me, I feel no love for them at all. I classify them as shit, not shite.

[Partridge]

Are you saying one man's shite is another man's shit?

[hauserplenty]

The Police Interceptor versions are the heavy-duty, high-speed pursuit cars. Harsher ride and better handling* than the civilian Town Car. Limo companies seem to prefer them 10 to 1 over Cadillacs, which says a lot about why I prefer Cadillacs.

After all, one man's shite is another man's shit...

[John F]

Partridge, on 12 Nov 2014 - 6:15 PM, said:

Are you saying one man's shite is another man's shit?

 

Yes. Yes I am. And to prove it, I own a VOXALL.

[hauserplenty]

OMGALLVOXLSR...

[Pete-M]

The Dibble Spec early 90s Crown Vic produces a whopping 250 bhp, has a slightly different airbox and twin exhausts.

 

Lots of stretch limos have the Dibble Pursuit spec P71 motor often mated with a shorter diff than the standard Crown Vic.

[AnthonyG]

I have driven examples of the last version of these (like the one in Skizzer's pic) in the States. They are a great American waftmobile, last of the body-on-frame cars sold in the US. Limo companies, taxi companies and police depts were very unhappy when Ford stopped making these and the Crown Vic in 2012.

 

Crown Vic's in particular were regarded as almost unkillable, even in the hands of the most cack-handed deputy! Livery drivers who owned their own cars (and therefore serviced them regularly) would get 300k out of them easily - Livery is a sort of posh minicab class common in US cities.

 

Hundreds of thousands of these cars (the FoMoCo platform is known as Panther and dates from 1979) were made so I can't imagine parts, beyond the odd bit of trim, will be hard to get at all. Engines in the 1990s onwards are different to the earlier, squarer cars, and known as the 'modular' 4.6 V8.

 

These are big, but probably no bigger than an Rolls Silver Spirit, and are surprisingly manoeuvrable considering the size- having said that I never drove one over here!

 

Do it.

[Taff]

It would also let me use new words and phrases like "mothafuka" "punk-ass bitch".

 

indeed. you could also "pop a cap in yo lilly-white ass", and then let us all know what it means

[Taff]

just to add that Taff's law states quite clearly that everyone should own at least on yank tank barge in their life.

[406V6]

Too big for UK roads.

[danthecapriman]

Too big for UK roads.

There's no such thing as too big!

My Mercury's bigger than one of these and its fine on UK roads. Once you get used to them they are fine.

 

Get one bought!

[AnthonyG]

Audi Q7's are too big for British urban areas, still plenty of the fuggers about though.

[Felly Magic]

get an old Fraud LTD, paint it black, and wear a black suit

[vulgalour]

On paper, if you want a sensible boxy saloon to drive around the UK you buy a Volvo 740.  But the 740 is just too nice and mild-mannered and Swedish to really Live this particular Dream.

 

 

Have you bought a Town Car yet?

 

 

 

How about now?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now?

[JohnDeere]

Crown Vic's in particular were regarded as almost unkillable, even in the hands of the most cack-handed deputy! Livery drivers who owned their own cars (and therefore serviced them regularly) would get 300k out of them easily - Livery is a sort of posh minicab class common in US cities.

 

 

And the rest - I've been in these with 700k+ on the clock (often on LPG/CNG, especially in Canadialand).  Always with a slightly floaty ride that makes you feel sick in the back  Always with interior plastics made of a material of slightly lower and more brittle quality than the packaging on items sold in Poundland, and with leather carefully selected to resemble the finest PVC.

[Stanky]

Its a shame you didn't ask this 6 months ago, there was a white one, 87k on a '52 plate for sale on Titchfield Hill, just by that car sales place on the left hand side as you go towards Fareham (Partridge will know where I mean). I think it was up for about £3k but looked very nice, I tried to convince mrs_Stanky that we needed it but she suggested that 4.6 litres would have been incompatible with a 130-mile a day commute.

 

It sold about 2 weeks later I think, I drove past and saw what looked like a deal being done, then it was gone. Haven't seen it locally since, so not sure where it went.

 

Anyway, get one, let me borrow it and try and convince mrs_Stanky that we really DO need one.

[vulgalour]

Can you not buy one, put a VW badge on it and fool Mrs_Stanky it's actually a Passat diesel, or is she one of those canny types that cotton on to that sort of thing quicksharp?

[Partridge]

Its a shame you didn't ask this 6 months ago, there was a white one, 87k on a '52 plate for sale on Titchfield Hill, just by that car sales place on the left hand side as you go towards Fareham (Partridge will know where I mean). I think it was up for about £3k but looked very nice, I tried to convince mrs_Stanky that we needed it but she suggested that 4.6 litres would have been incompatible with a 130-mile a day commute.

 

It sold about 2 weeks later I think, I drove past and saw what looked like a deal being done, then it was gone. Haven't seen it locally since, so not sure where it went.

 

Anyway, get one, let me borrow it and try and convince mrs_Stanky that we really DO need one.

Ah, that was a local car, it used to be in Lock's Heath Centre all the time...Wonder what he replaced it with?

[Stanky]

Sharp like a razor, she is. She was nearly swayed by the concept of a front bench seat and column shift, but in the end the decision came back as a no.

 

Partridge - Not sure, I think its something else American, but not sure what. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm passing.

[vulgalour]

Tell her that if you can't have a Town Car then you're buying an Ambassador.  If she's as sharp as you think, this cunning bluff could work in your favour... or you'll end up with an Ambassador.  Either way you win*.

[Shep Shepherd]

Mercury Grand Marquis all the way for me. Even better would be the closely-related and very rare Mercury Marauder 

[warren t claim]

The problem with owning a Yank in the UK is that people automatically assume that you're a country and western fan and into such dubious persuits like line dancing. Now I enjoy a dance after a few lines as much as the next man, probably more so, but I draw the line at listening to Dolly Parton.

[Partridge]

Sharp like a razor, she is. She was nearly swayed by the concept of a front bench seat and column shift, but in the end the decision came back as a no.

 

Partridge - Not sure, I think its something else American, but not sure what. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm passing.

I'm always going past, but never on foot so don't get a chance to oogle it.

 

And, Warren T Claim, I actually like country and western

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

How much is a Lincoln Mk IV like Frank Cannon's? I'd like a Mk IV in pale blue - or maye a MKIII in 'Frog one' brown - even if they do look slightly rediculous parked on a wet street in Northern England. An early 'Seventies Motorola car 'phone with a dial on the top would be just the job, too.

[eddyramrod]

How much is a Lincoln Mk IV like Frank Cannon's?

You can pick one up for less than the price of a new Fiesta. No contest.

[Partridge]

Fair point!

[warren t claim]

How much is a Lincoln Mk IV like Frank Cannon's? I'd like a Mk IV in pale blue - or maye a MKIII in 'Frog one' brown - even if they do look slightly rediculous parked on a wet street in Northern England. An early 'Seventies Motorola car 'phone with a dial on the top would be just the job, too.

Funny you should say that.

 

[danthecapriman]

^^ that Lincoln looks awesome. Look at all the shitty modern euro cars! Their owners should be ashamed of themselves for buying such crap when cars like the Lincoln are available.

The owner is clearly a winner!

[John F]

danthecapriman, on 14 Nov 2014 - 2:06 PM, said:

The owner is clearly a wanker!

 

FTFY.

[Taff]

The problem with owning a Yank in the UK is that people automatically assume that you're a country and western fan and into such dubious persuits like line dancing. Now I enjoy a dance after a few lines as much as the next man, probably more so, but I draw the line at listening to Dolly Parton.

 

and Michael fuckin' Bolton