I had an '86 Town Car. I must have gotten rid of it too soon, since mine only had 156,000 miles when I sold it. I can tell that the springs have sagged on the old fellow's. And the 2x4 hood prop was fixed on mine for about 40 bucks worth of parts. Still, that is pretty impressive. I wonder how many times the engine and transmission had to be rebuilt. The conventional wisdom on those cars is that the AOD transmission is on borrowed time after about 130-150k, but the engines are good for 2-300k with proper care.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.