The 1988 Crown Victoria I owned was the BEST car all things considered, and cheapest to run dollar for mile, I ever had in my WHOLE LIFE. Those cars are wonderful, cheap to take care of reliable to a fault and comfortable and pretty safe, very spacious. Very durable, used as police and taxicabs, will run 300 000 miles no problem.

They make a great wonderful first or second car. It should last your grandfather forever, then maybe you might think about getting it from him one day. Only thing bad about them was the vinyl half roofs tended to crack from the sun after several years, and mouse fur upholstery eventually wears, as does the leather seats too.

There was an ignition switch recall on these cars, which Ford will perform free of charge, there was a fire danger if I recall. I had the recall done at mine at the Ford dealer in San Leandro, no charge.

Dont know about the airbag prblem, but worth it to fix

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

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