HMC blue VDP progress

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Where?

Alright... he's got the button on the stereo for it at least.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Alright... he's got the button on the stereo for it at least.

All the ghia but no idea 😂😂

[Yoss]

50 minutes ago, S2000 said:

Not ‘Tan’ but Beige!

You're right but I'm not sure that is what the brochure said. 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

You're right but I'm not sure that is what the brochure said. 

You mean brown. Tobacco brown.

[Yoss]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

You mean brown. Tobacco brown.

No, I mean it would do, but that's a dark brown. I was thinking tan over brown. 

That's what I think of when I think Ghia. 

[High Jetter]

Ah, OK - I was thinking more like this.

[HMC]

Fixed* the broken dash top storage thing (which used to block the line of sight when it was permenantly sprung open) with a carefully wedged pub receipt. Classy.

 

[HMC]

Well, this ex US govt police interceptor arrived yesterday….

 

I was told by the transport guy, in broken English, that I should not remove the key from the ignition. I was a bit suprised as I wasn’t told about this by the vendor, but decided to go along with it anyway until I could contact the vendor for clarification.

I duely sent a text, and drove off for some fuel…

 

Just after this was taken, the car either locked itself ( with the keys in) or a little person pressed the locking and then shut the door.

So a spectacle developed for passers by of me trying to use string, coat hangers and cable ties to avoid having to break a windows to get back in. To break into my own former US government car. After an hour I gave up and broke a rear quarter light (“vent window” as I was later to learn searching for a replacment) 

Anyway, after that was sorted I recieved a text…. The Driver was mistaken, there’s no need or purpose for leaving the keys in the ignition. Oh , right. Brilliant.

Anyway it’s a really nice car, very clean and tidy and unworn. I’m not sure what it’s previous  life entailed but it’s not been lived in and hammered around. 
 

Seems to have been in or around New Jersey… (I’m picturing Tony  Soprano being tailed)

 

It cuts a suitably menacing presence in and around Tavistock…..

 

 

[sutty2006]

Fucking groovy baby! 

[RoadworkUK]

The very idea of this car being in Tavistock, of all places, makes my head spin. This must be quite the experience over Dartmoor.

[dome]

That looks ace!

[Spiny Norman]

My heart sank when I saw the "gets smashed" edit, but despite wanting to see what damage that tank had done to the other car I was relieved it was just the window.

[stuboy]

does it fit in normal parking spaces

[Rust Collector]

Thoughts and prayers for the other customer who must not have received the ‘do not remove keys from ignition’ message @HMC got. He’s probably still on a forecourt somewhere, with keys in his hands and a car that won’t start.

Well bought mate, that looks mega.

[Schaefft]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

does it fit in normal parking spaces

If a transit or lwb Range Rover fits this will too.

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, HMC said:

Well, this ex US govt police interceptor arrived yesterday….

 

On a definitely not* overweight Crafter beavertail.

[PhilA]

That's a remarkably tidy car for being from Jersey.

Check the suspension though, Jersey has some terrible roads that like to destroy rubber bushings.

[mintwth]

13 hours ago, HMC said:

It cuts a suitably menacing presence in and around Tavistock….

Would fitting some push bars make it even more menacing? 

[Rustybullethole]

7 minutes ago, mintwth said:

Would fitting some push bars make it even more menacing? 

And ease parking.

Was down your neck of the woods at the weekend and looked out for one of your fine vehicles. In the lanes around my mum and dads I encountered precisely no one. Mind you the transit scrapes both sides of most of them so taking a clean crown Vic down there would be foolish. 

[Dave_Q]

10 hours ago, stuboy said:

does it fit in normal parking spaces

I was gonna say it'll be fine as I can park everywhere in my xlwb Vito but actually, for a fun fact, the Crown Vic is actually about 300mm/a foot longer than the xlong van!

Me van does just about fit in supermarket spaces whilst sticking out the back a few inches so this beast will be good couple of foot out into the aisle in Tescos.

[HMC]

 Focus service bits: 

Genuine ford oil filter £6

correct spec oil (5ltr container) £16

 

Gotta love the cheap cost of parts for these cars. Cashback.

[HMC]

Bit of a size contrast with these 2;

 

 

And a contrast in wheels/ tyres…

 

Been flicking through the owners books…

 

Which has some info about the p71 chassis differences…

And some practical advice I thought I’d never read in a car owners handbook….

[sutty2006]

I LOVE CROWN VICS. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Just thought I’d get that out in the open, while we are all here. 

[RoadworkUK]

This is a good read:

https://xr793.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1996-Ford-Crown-Victoria-Interceptor-Police-Packages.pdf

Also: I can't imagine owning a Crown Vic without constantly giggling, even when I'm nowhere near the car.

[Rusty Pelican]

Theres a whole race series in the States using Crown Vics 
Watch this guy - hes ace 

 

[sutty2006]

36 minutes ago, Rusty Pelican said:

Theres a whole race series in the States using Crown Vics 
Watch this guy - hes ace 

 

It’s like the Mondeo. Banger racers love them because they’re ten a penny. Time to own one is now before there aren’t many left. 

[djoptix]

I'm sure I saw a Crown Vic in Bristol the other day, was it you?

[CreepingJesus]

There's the Panther chassis spec racing series too. 

 

[jon.k]

I was reading a CAR magazine from 2000 yesterday, and there was an article on the state of the american car industry. I think it said that in the US the "sub-sub-compact" Focus cost the same as a Crown Vic, so everyone bought a Crown Vic.

[uk_senator]

4 hours ago, HMC said:

 

Am I the only one looking at this pic imagining the 7 on a custom roof rack atop the Vic, with some drop down folding/extending ramps... 😕