Still had the white blue paper.
Now the stars alighted , center piece too in shrink wrap for my 88 Towny!
Gonna leave the made in Canada sticker on
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At two different swap meets.......saw some NOS trim.
Still had the white blue paper.
Now the stars alighted , center piece too in shrink wrap for my 88 Towny!
Gonna leave the made in Canada sticker onLast edited by Grand1; 03-31-2014, 12:33 PM.
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Nice find!
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Beautiful center piece. Did you see one for a 89 TC ?
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When I saw the title of the thread, I half expected to open it up and see some well proportioned derrieres, not necessarily of SFW variety. But, anyways, very nice looking trim! I think this was a nice change from the 85-87 trim piece. I'm not too fond of that on my car.Nick
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Town Car newb here. Is it a NOS piece for your model year or is this something you put onto your vehicle from another year. I just don't know.~David~
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my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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87gtVIC, it looks like a piece for a 1988 Town Car.
Speaking of those, it would be nice to have a NOS piece for my 89. Mine is in decent shape but the pinstripes are peeling off.
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yeah, thats the 88 trim. There is a lot of goofy one-year stuff on these cars that isn't really obvious unless you've spent too much time with them. On the surface a lot of that stuff looks the same, but its different enough year to year in some cases that the true nerds can tell.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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Originally posted by phayzer5
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Always nice when you stumble onto something like-new for your car.
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Very nice! Yes one year only piece. Probably the only other difference between an 88 and an 89. The other is the amber front signal lights.2020 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum (Ice White / Blonde)
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Originally posted by Lincolnmania
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the grille is 88-specific too. The 89 grille has the chunky Lincoln badge in it, the 88 has no badge. The headlamp bezels are 89 specific, the window between the lights is black on an 89 and its clear on all other years.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
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If you want to get even more in depth, the interior woodgrain pattern in an '88 is ever so slightly different than in an '89. The pattern in an '88 is more horizontal looking. I also think '89 only got the Lincoln star logo in the opera window glass.
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Yes, Gadget forgot about the grill, the headlight bezels is a new one.
as for the wood grain, always thought 85-87 then 88-89 were the same.2020 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum (Ice White / Blonde)
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1989 Grand Marquis LS (Cabernet/Grey), 1989 Lincoln Town Car SS (White/Blue), 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Ultimate (White/Black)
Originally posted by Lincolnmania
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85-87 are the same, although early 85's had the black dash panels on the lower part of the dash:
(this is actually a member's car)
88 and 89 are very similar to each other in color, but the pattern is different. Good to know I guess if you are looking for replacement dash panels?
88: The woodgrain "lines" (don't know the proper term) are more defined
89: (my car)
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No shit. I wonder what ford had to go through, just to change the grain for one year? lol. Like gadget said, lincolns are crazy for one year only parts. Even my '97 town car is odd ball, for missing stuff that the previous years had.Originally posted by L1011tristar17 View Post
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No man...or I would of grabbed that too for others....it was just sitting in the cornor of this guys booth.Originally posted by Mainemantom View Post
1978 Grand Marquis 460 2door "Blue Bomber"
1987 LTD Crown Vic Canadian Tow Package 351w aka the "MI Mountie"
1989 Colony Park ....Marge still lives!
1979 Marquis creamy goodnessComment
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