Generally speaking, a good car? Looking at one today, a one owner with about 143k on the clock.

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Good cars, they sell for peanuts. $2000 would be tops on the price if its in excellent condition.

Give it a good rev right after starting it up. Blue smoke, she's got some oil going past the rings. Pretty common for the cars, but they can go forever like that without getting much worse. Just a good bargaining point.

Make sure all the windows work too. Chances are at least one is not working.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I had a 1999 Expedition, with the same 4.6 triton V8 and 4R70W transmission, for about 94,000 miles, and the drivetrain held up well. Ford was recommending 100K mileage intervals for spark plug changes at that time, and sometimes the plugs didn't want to come out after that long, unless some of the head threading could come out with it.

This is basically the same drivetrain found on Crown Vic taxis and police cars, so it was a proven item, even back in 1999 (debuted in the 1991 Lincoln Town Car, followed up by the 1992 GM's and CV's).

thanks, I read about the 4.6, earlier models, having valve seal issues and smoking/using after some mileage. Ford upgraded and I think this vintage is after that issue. I did read about the nylon intake having some problems, but there is a metal infused replacement one now.

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and, from what I read, the 4.6 2 valves have a regular one piece spark plug. still potential for cross/stripped threads if not changed correctly, but not as bad as some of the modulars.

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Correct. You have to go for the three-valve engines for those weird plugs. I don't believe that the 3-valve head was ever used in automobile applications. It didn't even exist in 1999. The 5.4 2V tritons had more of a rep for spitting out sparkplugs.

yep, I read that too. thanks for verifying. Would you have any idea of MPG I might get?

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"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." Margaret Thatcher

High teens city, mid 20s highway.

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1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I like that. Ramcharger is

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"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." Margaret Thatcher

There is a forum out there for all Panther body cars (Town Car, G.Marquis, Crown Vic). I believe it is called crownvic.net or something.

Lots of online forums, spare parts availability, etc. for these cars. They were cop cars and taxis for a reason.

I know of a guy who has at least 6 of these cars.. he works on them himself and when one has a bad engine, he just grabs another and swaps. He said they're very basic to work on .. he said about as easy as a basic Honda or Toyota!

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'83 300SD 335,000km (207k) mi SOLD
'87 560SL 163,000km (101k mi) SOLD
'86 300SDL 356,000km (220k mi) SOLD
'92 500SEL 250,000km (155k mi) SOLD
'90 300SL 140,000km (87k mi) SOLD
'01 S430 260,000km (161k mi) SOLD
'03 SL500 167,000km (104k mi) SOLD
'07 S550 4MATIC 235,000km (146k mi) SOLD
'07 GL320 CDI 4MATIC 348,000km (215k mi)
'13 GL350 BlueTec 4MATIC 170,000km (105k mi)
'14 SL550 72,000km (43k mi)

It did on our '96 Vic. Twice.

You might have some regrets, just sayin'

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1985 F-250 6.9l 170K
2009 SCION XB 36.5K
2003 LS430 78K
2012 Kubota B 2320

What are you willing to pay? What condition? What do you want to use it for?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I like 'em, but I wonder if driving a grampa-car armchair on wheels is the best way to make your very existence an act of rebellion...

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I have a freind who owns a grand marquis model year 1999 - very tough car, I redid the front end on it - cheap as peanuts spare parts and nearly everything is available in a vareity of flavors.

engine busted - no problem - new rebuilds are available for bargains. They are quite easy to work on too. If you have a heavy sturdy jack n stands and both metric and SAE tools.

Its not like japanese cars where you can just have a 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 mm sockets and undo the whole car.

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1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

I'm watching for one too, only in the CV interceptor iteration.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting