Anyone drive old cop cars?

[Liz Walden]

I collect old police cars. I now own 5 Crown Victoria's. 1 95, 2 96, 1 97, 1 98.
Anyone else drive a P71? (another name for them)

[Greiver430x]

Ive always wanted one of the caprice cop cars from the 90's... My 76 f250 has a police 390, thats as close as Ive gotten.. Lets see some pics, I like the crown victorias.. Gotta figure they are awesome the cops are always on the gas with the ac blastin, anything that can do that all day everyday is a good machine..

[Liz Walden]

How do you post pics on this forum ? Through an external host like photobucket?

[Leadfoot71]

I had an '89 CVPI. Only paid $400 for it but ran it as a winter beater/ dailly driver for several years. Decided to part it out after I had an upper ball joint go out while driving. The 140mph speedo, AC brackets, and motor brought almost more than I paid for it. This was deffinately the most fun I've ever had with $400.

Later on I picked up an '89 CV for $450. Ran that one for 4 years and only changed a few tires and a headlight. That one had almost 200k on it when the trans went and I sold it for scrap.

Today I drive an '04 Mercury Marauder. Mine is one of just 997 Silver Birch Marauders built in '04. This one only comes out on nice days though. I love these Panther chassis's.

[Chazz of Blades]

Does a 91 Ford SHO count? I know a few were used as police cars.

[jays200x]

Have a 98 Lincoln Conti, which is the same platform. Had it for about five years now with no problems at all. Change the oil and go. Has the 4.6 with direct drive front wheel drive. Great gas mileage teamed with good power is a win win. Anyone that overlooks this combo is missing out. This car will last another ten years no doubt about it. It is the 350x of passenger cars.

[Greiver430x]

How do you post pics on this forum ? Through an external host like photobucket?

Use Go advanced button next to quick reply.. Then click manage attachments.. Its easy pretty much goes step by step..

[perrycyn]

My dad used to go to police auctions in the 70's and picked up a plymouth fury interceptor with a 440. That car was awsome.. It had a button to pop the trunk. That was high tech in the 70's. Seriously the car was fassssttt.

[Chazz of Blades]

I've always wanted a black, two door, 1969 Fury 3 440.

[cattle-dog]

when i was a younger man i had a 74 plymoth south carolina trooper car with the 440, that car was fun still was red and white with the decals removed, i use to get pulled over just so our local officers could have a peek, i added a few engine mods, early 80`s was a great time to be growing up you could buy any muscle car for 500 bucks.

[jb2wheels]

Lincoln Conti FWD is not the same platform. Lincoln Town Car is.
I miss my 96 Crown Vic every time I drive my Civic more than 10 miles. The aero Vic was smoother and quieter than my parents' LS400 and I only paid $350 for it with the infamous cracked intake manifold.
I'm glad I sold the Crown Vic every time I fill the Civic's tank, though.
My 95 Roadmaster LT1 (similar to the Caprice cop cars of the day) would smoke it all day long. That thing was bada$$ for a 5000lb sofa.

[Liz Walden]

Good call JB.
Ill try and get some pics up real quick. I love the Aeros, much smoother and the lower gear ratio worked well with them.
As for the Marauder, jealous!

[Liz Walden]

Heres some of them.

[Leadfoot71]

Nice fleet Liz!

I'd love to find another good 'box' to use as a dailly driver. My '89 was awesome even in the snow. The Jeep I replaced it with (a '96 XJ Sport 2door) has had about a million issues...and none of them were cheap or easy to fix either.

The Marauder has been very reliable. In almost 7 years and 70K miles, I've replaced just one coil pack. Tires are spendy though. If you look around, decent Marauders can be found for under $9,000. Check out MercuryMarauder.net sometime. There is always some good used Marauders in the classifieds if you're interested.

Here's 3 of the worst pics I've ever taken of my Marauder. I had better ones but a computer crash caused me to lose most of them.

Can't wait to get it out again!

[bassguitar333]

Beatiful pictures!
Liz Walden is my sister, I couldnt login so I used her account for a while until I got things straigtened out.